Example sentences of "[Wh det] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an amplified state it is generally referred to as ‘ expanded consciousness ’ — a condition that allows us to process through our nervous system , information from the environment which during a normal state of consciousness is totally inaccessible . |
| 2 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
| 3 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 4 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 5 | Mr is , is , is asking the questions which which for a long time . |
| 6 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
| 7 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
| 8 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
| 9 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 10 | Macedonia 's parliament adopted on April 26 a government proposal for Macedonia 's own currency , the denar , which for a one-year transitional period would be represented by a coupon at the rate of DM1.00=360 denars . |
| 11 | In the 1970s , Ecuador enjoyed an oil boom , which for a few years gave a boost to the economy as a whole , though the gains were felt mostly in the urban sector . |
| 12 | We know that the speed of traction up the incline was 0.75 feet/second , which for an available power of 25 h.p. gives a tractive effort of about 8.5 tons . |
| 13 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 14 | Mr Branson has no intention of being a Classic FM , which as a classical-music channel has limited appeal . |
| 15 | They start like ‘ Too Tough To Die ’ -era Ramones , with ‘ Deadhead ’ and the tell-tale ‘ Ein , zwei , drei , vier ’ countdown to ‘ Slide ’ — and then pummel through three or four numbers with a brightness and lethal-pop-edge that brings new life to their bludgeoned ‘ Bricks Are Heavy ’ album ( particularly the lurching ‘ Everglade ’ , which as a 45 was as devoid of pizzazz as Catchphrase is of wit and wisdom ) . |
| 16 | Throughout the trading session completed trades are cleared through the CBoT Clearing Corporation which as a separate legal entity provides a counterparty guarantee for all trades . |
| 17 | And at low levels , bacteria tend to reduce nitrate , useful to plants , to elemental nitrogen , which as a dissolved gas is not available to most aquatic plants . |
| 18 | He remains at heart a boy who grew up on a busy farm at St Martin 's , 14 miles from Llanymynech , the course on which as a seven-year-old he first took a golf club in his hands . |
| 19 | However early in the novel he has an experience which makes him aware of a significantly different kind of memory , and this is of course the famous incident in which as a young man he dips a small cake , a madeleine , into a cup of tea . |
| 20 | They argued that since poverty was not one problem but a complex of many , each category of need ( sickness , widowhood , old age , etc. ) should be separately dealt with by a committee of the elected local authority , with the exception of unemployment , which as a national rather than a local problem should be dealt with by central government . |
| 21 | Indeed the Us/Them opposition itself , which Fipa perceive as one between Settlers and Strangers , is culturally ‘ played down ’ in favour of the continuing process , by which as a deliberate matter of social and State policy , outsiders are incorporated into the society . |
| 22 | An important factor was the support given to the proposal from both the republicans and the CSJ , which as a Dungannon-based group was particularly important . |
| 23 | It represents , however , a retreat from the basic principle that the price of limited liability should be full financial disclosure — a principle which after a long struggle , was adopted in the 1967 Act . |
| 24 | He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub . |
| 25 | Rottweiler breeding aims at a powerful dog , black with well-defined mahogany markings , which despite a massive general appearance is not lacking in nobility and is particularly suitable as a companion , guard dog and working dog . |
| 26 | There is a class of materials called type I superconductors which below a certain critical temperature ( around the normal boiling-point of liquid helium |
| 27 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 28 | It took 54.03 per cent of the vote , which under a mixed system of direct elections and proportional representation gave it 114 of the 181 seats decided ; the Georgian CP took 24.42 per cent and 60 seats . |
| 29 | There are many species , though , which with a little initial research can be easily reared by conscientious amateurs . |
| 30 | Some are covered by a mat of flailing threads or cilia , which with a co-ordinated beat drive the creature through the water . |