Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales , the ‘ derwyn corp ’ , is the name given to a large , ghostly bird which flies around a house where there is sickness , stopping only to tap loudly at a window if the patient is to die . |
| 2 | Another 6a is Afin que nul ne meure , which goes up a very dramatic section of cliff to the right of the famous Pichenibule . |
| 3 | This is a view which goes back a long way , at least as far as the time of the Radcliffe Report in 1960 . |
| 4 | There was a cabinet on the pavement beside the traction pole , in front of Holy Trinity Church , with a cable emerging from a hole in the top , which passed over a pulley near the top of the post and worked the overhead point , in conjunction with the rail point . |
| 5 | He drove along the road for two or three miles , then turned off on to a stone-walled lane which led up a forested hillside . |
| 6 | Mark said that when the Raja saw the damage he was wearing glasses ‘ which steamed up a bit . ’ |
| 7 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 8 | It is followed by a sentence of seven verbal phrases dependent on one main verb " is " which builds up a sense of being actively extended " lufand — thynkand — desirand — anedande — syngand — byrnand " yet also paradoxically " restand " . |
| 9 | A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits . |
| 10 | Both the development of the welfare state and the emergence of fascism or , more generally , of totalitarian regimes , are undoubtedly major political changes , which can be defined , in the light of this twentieth century experience , but also taking into account other historical transformations , as those which bring about a significant reorganization of the apparatus of government , a change in the relations between government and people , and to a considerable extent , a restructuring of other social relationships , including modifications in the hierarchical ordering of various social groups . |
| 11 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 12 | The main classes of vessel which made up a fleet were first-class armoured ships ( which were to hand out and absorb the punishment of a pitched battle ) , other ironclads used for cruising , coast-defence and the many functions of the old sail frigates , and the ‘ flotilla ’ of smaller ships , of which the commonest were gunboats and the newest , torpedo-boats . |
| 13 | Rate support and local authority influence was expected to improve the often low standards of denominational schools , which made up a high proportion of existing elementary schools . |
| 14 | Consort Hotels decided to drop activity breaks , which made up a tiny part of its market , and rebranded the product as Consort Freedom Breaks , with improved rail-inclusive packages covered by a Trust account . |
| 15 | The long , regimented day , six of which made up a working week , obviously constrained the recreational possibilities for factory workers . |
| 16 | Examples are La Male Honte , noted already , and Les deux Anglois et l'anel , " The two Englishmen and the anel " , which turns around a joke based on an Englishman 's inability to make a[g]nel ( lamb ) distinct from a[s]niel ( young ass ) in his attempt to speak French . |
| 17 | It now makes sense to join the rest of the world by paying for what we use , say experts Kent Meters in Luton , Bedfordshire , a firm which turns out a million meters a year — and sells them abroad . |
| 18 | These terms are all very descriptive , since the material which accumulates around a Strombolian vent does indeed look rather like boiler slag , but it is more correctly called scoria , and the cones which build up around the vent scoria cones . |
| 19 | Reassembling , say , all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database . |
| 20 | This makes it difficult to place students in ‘ responsible line management roles which make up a valuable part of their training as chartered accountants in business ’ . |
| 21 | Once Alpha has been located , it is easy to find the other chief stars of the constellation , Gamma ( 3.9 ) , Beta ( 4.2 ) and Delta ( 4.7 ) , which make up a small triangle . |
| 22 | It is easy to find from the stars Chi ( 4.7 ) and Phi ( 5.0 ) , which make up a small triangle with Delta and are in the same × 20 field with it . |
| 23 | Corvus adjoins Hydra , and is easily recognizable because of the four leading stars , which make up a quadrilateral : Gamma and Beta ( each 2.6 ) , and Delta and Epsilon ( each 3.0 ) . |
| 24 | Close to Deneb is the little group made up of Omicron¹ ; ( 3.8 ) , Omicron² ; ( 4.0 ) and 32 , which make up a trio in the same × 12 field . |
| 25 | Two of many examples of nomic correlates , although the matter is in several ways complex , are provided by the interdependent variation of the pressure of a gas and its volume and temperature , according to the Boyle-Charles law for ideal gases , and the orbits of the two stars which make up a double star , which are held close together by mutual gravitational attraction . |
| 26 | the various formats which make up a style sheet- paragraph settings , margins and columns , page layouts , hyphernation and justification , widow and orphan control and automatic section numbering . |
| 27 | It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody . |
| 28 | This is illustrated in the notes which make up a musical tune . |
| 29 | The primary , but not exclusive , focus is on Scottish IT firms which make up a localised sample that could be comprehensively surveyed . |
| 30 | Consequently , the National Certificate Modules which make up a general SVQ may not relate directly to functions performed in employment , although they are relevant to the needs of employment . |