Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The design utilises a Thorn ‘ 2D ’ compact fluorescent tube which fits a standard bayonet ( BC ) light socket and requires no external starting or control gear . |
| 2 | However , where the vessel constitutes an instrument for pursuing an economic activity which involves a fixed establishment in the member state concerned , the registration of that vessel can not be dissociated from the exercise of the freedom of establishment . |
| 3 | It entails extending credit to the exporter which involves a financial cost through the loss of deposit interest or incurring bank loan charges . |
| 4 | One is to be systematic from the point of view of the skills it is aimed to develop through this kind of work , which involves a close definition of the skills necessary to complete a project satisfactorily , and then to structure the work to include the practice and development of these skills . |
| 5 | If we are to combat any attempt of the Right to exploit issues involving sexuality in order to hang onto power , we can not afford to neglect the virtue of solidarity — which involves a certain restraint concerning our feelings bout what other people do in bed . |
| 6 | In particular , rather than using manual digitization of the Master Survey Drawing , which involves a skilled operator following each line and noting the position of each feature with a pointer , as described above , the Ordnance Survey is considering the use of raster-based digitizing techniques . |
| 7 | The process of ageing , which involves a gradual deterioration of physical and intellectual ability and loss of acuity of the senses , inevitably results in lessened ability to carry out the many activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 8 | One important implication of this view of the state is that injustice can not be removed by reform , only by a revolution , and one which involves a radical change in the system , property rights , the content of education , the family , the fiscal system and so on . |
| 9 | Campbell 's hard-working side are still trying to sort out their system , which involves a spare defender and , as far as one can see , a good deal of improvisation . |
| 10 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |
| 11 | It is also an independent feeding method which involves a separate rod and line to lower the dropper in , or , if used with the same rod and line with which you are fishing , takes up precious minutes of time when your hookbait could be in the water ; valuable minutes when the barbel are mad on feed . |
| 12 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 13 | In fact , profits that escape the PRT net will still be subject to corporation tax which involves a different set of rules on capital spending . |
| 14 | Each culture has its own ‘ agreed ’ way of surviving , which involves a social organization constructed to ensure that sufficient food , drink and shelter is obtained to allow reproduction for as many members of the cultural group as possible . |
| 15 | I am clear that the proposal that we are discussing , which involves a two-level station , is the best for Londoners and the best for travellers , whether international or domestic . |
| 16 | For both reasons , the amount of looking at the listener should go down during a phase of speech production which involves a large amount of cognitive planning . |
| 17 | A polycentric issue is one which involves a large number of interlocking and interacting interests and considerations . |
| 18 | He also encounters his arch enemy Professor Moriarty in a mystery which involves a kidnapped child and returning stolen gold to the world exchange , thereby preventing an economic crisis and a world war . |
| 19 | Inefficiency of this sort , which involves a given level of output being produced at a cost which is higher than the theoretical minimum , is termed X-inefficiency . |
| 20 | Sterilisation is a permanent method of birth control which involves a minor operation for a man or woman . |
| 21 | But a majority of Community governments , particularly among the poorer countries , will insist on a much broader definition of economic union and one which involves a huge increase in resources for the less productive and competitive regions of the EC . |
| 22 | Crews of an RAF TriStar , which flies a twice-weekly service between the Falklands and Britain , say they can see the berg as they approach and leave the islands . |
| 23 | meet Strawberry and the Sensations , the rock group which receives a threatening message on the last night of its concert tour |
| 24 | One of the few certainties in the European debate is physical geography which decrees a peripheral position for Scotland in the new Europe . |
| 25 | Immediately after the section on the eye , for example , The Neck of the Giraffe goes on to discuss the bombardier beetle , which squirts a lethal mixture of hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide into the face of its enemy . |
| 26 | As in 1949 at Lausanne , so the probability is that many refugees would oppose any surrender of their claim and would continue to struggle for a solution which goes a substantial way towards meeting both their physical needs and their sense of grievance . |
| 27 | ‘ Hard graft , mind , but at least they 're decent to you , aye , and fair too which goes a long way . ’ |
| 28 | One study which goes a long way towards identifying dimensions of the culture of the shop floor , and the political relatedness of workers to their enterprise has been completed by Paul E. Willis . |
| 29 | Patronage was necessary , because it was expected that the member of parliament should be able to obtain it , a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the close links between so many Scots members of parliament and administration . |
| 30 | The Law Society have now introduced the Client Care Scheme , which goes a long way to bonding this relationship at the outset . |