Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb base] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The debates that accompanied the passage of this Bill through Parliament reflected two themes which constantly recur in discussions about local government reorganisation .
2 They say there are cheaper leisure stocks around such as Midsummer Leisure , which once bid for Boddies .
3 There are modern history books which ostensibly focus on periods of great social change but the reader could be forgiven for reaching the conclusion that there have been no social changes which have involved/ affected women .
4 Shields were probably circular , of wood with a central hole for the handle which was protected by an iron boss ; it is the iron handle and boss which usually survive in graves where they are found .
5 On that level , it 's an enjoyable show , an appropriate alternative to the futuristic spectacles promoting technological confidence which usually feature at Expos and world fairs .
6 In suggesting ways in which the shifting structures of repetition and difference can be traced , what it has attempted to do is to open up some new contexts , both theoretical and institutional , in which texts and genres can be thought , and to reopen some old points of difficulty which still serve as sticking-points against the slide into accommodation .
7 NB Add to this list any qualities which repeatedly appear in descriptions of the type of work you are interested in .
8 The coolest water temperatures occur near seventeen hundred and eighteen hundred A D which also correspond to periods of .
9 In restructuring the museum , we have concentrated on three areas , which also correspond to stages in the museum 's historical development .
10 Selection methods based on references and panel interviews , without systematic job and person specification , give preference to intuitive judgements which inevitably focus on traits .
11 The observation that despite increased stool frequency , stool weight was not greater in the patients is likely to reflect dietary changes , which inevitably occur in patients with a long history of diarrhoea .
12 Alternative breeding strategies are also shown by many tree frogs in the genus Hyla , which typically call from positions that are not egg-laying sites .
13 But , such is the pace of development , that an idiot 's guide to many of the most recent and fast-moving technological marvels , which often bristle with abbreviations , is not to be despised .
14 In the latter class may be included not only those which deflect a river such as the spit at Shoreham , Sussex , and Orford Ness , but also the bars and spits which often form across bays .
15 We are unsure whether the behaviour is truly co-operative , or is organised by certain individuals in the school , but the whistles and considerable vocal activity which often occur among members of feeding groups are undoubtedly communication signals .
16 Minerals are an important natural resource which often occur in areas of beautiful countryside including National Parks and Green Belts .
17 When cells are stimulated they invariably display regular calcium spikes which often appear as waves .
18 The COB Rules accordingly use the same language for both , although there are two special classes of transaction — the contingent liability transaction and the marginal transaction — which particularly relate to futures and other derivatives .
19 However , even in these cases , there is an important difference from the fully oppositional groups , which characteristically begin with attacks on prevailing art forms and cultural institutions , and often with further attacks on the general conditions which are believed to be sustaining them .
20 The only small quibbles I have are the shape of the zip pullers , which sometimes dig into hips when a rucksack 's carried , the lack of a horizontal chest pocket to take a map ( very useful when navigating in poor weather ) and a wired hood , which would stop it falling over the eyes at inconvenient moments .
21 This in turn reduces the interpersonal tensions which otherwise exist between superiors and subordinates , and for this reason the ‘ survival of the work group as an operating unit ’ is made possible by the creation of rules .
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