Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb -s] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | They assume a jurisdiction to declare whether a marriage has taken place or not , whether there is any impediment which makes it void or voidable . |
2 | Rick James and Alison Gower also recorded a win in the 6–2 result which sees them clear of the relegation zone . |
3 | ‘ When you body starts to heal , they ca n't breathe , so they release a chemical which makes you itch ; when you scratch , it takes the scab off the wound so they can breathe again . |
4 | Thames Water has a code of practice which lets you know what we will do for you . |
5 | These more strident attitudes expressed in properly speaking ethical statements are ways of being in favour of or against types of behaviour with a degree of force which makes us wish disfavoured actions discouraged by some kind of social sanction . |
6 | ‘ They do n't have a lot left over for themselves and they see smoking as an affordable luxury which helps them cope . ’ |
7 | His face , to be sure , is not built for mirth : framed by luxuriant , shoulder-length black hair , his chubbyish cheeks curve round into a pinched mouth which makes him resemble Roshan Seth , the Indian actor who played the hero 's vodka-sodden father in My Beautiful Laundrette . |
8 | Such a nuisance it is because it 's a condition which makes you tire more easily , leaving you short of energy and breath . |
9 | His knees frequently dislocate and he has a painful hiatus hernia which makes him scream . |
10 | Sensitive leniency is not the only principle operating , however , for constables also need to avoid being ‘ taken for a ride ’ by an unrealistic excuse which makes them look foolish . |
11 | Any phrase or sentence which makes you feel calm , loving , joyful and expansive is an affirmation . |
12 | DesignaKnit has a very helpful function which lets you decide what the maximum allowable float length ( in stitches ) can be . |
13 | As feminists , we need to have a way of looking at this work which makes us think about whose shattered lives and suffering produced the money used to pay her for her paintings — namely the poor rural workers of Britain and Ireland and the enslaved African peoples working in the West Indies and the American colonies . |
14 | Notice the glass window which lets you see what 's happening inside the oven without opening the door . |
15 | It is the spirit of the 1 Corinthians 7 passage which helps us unravel the appropriateness of such things as oral sex , anal sex , and masturbation . |
16 | Maybe we both have a deep-seated objection to marriage which makes us embrace all obstacles placed in our way . |
17 | It 's a question which makes him laugh . |
18 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
19 | Their movements are graceful and controlled , their minds are quick and clever with an intensity and depth of insight which makes them seem fey and strange to other races . |
20 | There 's also an enhancing tool which lets you embellish the charts and you can even paste bitmapped images ( such as a picture of your favourite car ) onto parts of the graphs . |
21 | Alternatively , he may suddenly see something out of the corner of his eye which makes him jump sideways very quickly , so giving the rider little chance to take avoiding action . |
22 | Well I 'll be wearing a distressed leather jacket , black jeans , a new short haircut which makes me look really hard and a large stomach . |
23 | As well as an impressive range of graph types , Quattro Pro has an Annotator which lets you embellish your graphs |
24 | marketing what 's he want to do then ? |
25 | This diagnostics program includes a module which lets you test individual components or the entire machine . |
26 | ‘ His theory , Greg , is … how long you got ? … his theory is that the best music is the stuff which makes you go doolally , lose yourself . |
27 | I have had a Chinese hair-cut which makes me look slightly less like a fierce western barbarian to Chinese eyes , but I have kept my beard . |
28 | ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught . |
29 | And for cooking the tastiest casseroles , there 's a special ‘ Slow-set ’ facility which lets you leave the food to cook itself at a very low temperature over a long period . |
30 | Emerging technologies such as document image processing ( DIP ) are surrounded by a mystique which makes them sound attractive to potential customers , who are nevertheless unsure about how they will actually help their business . |