Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conservative critique thus argues that the type of order which liberalism envisages ‘ tends to produce a sort of mindless hedonism which renders it defenceless against more vital tyrannies ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
| 3 | It is this general systematic approach which keeps it distinct from the application areas of computing . |
| 4 | What superlatives , comparatives and ordinals do is to pick some entity out of its extraction set by giving a property which identifies it relative to membership in that set . |
| 5 | American herbs such as this one have a history associated with the original Indian inhabitants of the North American continent including Canada , and it was Oswego Indians in particular who used the leaves as the beverage which gives it one of its common names . |
| 6 | This ‘ mistake ’ is itself the result of a failure to recognize the ontological status of the novel , i.e. the irreducible indeterminacy which leaves it open to multiple interpretations . |
| 7 | There are in fact several different categories of territorial cleavage to which the term has been applied , but the major development by Hechter on Pizzorno 's line is the increased emphasis on the penetration of the periphery by the centre ; the periphery is seen as dependent in the sense that industrialisation takes place in a manner which leaves it dependent on the centre for investment and management control . |
| 8 | Calling Prolog , ‘ the applications development language of the future , ’ the initiative stresses its memory management facility and its compiler technology which makes it possible to dynamically generate classes at run-time without having defined them explicitly . |
| 9 | but the crucial factor which makes it possible for middle-class women to enter the labour force and , at the same time , maintain traditional values in the home , is the existence of the domestic servant . |
| 10 | In certain cases , the Government will guarantee most of a loan , which makes it possible for us to lend in circumstances where we would ordinarily not do so . |
| 11 | He suggests that there is a strong argument for decentralization to local government ( and potentially a limited hierarchy with some overlapping powers ) so long as information is available which makes it possible for voters to judge between them and thus to influence the direction of their own local government through elections . |
| 12 | All five degree courses are organized and integrated within a common Faculty framework which makes it possible for students to opt for certain units outside their main subject area . |
| 13 | This is seen as the great strength of the market order and an important condition for freedom : there is agreement on means but not ends , which makes it possible for society to reconcile the differing purposes of individuals within a catallaxy which is purely economic . |
| 14 | You need to understand how to get your Mainframe to talk directly to your customers ' PCs , how to integrate voice , data and image systems , that OSI is the international standard with 7 vital layers which makes it possible for previously isolated systems to talk to each other , and that GOSIP is the US and UK Governments ' OSI profile . |
| 15 | It is this kind of objective correspondence which makes it possible for the experience of racism to become connected to paranoid structures of feeling and phantasy which originate at a quite different and more unconscious level of representation . |
| 16 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 17 | How can I be so curmudgeonly , so rude , to an organisation which makes it possible for me to enjoy the serenity of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal , the bone-chilling bleakness of Housesteads , the intimacy of the walled garden at Wallington ? |
| 18 | In other words , it is easily reduced to the most basic units which makes it simple for computers to process . |
| 19 | It has an extra large barrel which makes it perfect for giving lift , shape and volume to hair . |
| 20 | The Retro has 1400 watts of power and comes complete with a detachable concentrator nozzle which makes it perfect for creating those sleek , glossy looks . |
| 21 | It 's the easiest look to create and wear — high glamour , long-lasting and no fuss — which makes it perfect for those special occasions . |
| 22 | This step ladder is Kite marked , and has a Class 2 duty rating , which makes it suitable for all household needs ; it is also widely used by professional tradesmen . |
| 23 | This gun-microphone has a super-directional pick-up pattern which makes it suitable for use outdoors at sports events and in similar situations . |
| 24 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 25 | Which makes it one of Britain 's least expensive automatic cards . |
| 26 | Firstly , we have ‘ a state of affairs that is so acute as to constitute a danger ’ — and , we would add , a moral challenge of a scale which makes it one of the most pressing social issues of the day . |
| 27 | Though it lacks the tension of Chaucer 's Parliament of Fowls , it is possessed of a wry , self-mocking quality which makes it one of the most attractive works of the age . |
| 28 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 29 | The secondary market provides investors with liquidity , the ability to turn securities into cash if required , which makes it reasonable for many savers to hold long-term assets . |
| 30 | Both ordinary and thermal plasterboard are also available with a backing film which makes it resistant to water vapour . |