Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community , which agreed last week progressively to lift economic sanctions against Serbia , should back the Americans by putting its offer on hold until the federal army withdraws and the irregulars are disbanded . |
| 2 | The Weekend First scheme , which offers First class at a small supplement to Saver-class fares , has also been extended . |
| 3 | Further gloom was spread by Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips which revealed third quarter losses of £56.2m . |
| 4 | He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel . |
| 5 | Further investment is needed at the colliery , which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium . |
| 6 | At the same time the general level of wealth in this unremarkable corner of the East Midlands , peopled entirely by peasant farmers , with a leavening of yeomen and only a handful of rich squires , was lower only than on the fertile cornlands of Norfolk and in the opulent Stour Valley manufacturing district — higher not only than in other , similar regions but also Berkshire , which the yield of the loans , 1522 — 3 , placed fifth jointly with Suffolk , and Gloucestershire which shared fourteenth place with Rutland itself . |
| 7 | There is no sense of accountability in a council such as Edinburgh , which sought last year to tax residents at £584 per head . |
| 8 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced last week , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp profit declines of 39.4% at $699.4m and 48% at $186m respectively . |
| 9 | Beyond the Seventies pastiche which swamped last season 's collections , there is a strong appetite for simplicity and something which perhaps evokes an emphasis on inner beauty . |
| 10 | Mr Parkinson is concerned that the cost over-runs of the tunnel , which rose last month by £1bn to an estimated £7bn , could be repeated in the building of the rail link from Folkestone to London . |
| 11 | The third member of the team , reporter John Moulson , was not involved in the incident , which occurred last Sunday . |
| 12 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 13 | The organisers say that this is a responsibly run event and add that any problems which dogged last years festival have been overcome . |
| 14 | The work was carried out by a joint team from Florida University and the chemicals company , Monsanto , which has first rights to the work . |
| 15 | THE recent controversy over the All Blacks ' over-abrasive rucking methods against both New South Wales and England ‘ B ’ — and the injuries which sidelined four Australian and one English player ( see page 30 ) — bring to mind a disturbing complaint which surfaced last season in Britain . |
| 16 | Nonetheless the 1991–92 figure clearly needed to be brought back to a more affordable level , and during the ‘ star chamber ’ exercise in the spring to which referred last year , the contract with Westminster Strategy ( our PR consultants ) was renegotiated , and the budgeted figure for the current year has been reduced to £170,000 . |
| 17 | They yesterday found out which rating band their houses had been placed in for the new tax , which starts next April . |
| 18 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 19 | But the mere mention of his commitment to the new Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) Tour , which starts next year , caused a grimace . |
| 20 | Shaunagh went with Keith on his culinary exploration for his latest BBC series , Floyd on Spain , which starts next Tuesday . |
| 21 | Bob and his wife Paula Yates wanted to use the building for their new Channel Four show , which starts next month . |
| 22 | And quite rightly , it 's gon na be the subject of a Parliamentary Health Committee Enquiry which starts next week . |
| 23 | And quite rightly , it 's gon na be the subject of a Parliamentary Health Select Committee Enquiry which starts next week . |
| 24 | Last month he starred as the poor man 's hero in the film Robin Hood and now he 's playing a wealthy land agent in Granada TV 's new series , The Real Charlotte , which starts next Monday . |
| 25 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 26 | Some say diffidently that the ERM has been assaulted by an extraordinary and unrepeatable event ( German unification ) ; or that the underlying imbalances which caused last September 's breakdown ( the pound and some other currencies were over-valued against the D-mark ) have now been sorted out . |
| 27 | In this respect learner errors which reveal first language influence are the natural reflex of procedures of meaning negotiation . |
| 28 | ‘ Western financial institutions operate a divide and rule policy : they strike sweetheart deals with individual governments which benefit Third World elites even though they harm the poor . |
| 29 | This three-dimensional model can also be used to analyse the undergraduate curriculum , and will provide the three broad frames of reference for the three chapters that follow , which examine first degree courses in terms of concepts of knowledge , the economy and society , and the development of student ability or potential . |
| 30 | Today the world 's top giant slalom men lock horns for vital early points in the World Cup battle which ends next March in Sweden . |