Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Representation is redefined as a kind of quotation : When a text turns its attention to giving a physical description of a character it resorts to various strategies which give its presumed object the status of a representation . |
| 32 | The bat 's ear is similar in design to ours , but with refinements which give it great sensitivity at ultrasonic frequencies . |
| 33 | While the new group can be satisfied by the establishment of alternative facilities , which give it public presence and identity , its distinction from oppositional groups is reasonably clear . |
| 34 | Nearer to the shape of the Flexi , though sparless and using a multiple line bridle system , is the Wolkensturmer Paraflex with a span of 240cm ( 94½in ) and sixteen cells which give it exceptional lifting power . |
| 35 | So then you start thinking about visual images which give you this impression of power and menace , something like the Nuremberg Rallies of the 1930s , and use that as the basis of your inspiration . |
| 36 | Outlined on this page are some of the opportunities provided through the Education Department , which give our young people the best arts experiences in the country . |
| 37 | ‘ It is times like these which give us all hope , ’ she said . |
| 38 | The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men . |
| 39 | In place of the few massy figures on that we see scores of small ones , ranged in six registers which give us seven stories from legend as well as a band of animals and florals , a battle of Pygmies and cranes on the foot , and other figures on the flat of the handles . |
| 40 | Eadberht was Ceolwulf 's cousin , according to the Anglian genealogies which give his alleged descent from Ida ( see Appendix , Fig. 9 ) . |
| 41 | The waits were officially disbanded in 1832 but existed as am independent body until the late nineteenth century , by which time their peculiar custom was becoming more than a little irritating to certain residents of the town . |
| 42 | She lived for only seven weeks during which time her two sisters , Clare , five , and Victoria , three , bought her a small teddy bear . |
| 43 | The Workers ' Party conference had also confirmed the continued existence of the Official Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) , which ceased its campaign in Northern Ireland in 1972 , at which time its political wing , Official Sinn Féin , changed its name to the Workers ' Party . |
| 44 | Indeed , despite their arguments that bile had little role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis the data of Gotley et al show that 75% of patients with gastrooesophageal reflux disease do have bile in their reflux aspirates at concentrations >30 µmol/l and that higher concentrations of bile were more common at night , at which time our gastric pH profiles show greatest alkalinity . |
| 45 | Born in 1932 , he retired as a foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency in 1981 , by which time his three books had started to come out . |
| 46 | This is very much what we are about in developing financial services for our cardmembers which meet their particular requirements and provide added value . ’ |
| 47 | Furthermore , in his continued discussion of the problem in Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego he likens the manic state to festivals such as the Roman Saturnalia , ‘ which owe their cheerful character to the release which they bring ’ . |
| 48 | The evidence given above indicates that Martin could well have accomplished this , particularly in the context of the significant advances he brought to the design of the musette , which demonstrate his innovative abilities as a maker . |
| 49 | The choice is varied and students may take advantage of tuition in many sports or alternatively may organize their own programme of activities and book the various sports facilities at times which suit their academic timetables . |
| 50 | Differentiated curricula and the social structure are matched on very firm foundations : by building on these foundations comprehensive reorganization has had to accept the antecedent structures which contradict its stated ideal . [ … ] |
| 51 | The children of the rich may work in health food shops or other faddish and esoteric pursuits which utilize their educational experience and may provide a more acceptable form of class reproduction than simple inheritance . |
| 52 | The Fund 's overseas director Mike Aaronson said on Aug. 29 that there was " a shameful degree of infighting between UN agencies which pursue their own interests " . |
| 53 | Finally , ss 28 and 29 exclude from the UCTA contracts governed by international conventions ( eg Athens Convention regulating sea carriage of passengers ) and contracts governed by any other statutory scheme of regulation in the UK which perm its specific exclusions of liability . |
| 54 | For instance , he examines the development of dolls from 3000 BC , via the 18th century mechanical automata , through to the possible future delights ( or horrors ) of pornographic robots which entertain their human companions in ways that might well be measured in kilocuddles . |
| 55 | Elected government is constantly in danger of being discredited by episodes which expose its relative impotence compared to these , great agglomerations of private and unaccountable economic power . |
| 56 | The appropriate change in day length causes the animals ' bodies to produce hormones which activate their reproductive organs . |
| 57 | Or in the same general category there are institutions like some of those in broadcasting ( in Great Britain the BBC ) which depend on one form or another of public revenue but which direct their own production . |
| 58 | We need to inform them wherever possible of the scientific purposes which underpin our horticultural activities and our research work . |
| 59 | Computer Sciences Corp has won a multi-year facilities management contract from Sun Microsystems Inc that is expected to generate $27m a year : under the agreement , Sun will temporarily transfer all its mainframe data centre activities in Milpitas , California to a Computer Sciences data centre in San Diego , enabling Sun to convert its mainframe systems , which oversee its worldwide manufacturing operations , to a client-server environment , with help from Computer Sciences , and the El Segundo company will run Sun 's day-to-day operations , supporting applications maintenance for its Manufacturing Resource Planning software , while the client-server system is developed and installed . |
| 60 | She had done clerical work before she married , at which point her widowed mother came to live with her . |