Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun pl] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique shows the entities most likely to be mentioned by the reader and , hence , indicates which entities predominate for various reasons . |
| 2 | The alacrity with which northerners enlisted for military service whenever warfare flared up on the Border speaks for itself . |
| 3 | However , the apparent success of retail development and the much higher land prices and rents which sites developed for out-of-town retail purposes command , has led to continuing pressure on industrial sites in general , including sites in and around North Shields . |
| 4 | He argues that classes develop in market economies in which individuals compete for economic gain . |
| 5 | Thirdly , these studies have emphasised the importance which jobs held for young women — as a source of status and independence both outside and within the family . |
| 6 | Mr Ishihara is no more than an entertaining distraction in Japanese politics : a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party , but one with no power base and whose views count for little . |
| 7 | The historians of a general history , on the other hand , reject interpretation as such in favour of making the evidence of documents intelligible by posing questions to them , constituting through such questions what counts as the series of historical events , its elements , its limits , and its relation to other series , or what rules operated for particular discursive practices . |
| 8 | To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what opportunities exist for civil servants based in Great Britain to gain experience in duties relating to Northern Ireland as part of staff development programmes . |