Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are a number of post-war schools of thought which lie in a direct line of descent and which continue a distinctive democratic elitist pattern of argument . |
| 2 | Although , as I mentioned before , rival groups of psycholinguists dispute the question of whether , when , and how the central systems exert a top-down influence upon the parsing processes , contemporary psycholinguistics proceeds on the assumption that levels of linguistic representation ( phoneme , morpheme , noun phrase , clause , etcetera ) are ‘ psychologically real ’ in the sense of referring to processes in the nervous system which take a certain time , which happen in a particular order , and which have determinate causal relations to similar processes . |
| 3 | Such comparisons suggest a fixed set of symbols or rules which operate in a fixed way , whereas this is only partially true of language . |
| 4 | The University of Edinburgh is essentially a university within a city , unlike many British universities which operate in a large ‘ single-campus ’ area . |
| 5 | In other cases , if there is any suggestion that the defendant has a defence , the point can be tested immediately by treating the hearing of the motion as the trial of the action , or by some other means ( such as Order 14 proceedings ) which result in a final injunction . |
| 6 | ‘ The political stance adopted by a class at any given time will be i part a function of the structure of the political system as whole and the concrete possibilities which exist in a specific situation for the application of various kinds of class alliances ’ ( Roxborough 1979 : 82 ) . |
| 7 | Pacemakers , which come in a wide variety of Dayglo colours , can be found at most branches of Top Shop for around £25 . |
| 8 | Pacemakers , which come in a wide variety of Dayglo colours , can be found at most branches of Top Shop for around £25 . |
| 9 | This brief chapter merely serves to draw together some common problems in alphabetical indexing ( which feature in a different way in classification schemes ) . |
| 10 | But a rotating craft exerts Coriolis forces , which work in a different direction from a centripetal force . |