Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their third year , students take a special topic on which they prepare a substantial piece of work . |
| 2 | In the third year , students choose a special subject which they study in depth and on which they prepare a substantial dissertation . |
| 3 | He states that ‘ it is especially intriguing to discover very little activity in the form of theses about theses ’ , and this remains true today , despite the growth in their numbers , and the extent to which they form an integral part of the scientific communication process . |
| 4 | The greatest fear of American motorists is car-jacking , the latest fad among the country 's enterprising villains in which they steal an occupied vehicle , all too often shooting the driver first . |
| 5 | Over-exploitation of rattan does not indicate a high ‘ conservation of resources ’ sense , nor does their attitude to animals , of which they keep a wide range of pets from rats to tigers . |
| 6 | Many various-sized painted plaster images are on sale and quite a number with large pieces broken off are being brought back in torn imitation plastic leather bags , only to have it explained that the purchasers probably have not been confessing enough and absolution is only granted by their completing a 13-page questionnaire through which they get a special adhesive that breaks all mends . |
| 7 | Club members can provide help with Front of House , Bar and Foyer duties in return for which they receive a free ticket to the show . |
| 8 | Each member of the group , based in Woodbridge , has an area in which they take a special interest . |
| 9 | Throughout , he is quiet and well mannered , but eventually he walks out on them , at which they make a big scene . |
| 10 | Like the Howie Committee 's proposed SCOTCERT qualification , to which they bear a close resemblance , general SVQs offer a broadly-based general education with a vocational thrust . |
| 11 | That nearly all are impact craters is clear by comparison with the impact craters on the Moon , with which they bear a striking similarity . |
| 12 | These three disciplines sometimes relate to the objects of study ( physical , biological , human , etc. ) in the lowly status of ‘ service courses ’ , in which they play a limited functional role ( statistics for social scientists , computing for chemists , languages for management students ) . |
| 13 | Settlements can best be examined by considering personal injury claims , in which they play a major role , and which have been the subject of research and critical assessment . |
| 14 | Apart from simple evasive and defensive reactions , in which they play a dominant role , reflex arcs seem mainly to be involved in perfecting movements that are initiated by central mechanisms or in helping to maintain the nervous system in a state of adequate excitation . |
| 15 | ‘ If ’ , argues Conklin ( 1977 : 94 ) , ‘ businessmen feel ideologically deprived by government regulation because they think that the law is unfair and unduly restrictive of the economic forces to which they have a strong commitment , they may violate the law ’ . |
| 16 | Such agreements would otherwise be void or unenforceable under the general prohibition against trustees dealing with trust property in which they have a personal interest . |
| 17 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 18 | All modules are open to any student possessing the stated prerequisites although there are regulations for Stage II preventing students taking basic modules for which they have an equivalent qualification . |
| 19 | Presented with such explicitly racist material and asked to make intellectual sense of it , most people 's reactions are likely to be anchored to positions in which they have an emotional and material stake . |
| 20 | But one of Clarke 's sons with a turfe spade , which they call a peate iron , ( a very keen thing , ) struck Sir Edward 's man on the head and cloave out his brains . |
| 21 | James follows La Sylphide into the woods , unable to resist her charms , while Madge and her coven are seen stirring a magic brew into which they dip a silken scarf . |
| 22 | In this chapter we will examine what these statistics show and discuss the extent to which they provide an accurate picture of the range and extent of criminal behaviour . |
| 23 | One is scratching — not the ground ( which they do a great deal ) but of themselves . |
| 24 | It is true that when they use words like " aggression " and - " altruism " ( which they do a great deal ) they make a pretence that they have somehow dissociated these terms from their human behavioural origins — but it is only a pretence . |
| 25 | Ordinal scales are used where it is possible to order cases in respect of the degree to which they exhibit a certain property or quality , even though it may not be possible to state precisely how much of that property they have . |
| 26 | These are related , however , if the first is a matter of central belief to a person , as it often is with religion — what they spend a great deal of time and effort on , what makes them tick . |
| 27 | Rolled , what they call a rolled house . |
| 28 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 29 | ‘ If this is what they call a good camp , think how the other poor bastards are suffering ’ |
| 30 | If Omarska was what they call a good camp , how are the poor bastards suffering in others ? |