Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major contribution of the discipline has been to emphasise how the identification and designation of a particular phenomenon or pattern of behaviour as a ‘ social problem ’ is not an unambiguous matter , but a process of social definition . |
| 2 | As with other addictions , compulsive gambling and risk taking are seen when the sufferer is compelled to return despite repeated and increasing negative consequences and when the processes is used inappropriately and compulsively to suppress uncomfortable emotions or to gain a sense of elation in order to change a disordered mood . |
| 3 | Moreover , as the intraluminal contents may influence motility , it is safer to infer that differences between individuals in motility patterns are causally related to their altered bowel habits if these motility patterns are seen when the intraluminal contants are similar — that is , after bowel evacuation , as opposed to varying from liquid to hard masses . |
| 4 | By November it has usually been decided where the money is to go and a presentation evening is arranged . |
| 5 | It has been seen how the Thatcher Governments have been busy in turning the taxation of wealth into a voluntary tax . |
| 6 | There are three equipments that have been selected where the contracts have not actually yet been placed . |
| 7 | Now they 're investigating how the rave was organised . |
| 8 | And without another word he left the table , went out of the kitchen , presumably through the scullery , and into the backyard ; and when the sound of the door shutting came to them , Mick turned with a laugh towards Joe , saying , ‘ I bet you 're wondering where the first part of grace before meals went . ’ |
| 9 | I guess you 're wondering why the blues have got you . ’ |
| 10 | In case you 're wondering why the conversation 's being recorded this evening . |
| 11 | TOLERABLY familiar with a general election 's orchestration , I have been wondering why the music in this one is so unfamiliar . |
| 12 | Finally , if you are wondering where the new Ogwen guidebook has gone , so is the guidebook team ! |
| 13 | If you are wondering why the Festival is shorter than usual — do n't worry — we 'll be back to our ‘ normal ’ July spot in 1993 [ Friday 9th–Sunday 18th ] ! |
| 14 | SIR , John King and the Tranmere directors are wondering why the crowds are down . |
| 15 | ‘ You are wondering why the man has disappeared under a black hood . |
| 16 | A doctor who 's just returned from helping victims of the civil war in Somalia has been describing how the surgeon next to him was shot in the operating theatre as they were trying to save a patient 's life . |
| 17 | They are shown how the relationship can be kept in good order and repaired by means of a great array of sacrificial rituals , and how the well-being of their society can be maintained . |
| 18 | It has been shown how the discourse of the Newbolt Report offered to universities a leadership role within an ambitious programme for intervention into popular cultures and literacies . |
| 19 | A Parliamentary Commission , presided over by Christian Democrat Giorgio Santz has been investigating how the preceding laws have worked and has now come up with its report which shows that in the last eight years , of the L1,500 billion allocated to Venice only L853 billion ( £394.3 million ; $686 million ) have actually been spent . |
| 20 | He always forgets that , with the Inland Revenue , we are considering how much of a citizen 's money should be handed over to the state , whereas in matters relating to benefits we are considering how the taxpayer 's money is handed out on our behalf . |
| 21 | Once it has been demonstrated how the logic behind the traditional fidelity to the interests of the shareholders is flawed in the context of the large public company , we are free to examine exactly the nature of the stake which shareholders and others have in the company . |
| 22 | The practice has been terminated whereby the staff of the Accounts Section served in the Library on secondment from the Scottish Office . |
| 23 | The central idea to transmit is that any programme is a formal device through which rewards can be provided when the problem does not occur in circumstances where sometimes it does , and through which disincentives are provided whenever the problem does occur . |
| 24 | What had she been doing when the killer struck ? |
| 25 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |
| 26 | Some chemists are asking how the carbon atoms sort themselves out when making the football structure . |
| 27 | The upgrade path is simple and can be undertaken whenever the relevant skills have been learned . |
| 28 | You will be taught how the archaeologist and historian work together to investigate and piece together the evidence . |
| 29 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 30 | This is no longer a requirement , because decisions in the nineteenth century made it clear that rape can be committed whenever the woman does not consent — is asleep , for example , or too drunk to consent . |