Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [Wh det] [noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Enham material has been discussed at such length because it suggests much about contemporary conditions , and is essential to an understanding of the documents which Wulfstan wrote under Cnut , some of whose actions must have been disapproved . |
| 2 | Binomial distributions deal with a fixed population , each of whose members may possess only one of two possible elements ( the thesis is either cited in one year , or it is not ) , and the successive values of these elements are not dependent on the previous values ( a citation in one year does not imply a lack of citation in a following year ) . |
| 3 | For although these have been substantially revised there is still a considerable element of compulsion involved in the duty to train and exercise staff , and an absence of any conscientious objection clause analogous to that of which combatants may avail themselves . |
| 4 | According to this view , de Gaulle was calculating that his resignation would produce a groundswell of popular annoyance with the parties or would give the politicians an opportunity to display their full incompetence — either of which outcomes would lead to de Gaulle 's rapid reinstatement , this time with a popular mandate to create the kind of constitution that he favoured . |
| 5 | University offers a unique opportunity to study subjects not offered at school as well as those of which applicants may have some experience . |
| 6 | But this can not be the only explanation , because pigeons can home normally even when taken out in enclosed vans in continuously rotating cages , or even under anaesthetic , both of which treatments should render learning the outward journey impossible . |