Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relevant European institutions are banks , building societies or other institutions incorporated in a Member State of the EC outside the UK , which are taking advantage of the European passport granted under the EC 's Second Banking Directive . |
| 2 | But the rapid and dramatic changes which are taking place in the world today , changes of a hopeful and not a frightening kind , could help to make a long-serving government more vulnerable to the time-for-a-change mentality . |
| 3 | This chapter outlines the main changes which are taking place in the spatial distribution of the British population and examines the migration patterns which form the principal mechanism behind these trends . |
| 4 | The radical changes which are taking place in the pensions industry mean that actuaries have a growing responsibility to ensure that desirable objectives — such as easily transferable pensions — are achievable in practice . |
| 5 | The core of this project is a detailed investigation of the processes of social , economic and political change which are taking place in a few selected villages in the area from which the majority of Pakistani settlers in Britain originate . |
| 6 | The time is opportune therefore , to study the changes which are taking place in the aims and practices of teaching history in schools . |
| 7 | Shevardnadze concluded : " I can not reconcile myself to the events which are taking place in our country and to the trials which await our people . |
| 8 | The ideological debates which surround the NHS often seem to take place in a vacuum , oblivious to the massive social , economic and technological changes which are taking place in postindustrial societies . |
| 9 | As Richards ( 1989 ) discusses , there are currently 26 out of 300 possible landfill sites in Britain which are producing energy on a commercial basis , and there is considerable scope for increased biogas production as there is in West Germany and the USA . |
| 10 | In the shadow of the chimneys which are bringing prosperity for some they eke out whatever living they can . |
| 11 | These are policies which are invested part in the with-profits fund and part in a range of unit-linked funds ( which resemble unit trusts ) . |
| 12 | And you can start on the new water tablets which are called Frusamide on Thursday . |
| 13 | Trait theories stress the personality of the leader above all other factors — leadership requires a range of inherited characteristics or personality traits which are given priority over the job nature and demands of the job itself . |
| 14 | Recently , however , the Indonesian government has awarded concessions to companies which are making use of trans-migration labour to harvest large quantities for the lucrative export market . |
| 15 | The second distinctive group covers the well known strip buildings which are set end-on to the road frontages , often in association with a range of specialized activities . |
| 16 | Now , £10,000 can be invested in the 5th issue index-linked certificates , which are paying indexation plus 4.5 p.c if held for five years . |
| 17 | The old woman , despair in her eyes , broke down in tears , seeking solace on her son-in-law 's shoulder and unable to comprehend the ethnic divisions which are pitting neighbour against neighbour , family against family . |
| 18 | For example , a child who is sociable , and is likely to benefit from social and linguistic interactions with other children , may be best placed in an ordinary classroom but with special periods devoted to those areas of language which are giving cause for concern . |
| 19 | Even if the observation was not consciously made , Leonard recognised the great similarities which were taking place between music and poetry ( and in art and sculpture , too ) , which went under the name of neo-classicism in the former and modernism in the latter . |
| 20 | The very changes which were taking place in the physical environment appear to have facilitated the transition to a newer rhythm of urban life . |
| 21 | The changes , which were taking place in the economy and society during the period of formative influence on the functionalist style , provide us with a further dimension to consider . |
| 22 | Lothar 's biographer in the Gesta makes the point that following Celestine 's death he did not immediately join the cardinals assembled in the Septizonium , but attended first the exequies , or funeral rites , for the dead pope , which were taking place in the Lateran basilica . |
| 23 | The American archives suggest that even in 1954 the British would have been somewhat reassured had they been able to eavesdrop on some of the discussions which were taking place in Washington . |
| 24 | But these were some of the more welcome changes following the end of the Second World War , which were transforming life for people living in the countryside . |
| 25 | Tsutomu Hata , a former Agriculture Minister , had supported moves to dismantle Japan 's ban on foreign rice imports , which were causing dissent at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [ see also p. 38148 ] , and he was known to favour a reduction in interest rates . |
| 26 | The agreements struck after the stoppage of the previous year had left many loose ends which were causing trouble among stevedores , carters and lightermen . |
| 27 | The commissions , which were to recommence work before Jan. 14 , were instructed to report at least once a month to the heads of state who were scheduled to meet again in Rwanda on March 14-15 . |
| 28 | The expectations and hopes of those people and of many others , which were given life by the excellent judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of the High Court on 30 July , were cruelly dashed by the decision of the major City shareholders that the bank could not be reconstructed . |
| 29 | A rough rule-of-thumb was that landowners controlled the rural county councils and farmers the rural district councils ( which were given responsibility for housing ) . |
| 30 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |