Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |
| 2 | While civil servants and directors wade through the legal quagmire of whether to record unmet needs , many staff who have to implement the policy are already up to their necks in it . |
| 3 | This maintenance of a working class Tory vote sufficient to return the party to office can be thought of as having two components : first the reproduction of relatively stable social collectivities having a principle of identification outside the conception of ‘ class ’ which prompted most ‘ working class ’ people to vote Labour , and second a more conjunctural conversion of voters . |
| 4 | as if to confirm these notions of her importance , an enormous party was held in the villa a few weeks after her arrival . |
| 5 | Thomas paused , as if having second thoughts , then said , ‘ I do n't know what the fuck you 're doing down there , I do n't know what 's going on , and I do n't really know why I 'm offering this , but I could probably get you a gun , if you 'd feel — I do n't know — safer , or whatever . ’ |
| 6 | The Doctor frowned as if having second thoughts , then stepped aside as promised . |
| 7 | Then he grinned and opened his mouth , as if to list further commodities produced on the premises , when a further member of the household came into the room , this time through the doorway above ground . |
| 8 | He had experienced this telescoping of time before when working twenty hours a day at the beginning of a murder investigation , but the slowness of passing time still came as a shock : Nicola Sharpe had been stabbed to death less than forty-eight hours before . |
| 9 | As yet , no coherent policy has emerged , only a confusion of purpose over whether to impose greater restrictions or offer more choice . |
| 10 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 11 | The SFO is expected to take a number of weeks to decide on whether to mount further investigations with a view to taking action against individuals and organisations . |
| 12 | Mr Everitt says the answer is longer sentences , but experts are divided on whether institutionalising young offenders is the best solution … |
| 13 | In another factory , this time a machine shop , managers were divided on whether to allow shop-floor workers some aspects of control over setting computerised tools . |
| 14 | Her performance — particularly in response to questions — was not what Derek was used to when viewing such events . |
| 15 | STAMFORD is usually referred to as having fourteen churches in the medieval period , but at one time there was a fifteenth , dedicated to St. Thomas . |
| 16 | Reception staff at hotels based in cities and large towns may have to persuade unwanted persons loitering in the reception lounge to move on and leave the hotel ; the right to refuse service to persons unfit to be received is often the authority relied on when taking such actions . |
| 17 | Some of the textured pavement and warning tiles did not function well and some caused difficulties for the non-handicapped , as when snagging high heels . |
| 18 | Such changes may well alter what appeared to be the constant structure of the economy itself , and these changes also have to be allowed for when evaluating different policies . |
| 19 | Julie Byford , who manages the financial services team at the recruitment agency Badenoch & Clark , cites another quality that employers look for when recruiting corporate financiers . |