Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we are surely witnessing is the effect on these people of the ‘ divinity which doth hedge a king ’ , which may be translated more prosaically as the persistent flattery and adulation with which kings were treated — and in France , it seems , not only kings , but their children . |
| 2 | finally , the node information can be perturbed only once , which involves creating a node table into which the perturbed nodes are stored as they are read in , and from which they can be retrieved in later references to the same node . |
| 3 | Old-style publishing was based around retail sheet-music sales , but current publishing is a banking operation which involves taking a risk on an artist . |
| 4 | The church may however avoid tax by a relatively straightforward — and well tried — method , which involves establishing a trading company ( Tradeco ) in which the church holds all the issued share capital . |
| 5 | These mathematical concepts are obviously rather well suited to represent the physical idea of superposition , which involves adding a bit of this to a bit of that . |
| 6 | It is this procedure , which involves turning a reductionist methodology into a reductionist philosophy , that is the manoeuvre so popular among molecular biologists and some geneticists , but , fortunately , is rather rarer among psychologists or neurobiologists . |
| 7 | Even though there is in Layarion 's Brut no expression of " religious belief " or " moral intention " , there can be no doubt that " the writer is a man of a high and generous nature , with a true reverence for whatsoever things are lovely and of good report , and rich in every human quality which goes to make a man and a poet " . |
| 8 | And they insist that the decision to ban God Save The Queen , which has provoked a storm of patriotic protests , was not influenced by the ANC . |
| 9 | In some ways the new Act is something which has provoked a lot of discussion . |
| 10 | The defence minister of Syria , which has sent a division of tanks to help Saudi Arabia , admits to having felt ‘ overwhelming joy ’ at the missile attacks on ‘ occupied Palestine ’ . |
| 11 | The site of the present Transport Offices is here occupied by an old Marton Box car which has collected a cable-drum from the railway siding of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Rigby Road . |
| 12 | So Herbert Chapman established a pattern in relations between directors and manager which has become a feature of many of the major clubs , where the only veto on the manager 's power is the sack if he fails to bring results . |
| 13 | Now , it is Kingfisher which has become a favourite — not because the people at the helm have great shopkeeping flair but because their cautious and unflamboyant management style has created a retailing empire of solid reliability . |
| 14 | As long as the controls are there to make sure they 're not wandering around all over the place which one hears about Group 4 and their reputation for letting people go which has become a bit of a joke . |
| 15 | Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that . |
| 16 | Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that . |
| 17 | In the middle of Reykjavik is a small lake called Lake Tjörnin which has become a centre piece to the city . |
| 18 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 19 | That forecast , from party sources and from the intelligence bureau , which has become a wing of the Prime Minister 's office , was crucial in the timing of the election , at least a month before it was expected . |
| 20 | SUSAN NICKALLS looks at pottery which has become a smash hit |
| 21 | FAXgrabber itself has been developed by Calera Recognition Systems which has become a leader in optical character recognition ( OCR ) technology which allows computers to ‘ read ’ . |
| 22 | Studio Pottery will aim to present an informative picture of the current state of studio pottery/ceramics in the UK ( a field which has witnessed a rise in interest and consequently prices at auction in recent years ) . |
| 23 | Although the market-place might exhibit the characteristics of one which has undergone a process of deregulation , there is , as it were , a counter trend towards new regulatory measures aimed at protecting investors and securing the safety and soundness of financial institutions . |
| 24 | An old and convivial haunt which has undergone a number of recent changes but outwardly at least still retains much of its fishing port atmosphere . |
| 25 | COMEDIAN Ken Dodd will put a smile on the faces of patients and staff when he visits the Royal Liverpool University Hospital next Wednesday to open the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service tea bar , which has undergone a £40,000 facelift . |
| 26 | OPPOSITION is mounting to a controversial rule which has robbed a Middlesbrough student of his last chance to run in the English Schools Cross Country Championships . |
| 27 | Article 18 imposes an obligation on a State which has signed but not yet ratified a treaty , or which has ratified a convention prior to its entry into force , not to act so as to defeat the objects and purposes of the convention . |
| 28 | With costs unofficially estimated at up to £200,000 , the award seemed likely to force the closure of the magazine , which has built a reputation for trendiness and a circulation of 73,000 , selling mainly to people in their 20s . |
| 29 | This case study concerns a school which has undertaken a self-evaluation exercise followed by an LEA inspection , both being a mandatory requirement of the LEA concerned . |
| 30 | Dai Hudd said : ‘ We would have much preferred that this initiative happened before the downturn in defence markets , which has seen a haemorrhage of jobs from the North-West . |