Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is envisaged that an analysis of such information will enable the identification of those financial , entrepreneurial , technical and regional factors which are most associated with the growth and performance of subcontracting small firms and which distinguish them from other more ‘ typical ’ small firms . |
| 2 | It has , of course , many other characteristics , of which companionship and mutual support is an important one , but the characteristics which distinguish it from all other relationships can only be met by two persons of the opposite sex . |
| 3 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 4 | In the USA , the particularly distinctive features of unionism which distinguish it from that found in most continental European countries include ‘ job consciousness and job control , business unionism , an overwhelming emphasis upon economic struggle and collective bargaining , as opposed to broad political reform of the society and the economy ’ ( Kassalow , 1969 , p. 6 ) . |
| 5 | It is busy , open all hours , and full of shops which sell anything from ancient Chinese herbs and medicines to electronic gadgetry . |
| 6 | These sceptical , cautious and cloistered arrangements constitute the distinctive institutions of science which separate it from other more worldly activities . |
| 7 | If we are indeed a unique species then many of the behaviours which differentiate us from other animals are likely to be due to our genetic make-up rather than to cultural conditioning ; but the difficulty is to know just what these animal-human characteristics might be . |
| 8 | The eggs of other shrimps , by contrast , are not waterproof , but possess thick spongy coverings which protect them from bright sunlight and abrasion . |