Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An argument at Formby 's works between a boy , John Carter , and a horse driver led to what the local paper called " A brutal attack upon the boy " . |
| 2 | Another kind developed in which the elaborated worm did not attach itself to the sea floor but continued to crawl about and secreted a small conical tent of shell under which it could huddle when in danger . |
| 3 | Now it may well be that er the Federation of Hambleton disagree about what the importance of of that landscape assessment is precisely . |
| 4 | The crystallization of enzymes , the invention of the electrical method called electrophoresis which separates molecules according to their size and their electric charge , the development of very high speed centrifuges in which the larger proteins are separated from smaller ones as they spin , and later the application of X-ray crystallography to large molecules have all contributed to progress . |
| 5 | Every year the gap widens between what the Trust raises from traditional sources of income , such as farm rents , investments and membership subscriptions , and what is needed to maintain properties , pay staff salaries and acquire new properties . |
| 6 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 7 | A great deal depends on what the computer was programmed to ask and the criteria for writing the programme might not prove acceptable to all Old Testament scholars . |
| 8 | This practice , which is much more common in the United States , has acquired its own descriptive term , ‘ defensive medicine ’ , a term suggestive of the notion that an unnecessary and destructive tension exists between what the doctor thinks is good medicine and what the law requires of him . |
| 9 | The Conservatives handed out the Greens ' fairly innocuous version of the 1989 Queen 's Speech gratis , too , in the belief that it was time the public had their eyes opened to what the party was really about . |
| 10 | Not only does the rhythm fit with what the poet is saying , it plays its own central part in creating the mood and meaning of the poem . |
| 11 | Use a Lifebuilder Bible study to dig into what the Bible shares . |
| 12 | Until the lonely hour arrives in which the philosophical proof of the truth of history is produced , then history will inevitably continue as a representation and interpretation of the past — rather than Marxist truth and the false or limited interpretation of all other historians . |
| 13 | Every year after I became chairman of British Steel we set aside one board meeting at which the objectives of the organisation were raised . |
| 14 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
| 15 | Then came the disgraceful ‘ leaked minutes ’ of a BBC review board meeting in which the good name of the breathtakingly beautiful Selina Scott was traduced by a cad called Peter Estall . |
| 16 | From the Reagan administration 's first decision to listen to what the Israelis were saying , the Iran-contra affair had found its firm foundation in political and diplomatic illusion . |
| 17 | I would ask the class to say , ‘ What was our brief ? ’ … so the whole class and also the performers focus onto what the brief is in the performance . |
| 18 | The failure of such tensions to overturn or revolutionize the social structure has rested in the way in which individuals have been socialized and the fundamental norms according to which the society operates . |
| 19 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 20 | In moments of mature reflection the farmer may pity the ‘ townie ’ — a pity based upon what the farmer regards as the dehumanized and alienating quality of life in the larger cities — but that genuine twinge of concern is easily swept aside by the nightmare of being ‘ invaded ’ , ‘ swamped ’ or ‘ overrun ’ by a ‘ mass ’ of ‘ ignorant ’ daytrippers and holidaymakers . |
| 21 | ’ He went on to say , at p. 196 , ‘ although … there is no direct evidence … proving undue pressure … a state of circumstances existed from which the court will infer pressure and undue influence . ’ |
| 22 | The warming phase was interrupted by a cold snap in which the first flip from warm to cool took only three years . |
| 23 | The interactivity lies in the computer 's capacity to respond to what the user does . |
| 24 | I appeared on the Front Bench in the Committee Sitting in which the hon. Gentleman referred and received an assurance from the Minister that getting a dispensation would not be a problem . |
| 25 | A seven-hour battle ensued in which the guerrilla , Issam Barahma , and an Israeli soldier died ; three other Israeli soldiers were injured . |
| 26 | She gave one group of male volunteers a new colour vocabulary to learn in which the terms were centred on the four basic colours . |
| 27 | Elite autonomy means simply that circumstances exist in which the political elites representing a given social group can bargain on behalf of ‘ their ’ communities without fearing that compromises will lead to their removal and the substitution of a new elite for the social group . |
| 28 | The worst offenders are almost always Councils controlled by extreme left factions engaged in what the present Chairman of the Conservative Party , Christopher Patten , has referred to as ‘ bleeding-stump politics ’ . |
| 29 | This difference remains however constantly or quickly a judgement ensues on what the advocates of the theory call a ‘ sensation ’ or ‘ impression , . |
| 30 | As we have seen , Plowden commented on what the committee found . |