Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major transport contractor was asked to quote for carrying out the work , which involves delivering huge wing boxes to Manchester Airport for collection by Super Guppy air transporters . |
| 2 | Fourth , Sa nyāsa , the ascetic stage , which involves abandoning all attachment to worldly things . |
| 3 | To get motorists to switch modes there must be financial incentives , such as a big environmental tax on petrol , the revenue from which goes to improve public transport . |
| 4 | To make tritium you can fuse a neutron onto a deuteron , or alternatively add a neutron to 6 Li ( lithium-6 ) which splits to yield one atom of tritium and one of 4 He . |
| 5 | Rain is naturally acid , with a pH of around 5.6 ; as it falls it picks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere , which dissolves to form carbonic acid . |
| 6 | When these shoals meet it is very likely to occur over a groundbaited area which has stopped one shoal in its tracks , and the other shoal pauses over the top to intercept the crumbs which are sent swirling upwards from the feeding shoal on the bottom . |
| 7 | Section 62 of the Act of 1967 deals with the revocation of licences , a subject which has aroused much controversy but with which we are not concerned in any of these appeals . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , particularly in the remoter upland areas , the issue which has aroused most controversy has been the purchase of second homes as weekend or holiday retreats . |
| 9 | A conference which has aroused enormous interest after the party suggested this week they would talk to Sinn Fein if the I R A ended its campaign of violence permanently . |
| 10 | One aspect of the contract which has provoked much discussion is the identification of specific activities which family doctors must undertake and the setting of targets for specific activities such as cervical smear testing . |
| 11 | The generous financial rewards paid in salaries and extras to Fund staff , combined with a lack of accountability , have produced a ‘ honeypot ’ mentality ; a preoccupation with material gratification and a lust for power which has stimulated personal greed and ambition , commitment to the status quo and an environment of ‘ yesmanship and stultifying conformity ’ . |
| 12 | Sunderland is in the Northern region which has endured industrial decline for much of the twentieth century . |
| 13 | When you change the behaviour pattern which has become second nature to you , the world around you will react differently . |
| 14 | It is the highly publicised rise in crime , and the Government 's exploitation of the fear that it produces , which has justified increased expenditure since 1979 on the police , at a time of cutbacks on other sections of the public sector , such as health , income maintenance schemes , education and housing . |
| 15 | Mark Poster has recently suggested that ‘ historians and social scientists in general have gone astray by viewing the family as a unitary phenomenon which has undergone some type of linear transformation ’ . |
| 16 | The medium-to long-term outlook is optimistic ; the success of the Modular Course educationally , academically , and as a management system which has maintained high morale among staff during difficult times , makes it a hard example to ignore . |
| 17 | It all started with the idea of re-establishing the archive of the Verein Berliner Kunstlerinnen ( Association of Women Artists in Berlin ) which was destroyed during the second world war and developed into a journey of discovery , which has reached this point with the following achievements : 1200 women artists on record ; many works discovered ; the archive set up ; a profusely illustrated catalogue ( in fact the word catalogue does not give an idea of the range of articles contained in it since it covers the history of women artists in German-speaking countries , to art-business oriented articles , to facets of the history of the association , followed by a chronological development of the association and a full catalogue of the works on show , divided into sections , as they are in the exhibition ) ; a dictionary with short biographies of 1200 artists and 700 friends of art called Kathe , Paula und der ganze Rest — Ein Nachschlagewerk ( Kathe , Paula and the rest of the bunch ! — A Reference Book ) , which has caused something of a stir ; and of course , finally , the exhibition showing the works of 70 of the members and guests of the association over its 125 year life , which includes 250 works loaned by 100 institutions and individuals . |
| 18 | And he exults , like Richard III , in his abilities in deception , which have indeed supplanted his real self : It is difficult for a modern audience , which has lost that sense of reverence attaching to ‘ service ’ that animated Renaissance society , from the glorification of the vita activa down to the duties of bondsmen and tenants , to appreciate fully the shock that these self-revelations would have had . |
| 19 | A Formula One racing driver has started court proceedings to recover more than a million dollars from a team which has hit financial trouble . |
| 20 | Part of today 's debate has been about an increase in unemployment which has hit this country like so many others . |
| 21 | Does he accept that the Government are reducing to fewer than 300 ships the number of vessels that now sail under the red ensign and that they have treated with utter contempt the red ensign , which has served this country well in times of peace and war ? |
| 22 | That is why so many of them admire our system of carefully designed checks and balances which has served this nation so well . |
| 23 | THE FFESTINIOG Railway has recently put into service a new buffet car , to replace a vintage vehicle which has done this duty since the early years of revival . |
| 24 | The Dowsing Fault-Zone can still be distinguished as a separate structural zone which has seen Tertiary re-activation , as shown in Profile 1 . |
| 25 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
| 26 | ‘ In a year which has seen more investment than ever in drama on S4C , it is wonderful not only to have audience acclaim in Wales but critical acclaim of professional peers in the RTS. ’ he said . |
| 27 | Although a number of Directives were adopted in the 1970s on various aspects of employees ' rights , it is the passage of the Single European Act which has given new impetus to the evolution of EC social policies . |
| 28 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
| 29 | There is a moderate level of minerals which has given this water its therapeutic reputation since Roman times . |
| 30 | IT has become clear that the stockmarket rally which has pushed American share prices up by one-half since the autumn of 1990 is over . |