Example sentences of "[Wh det] we [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large vibration creates a strong wave which we hear as a loud noise , while a small vibration produces a faint sound . |
| 2 | A slow vibration creates low-frequency waves which we hear as a low-pitched noise , while a fast vibration produces a high-pitched noise . |
| 3 | While the soft-voiced viol consort was peculiarly suitable for domestic music , there was a standard mixed consort for public occasions , of which we hear in an account ( 1591 ) of an entertainment for Elizabeth I at Elvetham in Hampshire : an ‘ exquisite consort , wherein was the lute , bandora , base-viol , citterne , treble-violl , and flute ’ . |
| 4 | KPMG should not be associated with an Investment Overview which we know at the time of issue to be misleading or factually incorrect . |
| 5 | In such studies , to which we turn in the next chapter , it will be necessary to consider yet other components which have frequently entered into the definition of style . |
| 6 | Hence the importance of audits by competent and independent auditors — to which we turn in the next chapter . |
| 7 | After an hour in which we ambled along the ridge , balanced along its crest , climbed the pinnacles , sat on ledges and talked and shared coffee and chocolate , the cloud closed round us again . |
| 8 | Those lucky teachers who came under Basil 's guidance were helped to be more creative themselves and to bring out creativity in their children with the amazing results which we saw in the West Riding schools . |
| 9 | C. S. Lewis offered the most daring statement in the final volume of the ‘ Narnia ’ series , The Last Battle ( 1956 ) , in which we come across a young ( dead ) virtuous pagan , Emeth , who explains that all his life he has served Tash and scorned Aslan the Lion — earlier on it has been made clear that Tash is a bloody demon , Aslan , one might as well say , the ‘ Narnian ’ Christ . |
| 10 | After calling for some ice-cubes which we popped into the straight Pernod , we drank them down , with predictably weird results ( we had already had Dexedrine ) . |
| 11 | But such a dimension does help to explain why philosophy can be seen both as a mode of thinking in any discipline , and also a discipline in its own right ; for it is at least arguable that the ‘ questions about questions ’ in every field eventually converge on certain basic questions and concepts which we recognize as the traditional domain and concern of the philosopher . |
| 12 | … to outline a system of geomorphology grounded in basic principles of mechanics and fluid dynamics , that will enable geomorphic processes to be treated as manifestations of various types of shear stresses , both gravitational and molecular , acting upon any type of earth material to produce the varieties of strain , or failure , which we recognize as the manifold processes of weathering , erosion , transportation and deposition . |
| 13 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 14 | One could also mention the printing industry machines which we export to the West . |
| 15 | This unruffled progression fits perfectly the sort of chain of correlations of consequences which we disentangled at the start of this chapter but it does not seem to offer the prospect of the decisive determination of a particular result . |
| 16 | ‘ In the real democracy which we inhabit in the United Kingdom ’ , we see things differently , as British Sources are wont to put it . |
| 17 | But there is the same substantial caveat which we registered in the case of the Nuer : the particular kind of mystical powers which sustain the social order can not be predicted from the social order . |
| 18 | The Division 's North American operations have benefited from excellent results in Electronic Materials , including The Alta Group which we acquired during the year . |
| 19 | At the Nov. 4 meeting he had warned : " We have somehow frivolously disposed of the capital which we acquired after the coup . " |
| 20 | The only new track which we envisage in the next 10–15 years is the possible construction of a new west-east chord to the South of Dalmeny , and the only new passenger services is a possible re-opening of the South Suburban line . |
| 21 | Despite all this , the hopeful prophecy which we quoted at the beginning of this book has not been fulfilled . |
| 22 | That 's been er er a matter which has been erm discussed er at some length by Stragg as has the topic of er house building and the the problems of er capacity for er new house instruction and other development within the , the Council but a number of erm matters er not least of which has been er the departure of two key members of staff during the period er there has er I 'm afraid been a degree of slippage and the original programme that we have put to you and which you agreed which we said at the time was ambitious er is already er showing signs of stress and it looks now I 'm afraid that it will not be er in the early part of the summer that the structure plan in draft form will be available and ready to be approved for consultation purposes , but towards the end of the summer and er er into the early autumn . |
| 23 | ‘ It will now be necessary to observe that animals are more frequently attacked by epizootic , endemic and contagious diseases than the human species because we are protected from these casualties by our Houses , Clothing and manner of Living , in short by all the precautions that reason dictates , whilst animals are deprived of all these recourses and are constantly exposed to dangers which we avoid by the above-mentioned precautions , besides their food and drink is constantly the same , which often is the cause of a fermentation in their blood which generally terminates in stubborn and fatal diseases . |
| 24 | Talking of Lester Piggott he of course was the winner of the first ever Channel Four personality of the year trophy which we awarded for the first time last year . |
| 25 | It never occurred to us to criticize these conditions , which we accepted as a part of Eton life , like the tailcoats and top hats we wore . |
| 26 | Erm well we had a a big raffle erm we wrote away to all the local shops and restaurants ask them to donate prizes and we raised a lot of money through that and also my mum erm cooked Indian snacks which we sold during the interval erm which everyone loved and so it worked quite well . |
| 27 | Moderator the erm overture which we passed into an act er in the last sentence of section three says the names of such children , that 's those children who have been admitted to erm communion as children , shall be admitted to the communion roll of the congregation when they have made public profession of their faith that is , when they reach the point at which they make that normal statement and the my understanding would be people whose names are on the communion roll . |
| 28 | We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ? |
| 29 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 30 | There are various contexts in which we speak of a person or institution being an authority . |