Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [Wh adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while when most of the cards are removed you can say ‘ Do you prefer red or black cards . |
| 2 | Such a discussion is more likely to occur after a meeting when some of the players are having a post mortem , and of course , when the ‘ other side ’ is not present . |
| 3 | Indeed , I recently heard of a case where some Catholic white children taunted a Catholic black child with the words , ‘ Are you one of those who were bought ? ’ |
| 4 | The achievement of a situation where this is not the case , in leadership terms , is clearly related to the whole institutional fabric of the enterprise , in terms of phenomena such as the labour market structure and system of rewards . |
| 5 | It has been something of a mystery how this move came about . |
| 6 | Can you think of a reason why that , that might be the case ? |
| 7 | Can you think of a reason why this is a good idea ? |
| 8 | It starts with a vision of a world where all is in God 's good order , where all is very beautiful and God 's delight . |
| 9 | Ironically those same purposes include , as we have seen , the recreation of a world where such exclusion is not to be found , but instead there is harmony , joy , and a universal sense of belonging and being at home . |
| 10 | For , in the book of Daniel ( 12:4 ) there is a prophecy that seemed to speak of a time when many would pass to and fro and knowledge would be increased . |
| 11 | The sturdy Victorian houses spoke of a time when this was a place of substance and quality . |
| 12 | Within an evolutionary framework it could be argued that the work working class women did outside the home was an anachronistic survival and that society was in fact progressing towards a position whereby all women would be able to stay at home . |
| 13 | There would , however , be considerable practical difficulties in proceeding in this way against a firm where such changes had been substantial . |
| 14 | If the clause provides for the substitution of figures , it is important to ensure that all necessary mathematical information is given to enable the rent to be calculated ( see Wyndham Investments v Motorway Tyres and Accessories [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 114 for a case where this was not done , and the index linked rent failed completely ) . |
| 15 | So I think there is a need to plan for a location where this new settlement is going to be successful , recognizing that failure to attract appropriate er private sector interest will mean poor quality design and social provision which will obviously detract from the new settlement as a place to live and also undermine its role in terms of the Greater York area . |
| 16 | ‘ Try and think for a moment how many points of view there are in the world and how seldom people really understand each other . |
| 17 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 18 | I wept over that of course , for a world where some people might doubt her — my — cleanliness . |
| 19 | The Elizabethan World Picture appeared in 1943 during a period when many feared for the collapse of western civilisation . |
| 20 | They see it as a mechanism whereby some exploit others rather than a means of furthering collective goals . |
| 21 | Maybe soap has had its day as a place where those more progressive arguments are being investigated . |
| 22 | Charles Donmall , in this period the secretary of the BBBC , justified the discrimination by pointing out that : ‘ It is only right that a small country such as ours should have championships restricted to boxers of white parents — otherwise we might be faced with a situation where all our British titles are held by coloured Empire boxers ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , p.340 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ We are now dealing with a situation where all of us are exposed to a cannabis-like substance . |
| 24 | She was grabbed from behind by a man and forced into a car where another man was waiting . |
| 25 | We went into a room where all these children were sitting at long rows of tables . |
| 26 | But there 's also some danger in drifting into a situation where all of that , and the power to get exactly what he wants , is in the hands of one person struggling with a new job , isolated among unfamiliar collaborators . |
| 27 | In addition , we became experts in a new and complex world where everything from the intricacies of a changing semantic of underground language to the knowledge that tetrahydrocannabinol ( THE ) was the active ingredient of cannabis separated us from our previous associations and took us into a world where few in the organization could begin to operate with comfort . |
| 28 | Resist being served from a salame where all the casing has already been removed — the meat may have become dry and tough during storage . |
| 29 | He had been well educated , and came from a home where much love was shown , but alone in the darkness he imagined a thousand evil eyes upon him , and his one instinct was to blast away with his gun with murder in his heart . |
| 30 | There is a garage/café where souvenirs of a kind can be bought but only a very good marketing man could come up with something stunning from a spot where most of the time nothing is happening . |