Example sentences of "[Wh adv] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever a church leadership is dominated by freemasons , I find a dead tradition and lifeless ritual . |
| 2 | The headteacher has the right to attend relevant meetings whenever a deputy headteacher is being appointed . |
| 3 | All the relevant documents will then be appended to the same computer file , so that whenever a customer rings or when a job is actioned , all pertinent information is immediately to hand — for whoever needs it . |
| 4 | Whenever a pirate attack was imminent a bonfire was lit on the nearby Pico do Facho and the people would flee inland , leaving the soldiers to guard the forts and the city . |
| 5 | The variable z is activated whenever a threshold value of x is exceeded , and the activation of z leads to a reinjection of the trajectory to a new region in xyw space . |
| 6 | Whenever a limb abnormality involves truncation , one can be pretty sure that this is due to damage to the ridge and so loss of the progress zone . |
| 7 | The general assumption ( as in most phonetics books ) has been that speech is composed of phonemes and that usually whenever a speech sound is produced by a speaker it is possible to identify which phoneme that sound belongs to . |
| 8 | Whenever a database request is made via Oedipus the details are recorded in the Trace Log . |
| 9 | Whenever a disk sector read occurs , a copy is also held in the cache RAM buffers . |
| 10 | Whenever a signal experiences power gain , amplification is said to occur and the network achieving it is described as an amplifier . |
| 11 | The simple answer is to close the same eye whenever a car approaches ; that is your ‘ night eye ’ . |
| 12 | For example , there are dual currency bonds , where the coupon payments are in one currency and the redemption proceeds are in another ; currency change bonds , where coupons are first paid in one currency and then in another ; deferred coupon bonds , where there is a delay in the payment of the first coupon ; multiple coupon bonds , where the coupon payments change over the life of the bond ( although in a predetermined manner ) , fixed-then-floating bonds , where the coupons change from being fixed rate to floating rate ; floating-then-zero bonds , where the bonds change from being floating-rate coupon bonds to zero-coupon bonds ; and missing coupon bonds , where a coupon payment is missed whenever a dividend payment on the issuing corporation 's shares are missed . |
| 13 | ( Experience had shown , as the introduction pointed out , that whenever a letter notation was used , people tended to pronounce it if at all possible . ) |
| 14 | Whenever a malt ship is being loaded comes down to inspect the site and oversee the loading . |
| 15 | Estimated models of the economy which do not allow for changes in expectations when policy regimes change are therefore likely to be seriously flawed , in that they will begin to predict the behaviour of the economy badly whenever a policy regime change occurs . |
| 16 | A light source and photosensitive device photodiode , phototransistor or photovoltaic cell — are placed on opposite sides of the disc , so that the device is illuminated whenever a disc slot is in front of the light source . |
| 17 | It is possible to stimulate this with a Medula supplementer ( Cannon Babysafe ) , whereby a milk reservoir and cannula are attached to the nipple . |
| 18 | One technique for getting round this problem was mentioned on page 110 , whereby a jump instruction in the subroutine was modified before entry . |
| 19 | Describe the process whereby a currency flow deficit will lead to a fall in the money supply . |
| 20 | It is a form of brainwashing , or what that pioneer in the study of learning processes , Gregory Bateson , called corrective learning , that information-seeking activity whereby a person attempts to ‘ achieve a congruence between ‘ something in his head ’ and the external world … by altering what is in his head ’ — only in this case it is what is in Iago 's head , ‘ If thou dost love me ’ , Othello says to Iago , ‘ Show me thy thought ’ ; earlier he had said that Iago hesitated . |
| 21 | Most Conservative opinion had long been opposed to the system whereby a trade union could contribute to the Labour Party a proportion of each member 's subscription , unless the member specially contracted out . |
| 22 | Esso devised a petrol sales promotion scheme whereby a World Cup coin was given away at Esso petrol stations with every four gallons of petrol purchased . |
| 23 | The process whereby a family member takes on the role of informal carer is not fully understood . |
| 24 | Such a charge is , therefore , a particularly valuable means whereby a business concern can raise money without removing any of its property from the business . |
| 25 | Some find her inconsistencies maddening , failing to understand how a right-on feminist could have done such a thing as using Mandy Smith in her show at the very height of the tabloid fuss over Smith 's under-age relationship with Bill Wyman . |
| 26 | The truss rod nut would also be extremely awkward to adjust in any kind of a hurry , but considering some players ' sketchy ideas of how a truss rod works , perhaps that 's no bad thing . |
| 27 | — Rev. Derek Hearn : How a Steam Engine Works . |
| 28 | How a Steam Engine Works |
| 29 | If I ask an engineer how a steam engine works , I have a pretty fair idea of the general kind of answer that would satisfy me . |
| 30 | It is hard to see how a minute understanding of the development of the Greek language from Homer to Demosthenes , or of the keys used by Brahms in the second subjects of the first movements of his sonatas can be fitted into the usual pattern of socially useful knowledge . |