Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | FAMILIES who fear that a special hospital is to close have accused health service managers of snubbing their request for consultation . |
| 2 | His only children were a daughter , Lois , who survived him , and a son , Stanley Robert , who lived but a few days : both were by his first wife . |
| 3 | However , the most telling condemnation came from General Sir Garnet Wolseley , the Adjutant-General and the Commandant of Dover Castle , who argued that a tunnel would ‘ open up a route to the invader into England ’ . |
| 4 | There were those in the LNA , the NUWW and the NVA who argued that a more coercive police approach was essential to protect innocent women and children . |
| 5 | So far as the succession of generations is concerned , the major analysis remains that of Karl Mannheim ( 1928 ) , who argued that a generation has ‘ a certain structural resemblance ’ to class position : |
| 6 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 7 | It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer . |
| 8 | He was awakened just before noon by the Master of Novices who announced that a message had come from John Benstede asking for Corbett to present himself at the castle immediately . |
| 9 | When you act for buyers who intend that a leasehold interest shall merge in the freehold ( leaseholders buying the freehold reversion on their lease , or freeholders buying the lease to which their title is subject ) it 's convenient to express the intention to merge in the transfer or other instrument vesting the second estate in the owner of the first if this is intended , but beware of such an application in the case of a flat — if , for example , your client owns a leasehold flat and buys the freehold of the whole building in which it is situate . |
| 10 | Heathrow , which has implemented some controls , is avoided by traders who realise that a stop over could result in a costly hold up and even prosecution . |
| 11 | But these were a tiny minority of the West European population and European governments did not take kindly to idealists who believed that a European parliament and an American-style single market could be created swiftly on a continent whose linguistic , cultural and socio-economic differences had been ingrained over centuries . |
| 12 | The segregation of servants from the family had already begun at Coleshill , the ancestor of the Palladian houses of the eighteenth century , where Roger Pratt , who believed that a house should be ‘ so contrived … that the ordinary servants may never publicly appear in passing to and from for their occasions there ’ , had given them separate rooms , adjacent to their masters , so that they no longer slept at his door or at the foot of his bed . |
| 13 | There were still those among the Shah 's military who believed that a coup against Khomeini was possible . |
| 14 | Mr Bruton said those who believed that a British withdrawal , or a declaration in favour of a British withdrawal , would help solve the problem must answer these questions : |
| 15 | In the course of receiving treatment for a heart condition , Hinrich Medau became deeply interested in the work of Dr Ludwig Schmitt , who believed that a healthy state is more likely to be maintained where there is lively blood circulation and breathing to full capacity . |
| 16 | There is no shortage of examples of defendants in rape cases who assumed that a woman who said no really meant yes , or who inferred from other supposed clues ( make-up , clothing , accepting a drink ) that the victim had consented , despite her apparent protests . |
| 17 | On one site the author recalls contacting the oldest locals , who advised that a site had only flooded once in living memory and they were only too pleased to point out a ’ flood line ’ still just visible on a number of buildings in the area after 30 years . |
| 18 | To voters , who hope that a clear result will speed the end of the recession , an unclear result could have precisely the reverse effect . |
| 19 | A story about a R.A.F. Flight-Sergeant who noticed that a recruit was still wearing his hat in church . |
| 20 | Who says that a removable hard drive deserves as much attention as battery life ? |
| 21 | Anyone who knows Hong Kong will appreaciate that spare time is at a premium there , and the efforts of those members who ensure that a successful branch exists deserves recognition and thanks . |
| 22 | Substitution of the Rivlin form for For sheet materials stressed in their plane one of the Then it is easy to show that who showed that a form , with f a decreasing function of gave the best fit . |
| 23 | This option was rejected , however , by President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos , who claimed that a referendum would disrupt the economy , hold back investments and " interrupt the country 's productive process " . |
| 24 | For example , one respondent who indicated that a ‘ training officer ’ was employed , added ‘ staffing officer , ⅛ time on training ’ while another respondent who had indicated that they had no designated ‘ training officer ’ added ‘ if you mean literally , the answer is no . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're worth a lot more than that , ’ said one director , who indicated that a counter move could yet be made by opponents of the Halls . |
| 26 | Lastly we have a third group of customers who know that a brief telephone call with an experienced Matroc technician and the subsequent systematic processing would bring them significantly more than 50 pages of technical details . |
| 27 | There are , however , some men who assume that a single mother must be looking for a husband . |
| 28 | Other than in a most exceptional case , I doubt whether a judge who heard that a defendant in the charge of a jury was being interrogated under compulsory powers would have a moment 's hesitation about what to do . |
| 29 | NO matter what the critics write it is you the public who decide whether a movie is a hit or a flop . |
| 30 | NO matter what the critics say , it is you the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a miss . |