Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 16 Vellayati restated his proposal of Sept. 30 in more specific form in order " to help break the present artificial impasse which benefits no-one " . |
| 2 | It can seem to offer a completely adequate explanation of religion which bypasses what religious believers have always insisted upon as the truth . |
| 3 | His conclusion is that a religion which counts its success by numbers of converts is suspect . |
| 4 | The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love . |
| 5 | Different individuals work at different speeds — you are more likely to achieve most if you can work at a speed which challenges you but which is not beyond your capacity to attain . |
| 6 | It may be helpful at this stage to sketch some of the details of the structure of Highlander which enables it to function as an effective , independent centre of adult education . |
| 7 | They are being backed by the United Kingdom Egg Producers and Retailers Association which says their plight has highlighted the problems being faced by thousands of small egg producers after publicity over salmonella infection . |
| 8 | But taking out your own cover may not be necessary if you belong to a trade association which offers its members the benefit of confidential advice if they run into difficulties at work . |
| 9 | Their views are then taken forward to the Central Association which passes them on to the Bank through forums such as the Joint Consultative Committee . |
| 10 | It is a rule-articulated association which leaves its citizens free to pursue their own interests ; civil association is not constituted for any common purpose . |
| 11 | They presented a plaque to Rob Poynter on behalf of the British association which holds its annual swimming championships at the centre . |
| 12 | I can see nothing in democratic thinking which allows us to think of " the people " as anything other than the whole body of citizens , minorities as well as majorities , those who oppose and dissent as well as those who belong to the dominant majority . |
| 13 | It is Labour 's insistence on putting the cart before the horse which fills me with gloom . |
| 14 | Natural enough when that 's the side which makes them up ." |
| 15 | Members are given a discount card which entitles them to 10% of all yarn and haberdashery purchases from the shop and they also have the opportunity to sell their garments through the shop on a commission basis . |
| 16 | Upon arrival , you will receive a visitor 's card which entitles you to breakfast and dinner . |
| 17 | Here is a card which explains what we 're doing . |
| 18 | However , prior to membership of the union all external producers are excluded from the home market by the imposition of a tariff which moves their import supply curves above the equilibrium price in the domestic economy . |
| 19 | The case for placing UNEP in the Third World is plain enough — influence , providing a sense of shaping the decisions — but where can the pay-off be seen in Africa , a hapless continent which does nothing to strengthen UNEP 's authority ? |
| 20 | In ‘ Jimmy Munro 's Troubles ’ ( Ex. 1.8 ) Corvan uses the banality of its phrasing , repetitions , sequences and harmonic structure to help construct a mock-simpleton persona which enables him to cloak the bite of his social criticism in humour ; he plays at ‘ acting the fool ’ , in tortuous verbal constructions and juxtapositions of the serious and the trivial — just as the ‘ Bow , Wow , Wow ’ song originally did — but the real problems of railway accidents , rent and ragged clothes turn the joke around . |
| 21 | It is not simply the extremity of the violence which concerns us : we found it extremely disturbing that highly explicit depictions of mutilation , savagery , menace and humiliation should be presented for the entertainment of an audience in a way that appeared to emphasise the pleasures of sadism . |
| 22 | She continues : ‘ Ageism … is a prejudice which enables us all , young and old to consider old people as useless , incontinent , senile , asexual and immobile . ’ |
| 23 | To relax would mean giving in and conceding to a common prejudice which does nothing to enhance women 's esteem . |
| 24 | In the case of the discretionary sentence there is always a notional equivalent determinate sentence which could be imposed in accord with established sentencing practice but for the current mental state of the defendant which makes him a danger to the public . |
| 25 | I think a song 's power is reduced if it is accompanied by a monologue which tells you exactly what is going on . |
| 26 | But the main role of reminiscence in Grimes is reserved for the final interlude and the monologue which follows it . |
| 27 | The progenitor cell now receives a signal from the adjacent optic nerve which switches its pathway of differentiation from an oligodendrocyte to that of an astrocyte . |
| 28 | I propose that we reject the central image of ourselves as victims and install instead an alternative conception which sees us as an active force working in many different ways for our freedom from racial subordination . |
| 29 | The casualness which governs who we see and when is unnerving . |
| 30 | These may take either the form of related drawings , or in Rodin 's case , a free style of drawing which demonstrates his power of vivid creative improvisation with the human figure . |