Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh det] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 2 | This process of abstraction is intended to focus on those elements which are the most important in explaining what happens in the real world . |
| 3 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 4 | She took the covering from one of the nearer pieces , revealing what looked like an old-fashioned letterpress . |
| 5 | The second draft discusses the relationship between the auditor and management and draws together in one document relevant sections from a number of international standards on auditing which relate to the different aspects of the auditor 's responsibilities in this area . |
| 6 | The Marian-centred approach has produced writing which ranges from the absurd and lurid to the scholarly and balanced — about Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 7 | Following the introduction of civil penalties for late filing of accounts from 1 July ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 85 ) , Companies House has confirmed that the periods allowed for the filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period . |
| 8 | What a strange statement has come from Companies House confirming that the periods allowed for filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period ( see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 98 ) . |
| 9 | Deciding what to do with the Arab volunteers is hard for Pakistan , which is under pressure from other Islamic governments , and from America , to eject them . |
| 10 | First , it forces an end of a tone group on the previous stretch of language , thus presenting what follows as a separate unit of information . |
| 11 | This leaves the Commission wondering what to do with a million tonnes of prime beef — and it is prime beef , because intervention accepts only the very best steer beef . |
| 12 | Our connection for the prison camp did not leave until 11 o'clock and the Feldwebel was wondering what to do for the next two hours when the air raid siren blew . |
| 13 | He must have felt like Sir Norman Hartnell wondering what to wear for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot . |
| 14 | Their regimes may have been impoverished by the emphasis on security and restrictions on movement within the prison , but at least the physical settings avoided the squalor and overcrowding which worsened in the local prisons . |
| 15 | Over in the corner , by the window , was an elderly man with a white beard , wearing what looked like a cut-down fez . |
| 16 | The only sign of life was a man , wearing what looked like a woollen dressing gown with a hood , riding past on a camel . |
| 17 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 18 | It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dimness , and he remained still , blinking hard , making out the man standing directly in front of him holding the shotgun , while on the stairs to his left another person — a woman ? — was also holding what looked like a small pistol on him . |
| 19 | The hindmost attendant was holding what looked like a large loaf of bread , and was using it to hit the minion in front , which was running almost doubled up , its little gloved hands held over its head , where the pursuing scullion was raining blows with the loaf . |
| 20 | He is holding what looks like a square brown leather hat box and a white Chanel carrier bag . |
| 21 | All , though much preoccupied with perception , are silent on the paradox in perceiving which results from a chicken-egg situation , namely , that we can only perceive what we attend to , and we can only attend to what we perceive . |
| 22 | ‘ Take a seat while I get you something to drink , ’ he invited , indicating what looked like the last word in comfort in the shape of a couch — one of a pair in the room . |
| 23 | He hesitated , simply not knowing what to say to the elegant figure opposite him who was so evidently determined , and to whom fantasy seemed to be very close to ordinary life . |
| 24 | Yes , it had not been easy knowing what to do for the best . |
| 25 | She became depressed at not knowing what to do for the best , and at leading the life of a whore . |
| 26 | Just vanish , leaving her not knowing what to do for the best . |
| 27 | ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’ |
| 28 | Knowing what to do in a life-threatening emergency is like buying fire insurance — you hope you 'll never need it , and you probably never will . |
| 29 | However , the evangelical element in the DUP refuses to cultivate such links and occasionally offends the ordinary Protestant voter by taking what appears to the general unionist public as an ‘ extreme ’ stand . |
| 30 | An important part of the research process is to search through the literature and find what ideas similar to your own have been investigated in the past , and then by learning what became of the earlier ideas you can avoid their mistakes and build on the successes . |