Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [Wh det] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be an indication of other problems in the urinary tract some of which could potentially be serious in the long term . |
| 2 | The historical sources tend to be accepted unless there is evidence to the contrary , by which process much of what can be read about Anglo-Saxon England is based on uncorroborated historical evidence written down hundreds of years after the events they describe . |
| 3 | If a long hall was to be vaulted by a cross or groined vault the room would be divided by piers into square bays each of which would be covered by a cross vault . |
| 4 | The offences of organisation and participation are made subject to what might be seen as a kind of impossibility defence . |
| 5 | They scored first from what should have been our free-kick , but that 's no excuse because they played some excellent stuff . ’ |
| 6 | Unsurprisingly , none of them had heard of Giles Williams , which was clearly a false name , and Kelly 's description of his telephone manner — a slurred , gin-sodden voice with a wheedling insincere tone to it — covered half of what used to be known as Fleet Street . |
| 7 | Asset portfolio adjustments by these various groups can nowadays have a dominant effect on foreign exchange markets even if this appears to run contrary to what might be suggested by purchasing power parity relationships . |
| 8 | Soon after the ceremony he went to Glasgow , where he fell ill with what would seem to have been smallpox , and from vanity kept a taffeta mask over his face . |
| 9 | a new general classification scheme for all waters , which would incorporate standard key chemical tests used in previous water quality surveys together with , for rivers , a new biological measurement based on the extent to which the presence of invertebrates in a water body falls short of what would be expected in a clean or unpolluted system . |
| 10 | You get used to seeing so many things , you become immune to what would normally be considered perversions . |
| 11 | Perhaps he too felt anxious about what might happen if he did . |
| 12 | The greenhouse is popular with children , even if they do get lost in what could be an Amazonian rainforest . |
| 13 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 14 | Clauses often say that the accountant appointed as an expert must be a partner in an " international " firm , which has been interpreted to mean one of what used to be the " big eight " firms . |