Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I have world-wide business interests which entail quite a lot of travelling . ’ |
| 2 | A couple of recent collections which bring together a range of articles on a variety of topics are 'Femininity' , ‘ Masculinity ’ and ‘ Androgyny ’ : A Modern Philosophical Analysis , edited by Mary Vetterling-Braggin ( 1982b ) and the special issue of Radical Philosophy ( 1983 ) on ‘ Women , Gender and Philosophy ’ . |
| 3 | Close to Deneb is the little group made up of Omicron¹ ; ( 3.8 ) , Omicron² ; ( 4.0 ) and 32 , which make up a trio in the same × 12 field . |
| 4 | Corvus adjoins Hydra , and is easily recognizable because of the four leading stars , which make up a quadrilateral : Gamma and Beta ( each 2.6 ) , and Delta and Epsilon ( each 3.0 ) . |
| 5 | the various formats which make up a style sheet- paragraph settings , margins and columns , page layouts , hyphernation and justification , widow and orphan control and automatic section numbering . |
| 6 | Reassembling , say , all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database . |
| 7 | In this way the various inter-relationships between all the many factors which make up an individual 's life can be seen as contributing to that individual 's health , or ill-health . |
| 8 | The pixels which make up an image on a digitized computer screen are like building blocks which can be coloured and combined in any way the operator 's computer , competence and ingenuity allow . |
| 9 | Of the three elements which make up an opera — the music , the words and the drama — the third arises from the first two realised by the performance of the singing actors , with the collaboration of the musicians and within the ambience of the set and the costumes . |
| 10 | As far as the new rent is concerned , options fall into four categories : ( 1 ) options to renew " at a rent to be agreed " : such options are void for uncertainty unless some provision is made for determination of the rent in default of agreement ( King 's Motors ( Oxford ) Ltd v Lax [ 1969 ] 3 All ER 665 ) or some provision is made for a minimum or a maximum rent ( Corson v Rhuddlan BC [ 1990 ] 1 EGLR 255 ) ; ( 2 ) options to renew at a rent to be determined in accordance with some stated formula , without any effective machinery for working it out : if necessary the court will supply the machinery in such cases ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 ) ; ( 3 ) options with machinery but no detailed formula : in such cases the court is likely to imply a term that the rent is to be fair and reasonable between the landlord and the tenant and will supply machinery for its determination ( Sudbrooke Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [ 1982 ] 3 All ER 1 ) ; ( 4 ) options which provide both a formula and the machinery for working it out : the draftsman should attempt to make his draft fall into this category . |
| 11 | Two decades later , policyholders who have contracts which provide just a return of premiums on death , with that amount ravaged by inflation in the intervening period , have compared the modern alternative and found the earlier contracts wanting . |
| 12 | Some policyholders who have contracts which provide just a return of premiums on death have compared the modern alternative and found the earlier contracts wanting |
| 13 | Yeast extract e.g. marmite , some wines , vinegar and also cheese are all very rich in certain chemicals called amines , which trigger off a migraine headache in sensitive people . |
| 14 | Almost all organisations of any size have organisational charts which show how an organisation may be expressed in formal terms . |
| 15 | Fan-assisted flue ducts allow some fires to be used up to 4m away from the outside wall — they are often skirting flues , which run along a skirting board to an outside wall , and an be used to complement a limited range of conventional fires . |
| 16 | Language is richly composed of many references which set up a commonality of theme between different parts of text or speech . |
| 17 | The Chamber of Shipping , which set up a task force to review routing procedures , examined 15 coastal areas where existing routing agreements did not provide specific advice for tankers . |
| 18 | The better-known Worsted Acts of 1777 ( 17 George III c. 11 and c. 56 ) , which set up an inspectorate to work with a prosecuting committee of employers , were described by the Hammonds as a piece of " class legislation " because they allowed conviction on the oath of the employer who owned the yarn in question and because they empowered extensive searching of weavers ' homes . |
| 19 | Scale 1/MPG appointees were recruited to a fairly open brief , which set out a number of options for negotiation between appointee and head : taking a class , releasing a teaching head , releasing other staff , working alongside colleagues in a ‘ support ’ role , facilitating and/or organizing school visits , covering for colleagues , and so on . |
| 20 | An 1853 Supreme Court decision which set aside a conviction on the charge of ‘ taking forcible and unlawful possession of the product of the Complainant 's garden ’ may serve as an example . |
| 21 | El Niño is apparently triggered by the warming of ocean currents in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific , which set off a pattern of weather bringing drought to many tropical areas , but heavier than normal rain to the western American seaboard . |
| 22 | Issues audits , which monitor how a company deals with specific environmental issues — tropical rain forests , reducing the use of CFC 's , for example — and re-evaluates policy , guidelines and operating procedures . |
| 23 | The wide scope of these sections which spell out a variety of pedagogical , recreational , preventive , advisory , and supportive social work tasks is indicative of the Act 's intention to reduce stigma , stimulate early intervention and motivate and enhance the capacities of ‘ natural carers ’ . |
| 24 | Each status in society is accompanied by a number of norms which define how an individual occupying a particular status is expected to act . |
| 25 | The Canning Shirt Company at the Albert Dock puts transfers and lettering on T-shirts and produces its own designs , including Liverpool logos , which go down a bomb with the tourists . |
| 26 | For example , we know that for those leaving care , a stable home contributes to their viability in the community , yet the factors contributing to survival skills are quite different from those which determine where a client goes to live , even though either can produce the same outcome of homelessness . |
| 27 | A description of personality traits is beyond the scope of this book , but they may be categorised in a simple manner under three headings , thus : * role traits : which are those parts of the personality which determine how an individual will react or behave in particular situations , and will react to the expectations of others in that situation . |
| 28 | These consist very largely of colleges of technology and technical colleges which offer only a minority of advanced courses and where most of their students are in the sixteen to nineteen age group and taking non-advanced courses . |
| 29 | But if the objective of the advertising for such a brand is , in fact , to talk to newcomers to the market ( and there are always newcomers to any market ) , or to the unconverted , or to disloyal users of other brands , there is , obviously , a very clear , specific case for ads which carry quite a lot of information , presented in a suitably attractive way . |
| 30 | The next three chapters address special issues which affect only a proportion . |