Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its origin is probably similar to Stonehenge which has the biggest ditch , a single one , and many stones , where Rudston has four ditches but only one stone , which is larger than any at Stonehenge . |
| 2 | Where Hegel sees three stages , oriental , classical and germanic , in the progressive development of the spirit of humanity , Marx identifies four successive modes of production . |
| 3 | Even the gourd comes off better than the poor whale , who is no more than a floating prison where Jonah spends three days purging his contempt of court . |
| 4 | where nnn represents three-digit numbers , the whiteout and blackout points respectively . |
| 5 | The term " discuss " invites debate , where debate means reasoned presentation of arguments for and against a proposition , with a conclusion — no matter how qualified or tentative — reached at the end . |
| 6 | Where Johnson utters statesmanly reflections , Boswell lets us see the small events — ‘ we dismounted ’ — and then captures the detail of their arrival , their welcome by Lady Macleod ( the laird 's mother , not his wife ) . |
| 7 | In the circumstance of their redundance , the usual prescription has been the demolition of the buildings and sale of their sites , but it is likely that where redundancy affects noteworthy buildings — and an increasing number of Roman Catholic churches , lacking the exemption from ‘ listing ’ currently enjoyed by the Anglican churches , are being listed as buildings of architectural or historic interest — the church hierarchy may have to consider offering them for conversion to alternative uses . |
| 8 | In the marginal fringe , where farmland meets wild moorland , woodland or marshland , there are several changes . |
| 9 | Apart from in scene nine , where Anderson displays occasional discomfort through his hesitations ( 4 instances , most notably when explaining to Sacha why he came to the Hollars ' apartment ( p. 81 ) , and when giving assurances of what he will do to help Pavel ( p. 83 ) ) , we find very few instances of hesitations or unfinished turns ( no more than one instance of each in scenes seven , eight , ten and sixteen ) . |
| 10 | In the absence of such agreement , the partners will be faced with the unattractive alternatives of : ( 1 ) concluding appropriate agreements ad hoc , quite possibly under the pressure of burgeoning dispute between the partners ; or ( 2 ) accepting regulation of the affairs of the firm under the Partnership Act which will ensure that where agreement proves impossible dissolution will follow . |
| 11 | An inadequate list may include reduction in infant and child mortality better employment prospects for educated children making investment in education worthwhile and therefore a cost related to the number of children ; women 's status in the household and extent of emancipation in making decisions ; education of parents and enrolment rates in education for children , and women 's participation in the formal labour force ( where pregnancy implies unavoidable loss of earnings ) . |
| 12 | Where track reaches old crofter 's cottage bear half ( no path ) across stream , up bank , to reach grassy former railway track after 30 yds . |
| 13 | Although Kant has little respect for most previous moral philosophies , he has immense respect for the untutored moral insight ( if not practice ) of the ordinary man . |
| 14 | My child allowance is approximately thirty-seven pounds a month so mum keeps seven pounds and I have thirty . |
| 15 | MATERIALS — Although wool gives unbeatable softness and luxury , a blend of 80% wool and 20% man-made fibres adds to the wearing resilience of your carpet . |
| 16 | Although DG plans eight-processor models — see above — the optimum for the AViiON 's tightly-coupled architecture is ‘ somewhere above eight and below 16″ , according to West . |
| 17 | Although Chester has several establishments already catering for the conference trade , the indications are that there is still significant undercapacity . |
| 18 | Although Stratus faces growing competition from HP in its own markets , it says the latter has ‘ guaranteed equal access to the Precision chip — a level playing field . ’ |
| 19 | The three men began on something , although Shelley has little patience with prose . |
| 20 | Although Liz has olive tones in her skin , there 's quite a lot of blue under her eyes , so any blues will make her look more tired . |
| 21 | Most countries opt for a three-stage alert scheme , although Japan adopts two levels of smog emergencies ( table 7.4 ) . |
| 22 | Although France wants American soldiers in Europe , America 's leadership in the Gulf war ( in which France at least played a part ) seems only to have confirmed French fears that military co-operation outside Europe means American domination . |
| 23 | In education , although legislation promises increased power to parents and the opportunity for schools to opt out of local education authorities , it also promises a greater power for head teachers and , in the case of City Technology Colleges , a greater direct input from industry . |
| 24 | There is no need to tell everyone all the details , any more than Peter makes any mention or testimony in his letters about the day he messed it up . |
| 25 | Tbili means warm , so Tbilisi means warm place — it 's a spa . |
| 26 | Although SAG gets top marks for technical merit — it is also an independent standards organisation — its does n't have a complete solution and there is no documentation yet available on what it has put together . |
| 27 | We find that , although bleomycin cuts mixed sequence DNAs with a preference for GC = GT>GA>>GG , it efficiently cleaves regions of ( AT ) n cutting exclusively at ApT , not TpA . |
| 28 | If , as linguists argue , the strength of these ties correlates with the degree to which speech reflects nonstandard ( vernacular ) norms , the finding that men are more nonstandard than women makes perfect sense . |
| 29 | Barbara Conroy , in her book on library staff development discusses evaluation in terms of how far stated objectives have been achieved , and emphasizes that although evaluation requires careful identification of what is being evaluated and why , to decide the ‘ how , when and where ’ , of evaluation if it is to be more than ‘ just a way of channelling impressionistic information into a required report form ’ , that it is not a highly ‘ esoteric ’ activity , necessarily involving ‘ complex research methodology ’ . |
| 30 | And there is no doubt that although Christianity rejects metaphysical dualism it has a proper dualism of its own . |