Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [adv prt] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is both the ‘ dear deceit ’ which goes back centuries and the curse peculiar to modern-day society . |
| 2 | This is a French seaweed — applied at a temperature seven degrees below normal body heat — which tones up thighs and tum by restricting the body 's normal blood flow . |
| 3 | A ghostly flame which hovers over bogs and meadows at dusk in rural Finland . |
| 4 | This is a slow launch which picks up speed and fades several times , and it is usually caused by a shortage of fuel or mechanical trouble on the winch or car . |
| 5 | It sets one hesitating between general admiration and the attempt to give point to frontality or some such term : anything to obtain leverage on a narrative mode which sweeps up event and idea , fictional past and stream-ofconsciousness present , into a single impulse of this immediacy and power . |
| 6 | No library can be effective without a policy , which sets out aims and objectives , identifies user groups and services , and indicates priorities amongst them . |
| 7 | This has far-reaching implications also for social work across the entire range of activities as it has to be based very firmly on an elaborate statutory framework which spells out possibilities and responsibilities for intervention in considerable detail . |
| 8 | The work will be carried out by an alliance formed by Genesis Engineering , process and safety engineering consultants , and MacGregor Engineering which carries out fabrication and installation work . |
| 9 | The DTI operates the Warren Spring Laboratory ( Appendix 2.1 ) which carries out research and development in the fields of minerals and metals recovery and provides a consultancy service in these areas . |
| 10 | This exemplifies one of the enigmas of the contemporary art world , and it touches on the problem of what decides out likes and dislikes in art . |
| 11 | Most fungi grow as long thin threads called hyphae — they are so slender that they can only be seen under a microscope , but a mass of intertwined hyphae is visible : this is what makes up toadstools and mushrooms . |