Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To mark the anniversary , two special leaflets have been produced by English Heritage , which highlight his significant involvement with some of the nation 's greatest landmarks : Henry VIII and the Northern Monasteries and Henry VIII and Coastal Fortifications . |
| 2 | ( 10 ) Because members of the Panel executive and the full Panel are often seconded from merchant banks , stockbrokers , firms of solicitors and accountants they may have to excuse themselves from dealing with any case which involves their employing company or firm . |
| 3 | George Meakin , Chief Manager of the Royal Bank 's Bolton Group , said , ‘ We can now offer our customers a more pleasant and spacious environment in which to conduct their financial affairs . |
| 4 | Those proponents of Producers ' Co-operation who ‘ wanted each factory to be established as a separate profit-sharing society ’ were right in principle : for only thus could it escape from the dominant consumer interest , only thus secure the ground from which to mount its own advance towards the more important objective of Co-operative aspiration . |
| 5 | In particular , notice that the critical frequencies of m-derived T and Π-sections are determined by the general condition which renders their characteristic impedance zero or infinite respectively . |
| 6 | In that country they first appeared in the mid-thirteenth century , groups of men who , under the leadership of enterprising leaders , contracted ( hence the name condottiere which they were given ) with individual city states which lacked their own armies but had the funds necessary to pay them , to guard their territory and maintain a measure of order . |
| 7 | As herds of humans dressed as cows ( at least , that 's what our eyes told us ) wander up and down Bleecker Street , we slump and watch The Shams , three women dressed as men , play an acoustic set which publicised their sexual fantasies . |
| 8 | The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death . |
| 9 | Dimity ran the house , it appeared , and it was her slender arms that bore in the coal scuttles , the heavy shopping baskets and the laden trays , while Ella 's powerful hands designed wood blocks , mixed paint and stamped the lengths of materials which draped their little cottage . |
| 10 | ‘ The Civil Rights [ Disabled Persons ] Bill , introduced by Alf Morris MP as a Private Member 's Bill earlier this year , which receives its third reading in the House of Lords today , could form the basis of the new Act . |
| 11 | The scenic elements in Corolla , Angels Margarit 's solo dance work which receives its British premiere as part of New Moves this week , are not in themselves remarkable . |
| 12 | HARRY NEUBAUER , who has died aged 59 , was a psychiatrist of multifarious qualities — not least an exuberant personality which lent his earnest profession a splash of much-needed colour . |
| 13 | The Californian Richard Overstreet paints iridescent landscapes which invert our normal perceptions and codes of geographical representation , juxtaposing sunsets and full moons with the sophisticated lighting of a cinema set . |
| 14 | Unlike Arundel and the Howard family , his essential loyalty to the Tudor cause was never doubted but he remained a Catholic and had to face a compromise which lessened his personal authority . |
| 15 | A notarial instrument of April 1288 recorded the agreement specifying the position of the common wall which divided their respective quarters . |
| 16 | Cray Research Inc has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which lowered its subordinated debt rating to triple-B-minus from triple-B and it revised the ratings outlook to stable from negative , affecting about $106m of rated debt . |
| 17 | In contrast to an institute such as the Courtauld which offers its own degrees , the courses at the new centre will be run independently by the various departments of the Parisian and provincial universities which have , in the past , offered courses in the relevant subjects . |
| 18 | These were followed by a wide range of commissions which display his inventive powers , including the Gothic Marischal College of 1837 , the New Market of 1840 , and in the same year his headquarters of the North of Scotland Bank , with its quadrant corner screen and richly decorated interior incorporating the Parthenon frieze . |
| 19 | The walls and floors are covered with massively bloodstained hangings and carpets , and mounted around the room are preserved bodies of victims killed in a manner which represents their ruling passion . |
| 20 | Rural institutions and local government in rural areas often tend to be dominated by a powerful and unrepresentative minority which represents its own interests rather than those of the majority . |
| 21 | An arrangement whereby a limited partner invests a capital sum in the business which he is not permitted to withdraw until dissolution of the partnership ( which will not automatically occur on death or bankruptcy etc ) and which represents his maximum liability in respect of the firm 's debts and obligations , who is given a profit share but who is excluded from the management of the firm , is doubtless seen as too restrictive . |
| 22 | The self-control and lucidity which Nizan displayed as an adult when retrospectively assessing his father , particularly in Antoine Bloye should not mask the fact that this was a moment of structural crisis in Nizan 's development , a moment which coloured his entire existence and shaped his underlying psyche irreversibly. 1916 was a moment of total psychological disruption . |
| 23 | In recent years , folk music has shed its woolly jumper and finger-in-the-ear image and reached a new audience which appreciates its wide range of styles and influences . |
| 24 | This alluded to contemporary sartorial developments in America , where Mrs Amelia Bloomer had pioneered somewhat daring cycling costumes for ladies which revealed their lower limbs . |
| 25 | For the first time she gave vent to loud screams , which became her usual method of attracting attention from that time : ‘ this manner of crying endured many years after this time , for aught any man might do , and therefore , suffered she much despite and much reproof ’ . |
| 26 | Mhoira Robertson did take up golf , which became her favourite pastime , and eventually the promotions came , first as Director of studies and Chief Inspector at Tulliallan Police College and finally in 1987 as Superintendent within the Lothians and Borders force . |
| 27 | In pursuit of these aims the president and his staff proposed bold innovations in economic policy , the introduction of which became their first priority . |
| 28 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 29 | After a heavy assault , he took the great city of Toledo which became his chief fortress on the eastern frontier , extending his kingdom still further into Moorish territory . |
| 30 | Types of racism which do not conform to this model are either ignored , marginalized , or ‘ redescribed ’ in ways which deny their independent significance . |