Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's 'ow I can be so sure , you see . |
| 2 | That 's 'ow I can be so certain about the expression on 'is face . |
| 3 | ‘ Aah 'm not so sure , ’ he replied , ‘ but Aah reckons as 'ow there must be . |
| 4 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 5 | The first was the liege homage owed by Henry III ( and , in future , whenever there might be a change of king in either England or France ) to the kings of France , a kind of ‘ priority ’ homage which could involve the giving of military aid against any enemy of the French crown whenever it was demanded . |
| 6 | For this means that ‘ the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from … their legislators , whenever they shall be so foolish , or so wicked , as to lay and carry on designs against the[ir] liberties and properties ’ . |
| 7 | And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . |
| 8 | Under this head belongs every form of words by which , in speaking of a proposed measure of relief , an intimation is given that the time at which the proposal is made , whenever it may be , is too early for the purpose . |
| 9 | You were right to point out that from now until polling day , whenever it may be , will be somewhat tortuous not just for the watching public but for Members who sit in this Chamber . |
| 10 | No we do n't , erm we in principle obviously we are in favour of er there being some form of compensation scheme and that has to be regarded as erm a step forward , er it would be better if er whatever compensation scheme is gon na be introduced was introduced now and the committee recommended and not in nineteen ninety-six or whenever it may be that the legislation is enacted . |
| 11 | Just one relevant instance is Roland Barthes 's celebration of difference , so much difference in fact , as eventually to subvert repression itself , producing a concept of desire wherein there would be , for instance , not homosexuality but homosexualities ‘ whose plural will baffle any constituted , centred discourse ’ ( Roland Barthes , 69 ) . |
| 12 | The latter may occur if President Clinton successfully puts his tax-plan in action , wherein it will be advantageous for individuals to donate works of art to American museums once again . |
| 13 | Rather than a shareholding , it was proposed that Wilson should be on an ‘ over-ride royalty ’ , whereby she would be paid a royalty for every record sold . |
| 14 | On Nov. 23 Sharif , reportedly encouraged by flagging popular support for Bhutto 's march , hinted at a compromise whereby she would be allowed to board a train in Karachi bound for Rawalpindi , and to engage in political activities " as long as they are peaceful " . |
| 15 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 16 | National officials answer the Commission fears of fraud by proposing a system of double-checking on traders , whereby they would be obliged to list every item exported and imported for spot-checking . |
| 17 | The degree of craft , the degree of inspiration , are the measure whereby they can be valued ; through these are achieved , consciously or inadvertently , the heights and depths of spiritual expression whereby they are ‘ a joy for ever ’ . |
| 18 | Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached . |
| 19 | I think with with the trainee managers being particular , a new system of coming in whereby it will be it will be more difficult to abuse trainee managers . |
| 20 | There is no other way whereby it can be reached . |
| 21 | What are the characteristics or factors that have been associated with child abuse whereby it can be identified ? |
| 22 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 23 | Is there any other way , some external means , whereby it could be detonated ? ’ |
| 24 | Prince Sihanouk himself proposed a compromise on Sept. 21 , whereby he would be appointed Chair and the SOC would be entitled to a seventh delegate . |
| 25 | Where there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has information about the child 's whereabouts he may be ordered to disclose it ( s95(6) ) . |
| 26 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 27 | Before I pay a lot of money to try and get this problem sorted out , maybe you can tell me how I might be able to control this problem . |
| 28 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |
| 29 | ‘ Faith , I begin to see how I may be serviceable to your lady . |
| 30 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |