Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 2 | Widows who remarry , or live with a man as his wife , cease to receive widows ' pension unless , that is , they are aged 60 or over in which case they may continue to receive their pension . |
| 3 | The Bridge of Ice may be used to move friendly troops into hand-to-hand combat , in which case they may fight from the following combat round and count as charging in the first round . |
| 4 | In which case they would have to content themselves with making a demonstration , burning the castleton and village and driving off Dacre 's and his people 's cattle and horses . |
| 5 | This of course was a quite natural reaction , and perhaps subconsciously I was hoping they were guilty , in which case they would vindicate me . |
| 6 | In which case they would try to decoy the enemy towards some of the hidden groups , where they would be outnumbered and beaten . |
| 7 | But it is possible for people growing up in a totally different culture to see kingship in terms of tyranny , in which case they would receive the statement that God is like a king as meaning that God is tyrannical , even some kind of dictator , so that religion resembles a prison rather than paradise . |
| 8 | Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal . |
| 9 | We always get a number of passengers who may be having treatment from their own GP for a particular condition , in which case they 'll bring their own medical notes with them . |
| 10 | There may be points of dispute in which case they 'll have to be settled in court . ’ |
| 11 | Are they already very excited ? — in which case they 'll need something calming . |
| 12 | Or between wife and husband , we tend to think only of transfer from husbands to wife , but er we do meet quite er a w er ladies who 've got quite high earnings and they themselves are paying forty percent in which case they should make sure that any investment income of theirs is transferred to the husband , so as to get the , to either use up allowances that are not being used at all because of absence of the income , or to benefit from these different rates of tax . |
| 13 | There may be client cases where new recruits feel out of their depth in which case they can invite the minder into the interview room , with the permission of the client , but still continue to deal with the client 's enquiry . |
| 14 | Modern Boy included real science , with pictures showing how powerful ants were by imagining them as big as horses , in which case they could move around carrying skyscrapers . |
| 15 | Magnetic force lines will ‘ flow ’ over the surface unless there is a flaw , in which case they will go around it . |
| 16 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 17 | The tactic used is to enable predators to learn to recognize sick-making prey , in which case they will avoid them . |
| 18 | But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it . |
| 19 | The auditors said in their certificate that they had used one " methodology " rather than another and that it was not clear from the clause in the lease which methodology they should use . |
| 20 | But technical descriptions only indicate the positions through which the feet and legs should move and at which moment they should co-ordinate with the arms as weight is transferred from one step and pose to the next . |
| 21 | Without the information contained in the parish register , one might reasonably suppose that Joseph and Ann had three children , who were each to receive only a shilling unless Ann remarried , upon which occasion they would inherit the entire estate . |
| 22 | There was a dry , raw whiteness to the sky and when , at last , Caspar stopped to consult the maps and discuss with Fenella which road they should take , his breath formed a vapour on the air . |
| 23 | Under Part 1 of the Bill ( Clauses 1–19 ) , trade union members are given the right to decide for themselves which union they will join ; the right to a fully postal ballot , independently scrutinised before a strike ; protection against fraud and abuse in trade union elections ; and protection against the mismanagement of their union 's finances . |
| 24 | He was watching them to see which way they would go . |
| 25 | Parents can also now say which school they 'd like their children to go to . |
| 26 | The agency probably has not discussed the commercial with a production company , though they may well know which company they would like to use , and have a reasonable idea of the likely cost . |
| 27 | Once the eggs have hatched the tiny fry are without parental care and become free swimming for a brief period during which time they must find their own host anemone . |
| 28 | This buys them an extra round while Thadeus hesitates , in which time they must come up with something more to prevent him from attacking after this initial hesitation . |
| 29 | The leader then turns away from the children during which time they can advance . |
| 30 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |