Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to hear from you which subjects you would like me to write about and what problems you have had ( and of course successes ! ) . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the policy formation process is a largely uncontrolled one : on the whole , the government decides which groups it will consult or listen to and which it will ignore ; and empirical evidence shows what one would intuitively expect , namely that some groups are in a much better position to influence government than others . |
| 3 | The Commission stated that it was not at present in a position to indicate which measures it might propose to the Council in that report . |
| 4 | The client expresses and believes in different , more rational interpretations — ‘ There is no rule which says somebody must love someone else , it would have been great if she 'd turned up but there are other girls I could ask out . |
| 5 | The club 's facing opposition from residents living near the site and a council , which says it would devastate a green belt area . |
| 6 | That might cause headaches at the likes of ICL , which says it 'll run Destiny on its DRS3000 boxes ( UX No 384 ) , whilst maintaining a Sun-compatible operating system on its DRS6000 Sparc range . |
| 7 | Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd 's $1,100m of long-term debt has come under scrutiny from Moody 's Investors Service Inc , which says it may cut its triple-A ratings after the company changed its financing policy : Moody 's examination will focus on whether the change will significantly reduce the company 's debt protection measurements over time . |
| 8 | Labour , which says it will create a Greater London Authority to fill the hole left by the ‘ spiteful ’ destruction of the GLC , promises the new body will not be a re-creation of Mr Livingstone 's power-base , but a leaner , hungrier outfit . |
| 9 | → If you buy something which says it will do a particular job then it must be fit for the purpose . |
| 10 | Other support for XPG4 came from Amdahl Corp , DEC , Santa Cruz Operation Inc — which says it will deliver an XPG4 version of Open Desktop in the first quarter of next year — Mortice Kern Systems Inc , Sequent Computer Systems Inc , IBM Corp , Groupe Bull SA , HP and Uniplex Ltd — which also promised XPG4 compliance at the beginning of next year . |
| 11 | IBM Corp is to license a version of its CICS/6000 CICS overlay for the Encina transaction processing monitor to Hewlett-Packard Co , which says it will offer it on its HP9000 Precision Architecture RISC-based Unix machines — but conversion of the IBM product will not be a simple task — it wo n't be ready to ship until the second half of 1993 . |
| 12 | In Britain and the world of the new century which approaches we will need to give the enhancement and protection of our environment a prominence which simply did not enter into the consciousness of earlier generations . |
| 13 | As to the second kind of evidence , which shows you could intrigue your way onto the Council , this is a puzzle : was the lot then ineffective ? |
| 14 | The possibility of an opt out has concerned the county council which fears it could lose playing fields at the former Eston Lowfields School on Gillbrook 's campus . |
| 15 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 16 | Please ring me and I will explain which numbers you should use . |
| 17 | Atrex is a texturised multifilament polypropylene yarn which insures you can run dry … |
| 18 | Now she 's sorting out which routes she 'll take . |
| 19 | After the bruisings of the first 100 days , the president should have a shrewd idea which issues he should fight for , and which he should cheerfully surrender as lost . |
| 20 | In the discussion which follows we shall draw a simplistic distinction between spoken and written language which takes highly literate written language as the norm of written language , and the speech of those who have not spent many years exposed to written language ( a set which will include most young undergraduate students ) as the norm for spoken language . |
| 21 | Er it 's important to keep that constant twenty four hours a day there 's a danger area when new born babies are actually put into their own rooms , particularly in the winter , if they 're in the room with their , with their parents and the room temperature falls very low , the parent 's likely to notice and get cold themselves which means they 'll pay attention to the baby , if the baby is far end of the house , up the north end where the wind 's blowing , right , er what else can we do to keep the baby warm ? |
| 22 | Each achieves 137mph on Millbrook 's bowl which means they 'll nudge 140 on the straight . |
| 23 | The company has made huge advances by introducing solid state and microchip technology , which means they can process results faster than ever before . |
| 24 | Apart from programs designed for vertical markets or specially written for a particular job , most of the products you 'll find are ‘ pen aware ’ which means they can recognize a pen as both a mouse and an input device , but do n't have any other facilities to take advantage of the pen . |
| 25 | I.e. we want to create the impression that we are good people to do business with , so our customers come back and buy more of our books , so that makes more money for the company , which means they can pay us more money . |
| 26 | Both partners have their own Capital Gains Tax allowance , which means they can make a profit on the sale of assets such as shares or property up to this limit without incurring any liability of CGT . |
| 27 | Simple carbohydrates are digested quickly , while complex ones are digested slowly , which means they can provide more energy and stamina . |
| 28 | Forty points are required for a champion and four of these green stars must be majors , which means they must have five points or more . |
| 29 | Even all the London press were raving about Leeds … which means they MUST have been good … okay , the team ; |
| 30 | ‘ This morning I 'm taking you up the coast to my house overlooking the Sound , and if the weather stays as good as it is at the moment we 'll spend the afternoon on the beach at Hornbaek , which means we 'll go right past Kronberg — we can even stop off and take the tour if it appeals to you . ’ |