Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 For some liberal historians , it is the idealism of the young rebels , their commitment to liberty or even an altruistic wish to atone for their own privileges by improving the lot of the wretched peasants and workers , which lies at the heart of the matter .
32 I turn next to the question of the undertaking in damages , which lies at the heart of the present appeal .
33 The question which lies at the heart of the appeal is whether money exacted as taxes from a citizen by the revenue ultra vires is recoverable by the citizen as of right ; if so , Woolwich will be entitled to interest on the sums repaid to it by the revenue , running from the dates when those sums were paid to the revenue by Woolwich .
34 This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration .
35 Chief Constables , for example , are n a different position from other chief officers by holding executive authority in their own right ( and not derived from councillors ) , an arrangement which lies at the heart of suggestions that the police are less accountable for their actions than other local-authority employees ( Oliver , 1987 ) .
36 There can be no doubt that it was a major factor in the complex pattern of conditions which lies at the heart of the disorders in Brixton and elsewhere .
37 The warmth and colour which lies at the heart of the poet though , whilst surrounded by cold , dark , lifelessness shines through for his beloved to see .
38 Segundo Montes challenges the unjust social and economic system which lies at the heart of the conflict in El Salvador .
39 That is the issue which lies at the heart of Mr. Thorpe 's case .
40 It is interesting that it is in the work of a woman , Julian of Norwich , that Mary 's female willingness to be open to receive embodies that attitude which lies at the heart of contemplative experience .
41 It is the underlying implication of the existence of a providing ‘ god ’ which lies at the bottom of a great deal of the world 's misery .
42 This movement exposes the active site ( pink ) , consisting of a catalytic triad like that of the serine proteinases , which lies at the bottom of a hydrophobic canyon in the catalytic amino-terminal domain of the protein .
43 Here the editors venture carefully into the world of cognitive science , which lies at the intersection of AI and cognitive psychology .
44 ‘ Flexible specialization ’ refers to an integrated marketing , investment and production strategy which lies at the interface of product standardization and customization .
45 For the detectorist , there are only three small coves of shingle and Eastern beach , which lies at the end of the airport runway .
46 The most prolific refining and distribution areas is Ribat , which lies at the crossroads of three countries — Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iran .
47 The Market Square , which lies at the junction of the two main streets , contains the Butter Cross , a medieval meeting place which has a steeply gabled roof surmounted by a clock turret from 1683 .
48 Excavation has provided dendrochronological dates of c.951-61 and 968 for part of the small section known as the Double Wall , which lies at the junction of the central section and the rampart which connects with Hedeby to the east .
49 Consent , which lies at the root of self-determination , should be the conceptual mechanism whereby the right is guaranteed and safeguarded .
50 It is our illusion of separateness which lies at the root of our fears .
51 They overlook the human ability to negate , which lies at the root of thinking .
52 The conspiracy theory , which lies at the root of National Front ideology , is an argument ; it propounds an uncommon sense , which argues against the commonly shared sense .
53 In particular , the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty which lies at the root of British democracy can not be squared with European political union as it is currently proposed .
54 It was while reading an article about frozen food packaging equipped with a warning patch which changed colour as the food melted , that Wotherspoon made the connection which lies at the root of all great inventions : why not a climbing rope which changed colour after it had been stressed ?
55 Despite the technical sophistication of the shoes , a range which starts at the price of £46.99 may still have trouble finding new converts .
56 The row does not affect the Small Beer Festival which starts at the Arts Centre on Thursday .
57 I never got beyond the moment he sets eyes on him , which happens at the top of the second page .
58 The principal of these is the Amotape breccia fan which occurs at the foot of the Amotape range , a part of the Andean system rising abruptly 1 500 m ( 5 000 ft ) high above the desert .
59 This lambast , which occurs at the beginning of the novel , is not just another Jacobsonian account of the too easy reverence paid to writers of ‘ magic realism ’ .
60 For example , the distinctive 60cm bed of laminated diatom ooze which occurs at the base of the 4.4Myr interval is present at sites 847 , 849 , 850 and 572 and so may be correlated over a longitudinal extent of at least 2,000km .
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