Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice it is difficult to locate these points , as the foot of the old cliff ( O on Fig. 9.18 ) may be obscured by talus or , more often , modified by erosion , in which case it may have been at A and the former cliff be represented by AH . |
| 2 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 3 | In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life . |
| 4 | It is often difficult to match a covered lampshade to your own furnishing fabrics , in which case it would pay to buy a frame , then cover it yourself . |
| 5 | It could abandon its isolation and make deals with other parties — in which case it would contradict its own anti-party rhetoric and make itself indistinguishable from other parties . |
| 6 | The tenant may wish to limit its liability to the state and condition of the premises at the commencement of the term , in which case it would need to include a provision that it will keep the Premises in no worse condition than they are in at the commencement of the Term as evidenced by the Schedule of condition annexed hereto A schedule of condition would then of course have to be settled including , if possible , a portfolio of photographs . |
| 7 | Food taken straight from the refrigerator is anathema to the cat — unless it is very hungry , in which case it will eat almost anything . |
| 8 | If the regional scheme is successful , it will presumably be extended to other parts of the country , in which case it will do much to increase the viability of the Dip.HE , though , of course , its implications go well beyond it , potentially to embrace the whole field of recurrent education . |
| 9 | The court can either grant the application or fix a hearing date , in which case it must give the parties at least one day 's notice . |
| 10 | The question , then , relates not so much to the continuing vigour of the church , but as to which direction it will take . |
| 11 | It is therefore highly uncertain when such a currency will be created and which countries it will cover . |
| 12 | The Scottish Transport Group will give advice about which body it should go to . |
| 13 | The sense of an expression determines which things it can denote . |
| 14 | We are waiting for a new quotation from Eurofighter for their part of the programme erm but in advance of receiving it I 'd not rather not speculate as to which impact it might have on the project . |
| 15 | Ellie knew at once which door it must unlock , because the room at the end of the landing was the only room kept locked . |
| 16 | The French government , which is overseeing the experiments and contributing part of the cost , will decide this year on which system it will base its national network for electronic cash , which computer companies have inevitably dubbed monetique ’ . |
| 17 | Theodora waited to see which way it would go . |
| 18 | Exactly which way it would affect it , whether it would be affordable housing or any other sort of housing is a matter for debate . |
| 19 | The 41-year-old writer said : ‘ We had machines which determined the precise strength of the toilet paper by seeing which way it would stretch . |
| 20 | The 41-year-old writer said : ‘ We had machines which determined the precise strength of the toilet paper by seeing which way it would stretch . |
| 21 | She added : ‘ We will put our case , but I have n't got a clue which way it will go . ’ |
| 22 | The presumed parish coffin at St James , Garlickhythe , City of London , is , in fact , an elm container made in 1855 for the safekeeping of ‘ Jimmy Garlick ’ , the celebrated seventeenth-century desiccated corpse ; he was subsequently recased in the nineteenth century in a glass-fronted mahogany vitrine , erect rather than supine , at which time it must have been decided to keep the coffin rather than discard it . |
| 23 | Yeah , and wait for it to come round again and t by which time it will have shoved it off somewhere and |
| 24 | That in probability the next doubling of the people of England will be in about 600 years to come , or by the year of our Lord 2300 ; at which time it will have eleven millions of people ; but , that the next doubling after that , will not be ( in all probability ) in less than 12 or 1300 years more , or by the year of our Lord 3500 or 3600 ; at which time the kingdom will have 22 millions of souls , or four times its present number , in case the world should last so long , |
| 25 | I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all . |
| 26 | Modern cook-chill processes , using liquid nitrogen , chill partly cooked food very rapidly to just above freezing point at which temperature it will keep perfectly for several days . |
| 27 | The second question — relevant only if a majority preferred a new constitution — asked voters to approve certain ground rules for the Constituent Assembly : a limited term , the obligation to submit its draft to another referendum , a clear separation of powers between the assembly and the provisional government whose president it would select . |
| 28 | I know this because after my machine arrived , the salesman whose job it would have been to persuade me to buy it , had I not been too quick for him , came to see me anyway . |
| 29 | A defiance of its orders is a defiance of the state , in whose name the government alone may speak and for whose actions it must assume ultimate responsibility … |
| 30 | Obviously this action-after-the-event does not compensate you for your lost holiday , but the hotel ultimately decides whose bookings it will honour in such situations , and sometimes it seeks to maximise its profit rather than honour contractual obligations . |