Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Captive-bred Pretty Tetras , have a much more brighter colouration than wild-caught specimens , the latter of which tend to lose this brightness over a period of time when kept in an aquarium . |
2 | No mention of private Bills would be complete without paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest ( Sir P. McNair-Wilson ) for the way in which he chaired the Committee which sought to untangle this web . |
3 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
4 | It all started with the idea of re-establishing the archive of the Verein Berliner Kunstlerinnen ( Association of Women Artists in Berlin ) which was destroyed during the second world war and developed into a journey of discovery , which has reached this point with the following achievements : 1200 women artists on record ; many works discovered ; the archive set up ; a profusely illustrated catalogue ( in fact the word catalogue does not give an idea of the range of articles contained in it since it covers the history of women artists in German-speaking countries , to art-business oriented articles , to facets of the history of the association , followed by a chronological development of the association and a full catalogue of the works on show , divided into sections , as they are in the exhibition ) ; a dictionary with short biographies of 1200 artists and 700 friends of art called Kathe , Paula und der ganze Rest — Ein Nachschlagewerk ( Kathe , Paula and the rest of the bunch ! — A Reference Book ) , which has caused something of a stir ; and of course , finally , the exhibition showing the works of 70 of the members and guests of the association over its 125 year life , which includes 250 works loaned by 100 institutions and individuals . |
5 | Part of today 's debate has been about an increase in unemployment which has hit this country like so many others . |
6 | Does he accept that the Government are reducing to fewer than 300 ships the number of vessels that now sail under the red ensign and that they have treated with utter contempt the red ensign , which has served this country well in times of peace and war ? |
7 | That is why so many of them admire our system of carefully designed checks and balances which has served this nation so well . |
8 | THE FFESTINIOG Railway has recently put into service a new buffet car , to replace a vintage vehicle which has done this duty since the early years of revival . |
9 | There is a moderate level of minerals which has given this water its therapeutic reputation since Roman times . |
10 | CPRW hopes that the Secretary of State will grasp the opportunity now before him to alter the pattern of development which has characterised this site for several decades , by challenging once and for all the aspiration of the current and any future owner , to establish a large and permanent residence for their tourist operations on the cliffs above Amroth . |
11 | Generally , though , the effect is one of stillness , of supreme design : it is only in passing a family raising picks over their heads to break the deep brown clods that you consider the huge effort which has made this landscape . |
12 | This will be far from easy to establish in view of the very strength of the business relationship which has generated this level of turnover for the employer . |
13 | Is my right hon. and learned Friend familiar with the automatic warning system of the Great Western railway , which has kept this tunnel and hundreds of miles of railway line safe for years ? |
14 | Complementing it is the British Coal Yearbook which offers a written record of the season and which has expanded this time to embrace the seasons in France , Australia and New Zealand . |
15 | The use which has received this appellation from Jespersen ( 1940 : 259 – 60 ) can be illustrated by sentences such as : ( 11 ) I am glad ( happy , delighted , pleased , proud , sorry , angry , ashamed , disappointed , surprised , astonished ) to see you here . |
16 | We are indebted to the Opposition for tabling the amendment to the Loyal Address which has enabled this subject to be debated and which enables us to prove that we have the best solution for local government funding . |
17 | Rover 's Cowley works which has dominated this area of Oxford for decades … the play 's writers talked to current and former workers . |
18 | But the major tradition which has queried this view of self has been that which derives from psychoanalysis . |
19 | But , Vinny Samways apart , they lacked the resources to overcome a Forest side , who gradually looked more like the team we know they can be — one which has won this competition in its various forms twice in the past four years . |
20 | Julian Driver , technical director of Vickers Laboratories , which has introduced this restriction , explained that ‘ it must be used in a reaction which will result in a non-volatile product — and there are precious few of those ’ . |
21 | That famous churchman Arnold of Rugby put a stamp upon independent education which helped to produce this consequence . |
22 | In nearly all instances , however , it is the chain of adverse circumstances with which the factor is associated which accumulate to generate this risk . |
23 | These and hundreds of other gifts are available now by mail order and , if you are still unsure which present to give this spring , why not consider a National Trust gift voucher ? |
24 | Fortunately Ruth had some money from her father which covered buying this house |
25 | He emphasizes that the information which helps meet this need is useful to those in business organizations as well . |
26 | Another example which serves to illustrate this view of citizenship as apolitical is the decision taken by a Conservative-controlled local authority , Barnet , in 1987 to refuse to allow political groups such as CND or Amnesty International to take part in a community festival ( the Court of Appeal found that this decision was unlawful and struck it down , too late to save the festival ) . |
27 | It is crime which serves to create this reaction . |
28 | Uzuncarsili has published a kanun containing a detailed listing of the mevleviyet kadiliks and the ranks of medreses and showing the possible promotions within and between the two , facts which help to define this generalization to some degree . |
29 | There are several factors which help to prolong this period to perhaps three or four times that in the male . |
30 | All VAX/VMS accounts which require to access this database must execute the ORAUSER.COM file from their login command file to define the logicals and symbols referenced by ORACLE ( again , see Reference 7 ) e.g. where |