Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew the names of certain French dishes and gave orders to Jarveys in high pitched provincial voices , which pierced through their skin-tight accents . |
| 2 | Instead , the initial implementation will appear as an Ethernet switch called the DragonSwitch , which fits into its existing Access/One hubs . |
| 3 | One of the oddest of the new inventions is the Splashguard , a musical gadget which fits inside your toilet bowl . |
| 4 | Indeed , his examples repay study since they seem to run counter to traditional interpretations which concentrate upon his theoretical comments . |
| 5 | If we approach these tensions from the perspective of assuming that these represent the dialectical poles , or at least some of them ( for of course others could be discussed here had we the space : for example the tension between " knowing how " and " knowing that " in design activity ) of a design activity which encompasses all of these in a vertical moment of synthesis , a synthesis that is counterposed horizontally ( ie over time ) by the changing movements of the activity itself ( from product critique through to problem definition to cognitive modeling of potential solutions etc ) , a movement of understanding and practice which parallels in its sphere the circle of historical understanding and historical praxis ( and just as the latter is the " way in which history itself moves " so the former is the " way praxis itself moves " ) so design can be seen as embodying that movement in its movement from or across actuality ie in its activity of transformation from one set of " givens " to another ; in its movement from problem to product . |
| 6 | She wore a matching crepe dress , which draped across her large bosom and red neck , and a mink stole was hung negligently over the back of her chair . |
| 7 | Darwin had himself studied some of these plants , verifying that they do actually consume the flies which land in their pitchers or on their leaves and get caught there , and finding that it was apparently to nitrogenous compounds that the plants responded . |
| 8 | They can select the seminar option , which displays on their screens the text of the discussion in progress , and tap in their own ideas . |
| 9 | Ruth , looking down from the upper deck , her hand clasped around Anna 's , lifted her clear soprano voice with the rest , though it was difficult to sing because of the tight aching in her throat and the tears which pricked at her eyes . |
| 10 | Sightless , she smiled thinly and inhumanly ; she who had not seen a smile with which to compare since her girlhood , nor a mirror either . |
| 11 | Now there 's a road which goes by our farm down to the coast . |
| 12 | Mrs Johnson was a cheerful woman of enormous energy who was bustling around the shop , despite a pair of huge , heavy breasts which bulged beneath her dress . |
| 13 | It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life . |
| 14 | In other words , provided that the liquidity trap is not reached and that investment remains sufficiently responsive to interest rate reductions , falling prices could conceivably establish levels of expenditure and real income which correspond to their full employment values , E * ; and Y * ; respectively . |
| 15 | ‘ Every system of production tends to discover punishments which correspond to its productive relationships ’ ( 1939 : 5 ) . |
| 16 | where a note to the accounts states the value of an asset which differs from its book value , the tax implications of disposing of the asset at this stated value if material |
| 17 | where a note to the accounts states the value of an asset which differs from its book value , the tax implications of disposing of the asset at this stated value , if material |
| 18 | Have they mastered a second sight which differs from their brethren in the sense that they can appreciate things no-one else can ? or are they , in fact , totally bloody bonkers ? |
| 19 | According to the causal direction hypothesis , Emerson 's task is disembedded in that it requires children to consider causal connectives in a way which differs from their usual communicative function . |
| 20 | The book ends with a conclusion which points to his aforementioned radical solution . |
| 21 | She was immediately businesslike and succeeded in putting some suggestions to him in her crisp English way , which banished from her mind again any other thoughts . |
| 22 | Every musical form which passed through his hands emerged immeasurably the richer . |
| 23 | The bailie apparently also read the correspondence which passed through his hands , perhaps as part of his own political activities , or he would not have learned of the contents of the letter in question , but in any event his adherence to the Duke of Argyll 's friend , Sir Peter Halkett , did him no harm and he was still postmaster of Stirling in 1755 , when his ill-health and reported nearness to death induced Lord John Murray to seek the post , in the event of Maiben 's death , for a Stirling surgeon who was a son of James Graham of Bowhaple , a Perthshire freeholder . |
| 24 | So this letter which refers to our processes in this county council , it 's talking about people who want to go into residential care and to use public money . |
| 25 | Alan stared at Pam , fighting back the tears which welled in his eyes . |
| 26 | A number of economists and politicians have recently proposed that British workers be paid wage rates which change with their employers ' profitability . |
| 27 | Primary heat modified soils are alkali soluble soils which change from their characteristic greasy texture on heating when they harden and darken . |
| 28 | Two years after the stroke , Esther still had very severe associated reactions in her left arm , which interfered with her activities : the arm would always be in her way and never where it was needed . |
| 29 | The thought riled her , causing a rising anger which interfered with her work until voices made her aware that Silas and Doreen were standing beside the reception desk . |
| 30 | In July 1982 it was estimated that 300,000 people in the UK suffered from tinnitus which interfered with their ability to lead normal lives . |