Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |
| 2 | ‘ Weather forecasting does n't appear to be your forte , ’ Vitor remarked , eyeing the wet spots which were beginning to dot his shirt . |
| 3 | Holy Dying was written under the impact of the death of Lady Carbery as well as that of Taylor 's own wife — ‘ The bundles of cypress which were intended to dress her closet but now come to dress her hearse ’ . |
| 4 | We sang a lot of SS and Werhmacht songs , including the Horst Wessel song and other Teuton airs which were meant to remind us of our Runic backgrounds . |
| 5 | As soon as all these lighting restrictions came in , Daddy said he was n't going to stay in England and they pissed off , ’ Felicity 's lapses into strong language , which were meant to make her sound cool , only made her sound immature . |
| 6 | I had to keep on signing bits of paper which were meant to list my property , but I had no opportunity to read anything . |
| 7 | I is interesting to not how closely their perceptions of what was needed tallied with what the service providers perceived as the language skills which were needed to allow them to work effectively . |
| 8 | Most of the cuts , which were negotiated over 20 months [ see pp. 37201 ; 37267 ; 37335 ; 37473-74 ; 37796-97 ] , would be made by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries , which were expected to reduce their total arsenal by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , by 1935 , the definitively Stalinised Comintern and its network of party faithful comprised the main organisational basis of Marxism in Latin America , and therefore provided a vital touchstone for all other sectors of the Left , which were forced to define themselves in relation to its characterisation of the Latin American revolution . |
| 10 | It was an outfit from her more prosperous days , and an outfit which was intended to boost her morale . |
| 11 | The old lady had been deaf for years and had what she called a ‘ thing-gummyjig ’ on her telephone receiver which was intended to help her hear her callers more clearly . |
| 12 | Something which was destined to influence me . |
| 13 | For instance in use at Edinburgh Zoo there is a cement ant hill for chimpanzees which was developed to enrich their environment . |
| 14 | The essential point , moreover , is that the ‘ Hooligan ’ style was recognisable to their contemporaries ( and presumably to themselves ) as a distinctive mode of attire , thus helping to form the feeling which was struggling to give itself expression in other areas , that too much freedom and affluence had been given to the working class at the turn of the century . |
| 15 | The late 1720s , the most brutal time of all with its bad harvests , high prices , and killer epidemics , saw off no fewer than six Titfords within two years ; the period 1766/7 also claimed its victims in the family , as did the winter and spring of 1771 , as we have seen ; and the near-famine year of 1795 , following hard on a winter which was said to herald something resembling a new ice-age , had brought the death of Charles the Cheesemonger 's wife Elizabeth . |
| 16 | Everything was now irradiated by this feeling , which was bound to affect his work for the good . |
| 17 | Reluctance and preconceived distrust of one 's subjects , such as Mary showed , are a quite abnormal approach to royal rule , and one which was bound to make its own abnormal impact on her country . |
| 18 | Israel , which was hoping to win US congressional approval during 1991 for loans worth some US$10,000 million , had also been actively seeking contributions from Germany . |
| 19 | The reason was , I think , that the Africans were deeply suspicious of Ian Smith and believed that any agreement which was devised to give them full democratic rights would in fact never be implemented . |
| 20 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 21 | The one major event which happened to me at Binbrook , and which was going to change my life , was that I met the man I was eventually to marry , although a lot of water would flow under the bridge before the wedding took place . |
| 22 | ‘ This makum better , ’ he pointed to the radio , convinced that it was the radio — not the doctor — which was going to make him walk again ! |
| 23 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 24 | Contingent economic agreements provided for a repeal of the US ban on the import of Soviet gold coins , the lifting of restrictions on Soviet borrowing from the US government 's Export-Import Bank ( which was expected to stimulate US companies ' interest in setting up joint ventures in the Soviet Union ) , and payment by the Soviet Union of a debt of US$674,000,000 owed for supplies furnished under the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War . |
| 25 | And in the end it would be national government which was expected to sort them out ( TES 1990 ) : Parity of esteem depends on more than assertions about which NCVQ level equals an A Level . |
| 26 | This extended the control of the Menemismo faction to cover both the party and the government ; it marked a decisive defeat for Cafiero 's trade union and social democratic faction , which was expected to dissolve itself . |
| 27 | He came along with a project which was to get to get somebody to change in a company where we bought forty per cent of it . |
| 28 | Here we went to the British Airways Executive Aircraft desk and were taken out to the Moët et Chandon Executive Jet , which was waiting to fly us to Edinburgh . |
| 29 | She turned to stare fixedly out of the window , furiously blinking away the moisture which was threatening to fill her eyes , and trying to ignore a large lump which seemed to have become stuck in her throat . |
| 30 | Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer . |