Example sentences of "[Wh det] [is] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What remains uncertain is whether consciousness is a separate phenomenon which needs explaining , like language or vision , or whether it is simply an attribute of certain neural processes in the same way as high reflectance is an attribute of the piece of paper you are looking at while you read this , something which is simply part of the physical characteristics of the brain or the paper . |
| 2 | One , the British gay director Richard Kwietniowski , has taken the simple reading a stage further by making the prize-winning short film , Flames of Passion ( 1990 ) , which is both pastiche of and homage to the Coward original , reworking its iconography into an updated story of gay romance that begins with hurried glances on a station platform and , times having changed , ends with intertwined consummation on the train . |
| 3 | This has profound implications for other parts of Labour 's organisation , which is why leaders from Hugh Gaitskell to Neil Kinnock have postponed the change . |
| 4 | The rainforest is a tightly knit ecosystem but one that is only vaguely understood ; which is why damage to any part of it can never be exactly limited . |
| 5 | The tough leathery top surface of a mature leaf is not so easy to penetrate as the softer epidermis of the underside , which is why mildew in particular can often be found by turning over leaves that are glossy and apparently quite healthy , even protected by fungicidal deposit , on the top . |
| 6 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 7 | ‘ People also want to feel more at home which is why facilities like tea and coffee , perhaps a minibar and , in some of our hotels , satellite TV , are widely expected . |
| 8 | In general , big cities in Japan do not have museums in their town centres which is why exhibitions in department stores are considered indispensable for presenting Japanese culture , as well as that of other countries . |
| 9 | They are pure punters , unable to monitor whether a board of directors is doing its job — which is why boards like them . |
| 10 | er which is immediately west of Manor Court . |
| 11 | It comes as an extension to SCO 's Unix V ( which is also part of the Open Desktop suite ) for systems based on Intel 's 80386 and i486 processors . |
| 12 | This dual role , which is also part of the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) 's work , contains glaring contradictions . |
| 13 | A common problem is a clash between two people modifying modules ; that is , one person is unable to activate a DC because it refers to a module which is also part of a DC activated by someone else on another package . |
| 14 | the height of a letter excluding the ascenders and descenders ; eg ‘ x ’ , which is also height of the main body . |
| 15 | Police cordoned off and evacuated the area , which is just yards from the Brent Cross Shopping Centre . |
| 16 | Notes go out of circulation at a rate of 2,000 tonnes a year , which is probably riches beyond dreams . |
| 17 | There is some doubt about Droitwich , where recent excavations have uncovered buildings of a large establishment which is probably part of the salt-extraction industry . |
| 18 | Blue ear disease in pigs has been allowed to run unchecked by the Government who in September closed their veterinary investigation centre in Lincoln , which is where work into that type of disease was carried out . |
| 19 | There is the negative peace of a phoney war or a balance of power , which is not peace at all . |
| 20 | The ECMT , which is not part of the EC , is widely regarded as an ineffectual organisation . |
| 21 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 22 | Sometimes , despite this strategy , you will need to use a term which is not part of the conventional fabric of discourse in which you are working . |
| 23 | As a result , the fact that they sprinted up the hill receives an emphasis which is not part of the interpretation of [ 31 ] , but is more like the one conveyed by [ 32 ] . |
| 24 | Darren Clarke can not defend the title he won so easily last season — because he 's not available to play in next Wednesday 's pro-am tournament which is not part of the championship but a social day out for the amateurs . |
| 25 | The rate at which its expectations have been rising strongly suggests that by the end of the year , the figure will be even higher than 40,000 , which is already 12% of the 344,000 with which it started the year . |
| 26 | The general point in this case is something like ‘ the effect of restoring old buildings ’ which is already part of the topic framework established by the preceding discourse . |
| 27 | There is a polemical tone , an incitement and exhilaration in the earliest essays which is undoubtedly part of that general historical moment during the ‘ heady days of the birth of the women 's liberation movement ’ ( p. xiii ) . |
| 28 | There is conversation which is usually face to face but may sometimes involve telecommunication . |
| 29 | Sung originally by ruffians or sailors , the fado of the street is simple accompanied song spontaneously composed , the theme of which is commonly love of mother , town , the sea , etc . |
| 30 | In Britain this is the Special Branch , which is formally part of the Criminal Investigation Department ( CID ) but actually has considerable independence . |