Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring .
2 It 's an inset problem , and therefore one is looking inevitably at the reasons for which you can moved an inset boundary , supposing that one already exists , which it does n't , but let us suppose it does .
3 ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’
4 These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills .
5 If you have any queries about what we can do for you , please do n't hesitate to call us on
6 They would sit and talk for hours about what they would do when they left school .
7 Sapt talked to me for three hours about what I must do and what I must say , what I liked and what I did n't like .
8 Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question .
9 It has received meticulous counsel from one of the nation 's highest courts about what it might wish to say on the subject in the future .
10 Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons .
11 This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles .
12 From this , nursing managers can calculate the peak periods across the whole unit and also identify times for which it would be beneficial to employ part-time staff .
13 Discussions about what they should wear had been interspersed with sexy gossip concerning the star of the occasion , Nathan Bryce .
14 This would not be a problem if it was n't for another silly set of rules about what you must wear .
15 Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation .
16 Hinsley is bound by all kinds of rules about what he can and can not reveal , in the ‘ national interest ’ , of which the authorities are the sole arbiters .
17 However , this body of theory is now being questioned , partly because of growing evidence that people do not behave as the theory predicts , and partly because of the continuing discovery of cases in which the theory 's recommendations as to rational choice conflict with most people 's intuitions about what it would be reasonable to do .
18 The legal basis was being created for workers to set up their own professional , cultural and leisure-time organizations through which they would become integrated with the rest of society .
19 At the outset Helen Martini said the prospects of what they had taken on were daunting , but she had no doubts about what they could accomplish .
20 So Taylor took Lineker into the European Championship as his first choice marksman , but with big doubts about what he would contribute .
21 You are bound to have many questions you would like to ask , as well as certain anxieties about which you would like your mind set at rest .
22 Dreaming of the future and rediscovering the feeling of past successes should have helped you work out some goals for yourself-what we will call a ‘ success image ’ .
23 ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems .
24 He was subject to influences for which he could not compensate ’ .
25 My Lords , the , the point made by the Noble Lord is that it is an important one erm it is important that teachers do feel comfortable with this subject and to that end the erm grant for education support and training is making money available and religious education has been added to the number of subjects for which it can be made available to help with er improving specialisms in schools , but also pr improving co-ordination for religious education in schools .
26 Under the Law Society 's Scheme , representatives who are not accredited will have a period of six months during which they can develop their skills by being paid for work on less serious cases .
27 Is it the first time , for instance , you have been told you only enter into relationships for what you can get out of them ?
28 Are there steps through which we can begin to learn again what was so clearly a part of the New Testament church 's experience ?
29 Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul .
30 Up and down the country , Opposition Front-Benchers have come out with protestations about what they will give this , that and the other interest group ; the document will make clear the order of priorities , and will begin to explain how the expenditure will be paid for .
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