Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctrine of consideration provides that a promise will bind the promisor only if it is given as the price for another 's promise or as the price for an action which involves a detriment to the promisee . |
| 2 | If we look at Figure 4.6 , which represents a trip to the supermarket , it suggests that by the time the person leaves home they are already a little anxious about the trip perhaps as a result of their previous difficulties with this task . |
| 3 | Customs have estimated that the system introduced on 1 January 1993 will abolish the need for about 10m Customs declarations , which represents a saving to British business of approximately £175m each year . |
| 4 | They often require the buyer to sign a delivery note which contains a statement to the effect that signature signifies that the goods have been delivered in compliance with the contract , and in good condition , a nd that therefore the buyer accepts them . |
| 5 | It is a tradition which emphasises a commitment to the working class as a section of society which should be the object of positive discrimination so that they can avail themselves of educational resources and opportunities . |
| 6 | Picture quality is good ; if the format has a weakness , it is in the quality of the sound if recorded to the old ‘ mono ’ system which has a tendency to be slightly hissy . |
| 7 | For example , those with characteristically straight hair which has a tendency to greasiness and lankiness would choose the mild Body Building Shampoo to gently purify the hair without stripping it of essential moisture , and the Body Building Conditioner to replenish thirsty hair strands without weighing them down . |
| 8 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 9 | In The Tale of Genji , which has a claim to be considered the world 's first novel , an emperor weeps for lost love in the opening pages . |
| 10 | The prosecution was brought under the 1975 Criminal Jurisdiction Act which allows a case to be heard in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | They also have an excitable surface membrane which allows a signal to be sent from one end of the neurone to the other . |
| 12 | The questions raised by conceptual material are discussed by the main characters and illustrated in their actions , but in neither case do they affect the plot structure itself which marks a return to formal strategies of the past : Under the Net to the picaresque tradition , and The Languages of Love to the paradigmatic plot of fall and salvation in which rhetorical devices remain subservient to the basic three-tiered design of Christian allegory . |
| 13 | This term usually refers either specifically to a movement in architecture which emphasizes a return to a popular façade based upon the design of mass commodities ( e.g. Jencks 1977 ; Venturi , Scott Brown and Izenours 1972 ) , or else to the more general movement towards pluralism and primitivism which followed the critique of modernism . |
| 14 | Or try an Accommodation Package as arranged for a visit to Edinburgh during the Festival which includes a visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo . |
| 15 | The day costs £20 which includes a visit to the exhibition , coffee and tea and lectures on various aspects of Allan Ramsay . |
| 16 | An optional half-day tour of the city , which includes a visit to the Coliseum , is available to help you get your bearings . |
| 17 | Enterprise Training has developed its own Quality Assurance Policy which includes a commitment to the ‘ Investors In People ’ programme . |
| 18 | There is a cartoon which depicts a statue to an elder statesman bearing the inscription , ‘ An inspiration to his country , a leader of men , but still a disappointment to his mother ’ . |
| 19 | Similarly , a test which requires a response to a spoken word or sentence should be used only for children who have reasonably good speech perception . |
| 20 | This expectation has rather been confirmed than otherwise by the superimposition in the last two years of an element of graduation in the contribution , the additional yield of which for many years to come will mainly help to finance the standard pension but which creates a right to additions to it which will gradually build up over the next forty years on an actuarial basis . |
| 21 | Mental disorder saps self-confidence and lack of practice at social gatherings leads to self-conscious awkwardness and a tense self-awareness which creates a barrier to relaxed conversation and the formation of friendships . |
| 22 | This is the corresponding algorithm which finds a path to a goal . |
| 23 | A third party has an interest in a treaty which presents a threat to the continuance or allocation of a value of the third party . |
| 24 | A statement which puts a byte to the data file whose file handle is the first argument . |
| 25 | However , the practice is condemned in a recent announcement made by the Vatican on Respect for Human Life in its Origins and on the Dignity of Procreation , which permits a child to be conceived only as a result of intercourse within marriage . |
| 26 | Seligman has also suggested that a maladaptive style of thinking can be learned which predisposes a person to depression . |
| 27 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 28 | During the programme Vivienne set up her company — Healthcare Dynamics — which provides a service to both individuals and organisations committed to tackling the problem of physical injury in the workplace . |
| 29 | Your practice partner makes the list ( which you do not see in advance ) and then gives the short descriptive sentence which provides a clue to the way in which the key word has been used . |
| 30 | In addition , a detailed index is maintained which provides a reference to the location and state of hard copied information . |