Example sentences of "[Wh det] at [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution to these two difficulties was provided by the trust , which at a stroke solved both the problem of third-party involvement and that of enforcement . |
| 2 | This is Sonnet 94 , ‘ which at no point addresses the Friend directly , stands back from the group much as a contemplative soliloquy does from the dialogue of a play ’ . |
| 3 | The DHSS/SSRC initiative , which at the outset looked for explanations of deprivation within families , ended by acknowledging the importance of structural factors . |
| 4 | It was this last point which at the time led to some discomfort about OD . |
| 5 | Hodge had fostered relations with the Korean Democratic Party ( KDP ) , which at the time took a pro-American stance and preferred a continuance of the American occupation to any suggestion of trusteeship . |
| 6 | The only things worth saving were a mulberry , a cherry plum and the Magnolia grandiflora which at the time came barely up to the window and is now heading for the roof . |
| 7 | I noticed the attractive terracotta-tiled floor and another open fireplace which at the time housed the refrigerator . |
| 8 | I was more inclined to enjoy this type of drug as opposed to amphetamines , y'know , which at the time left you feeling a bit uncomfortable the next day . |
| 9 | It was the Anglo-Saxons who adapted the pagan marking of bread with a cross ( which at the time represented the four seasons ) into the Christian symbol for the crucifix . |
| 10 | He was far from being a recluse , however , for in 1842 he joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society , which at the time had many eminent members . |
| 11 | Like it or not , democracy ( which at the time meant votes for male workers ) gradually came to be seen as inevitable . |
| 12 | The findings drew attention to the contrast between the teacher-initiated models of ‘ group work ’ which at the time offered the only practical insights and guidance available in the literature ( e.g. Barnes and Todd 1977 , Tann 1981 , Biott and Clough 1983 , Slavin 1983 , Johnson et al . |
| 13 | look at the US , which at the time seemed |
| 14 | Let me give a few examples of vanished empires which at the time seemed invincible . |
| 15 | She used to make things that are now quite commonplace but which at the time seemed really exotic — fabulous cakes like kugelhopf and filled croissants which were wheeled in on a trolley for tea . |
| 16 | A classic study on short term verbal recall seemed to show that reading highly emotional words impairs memory , a finding which at the time seemed to support notions of repression . |
| 17 | Obviously uncertain as to his own musical direction , Moore recorded with Lizzy , but was not a full-time member of the band , which at the time featured Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham . |
| 18 | Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) . |
| 19 | In spite of local cooperative strength there was none in West Ham because of potential conflict with the West Ham Trades Council and Labour Representation Committee , which at the time controlled selection of Labour candidates . |
| 20 | His first challenge was to take charge of a nuclear research centre for C. A. Parsons , which at the time employed 350 graduates and trained scientists , but for which there was little work . |
| 21 | " The Trieste crisis blew up with an intensity which at the time suggested that it might lead to the last battle of the Second World War or the first of the Third World War . " |
| 22 | In 1977 , 22 per cent of female part-time employees were earning less than £15 a week , which at the time defined the boundary of non-employed for social insurance purposes ( that is , neither they nor their employers have to pay national insurance contributions ) . |
| 23 | The risk is that the procedure could possibly self-incriminate a firm if , for instance , it marked a document which subsequently proved to be fraudulent or defective and which at the time gave no rise for any audit comments . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure Adam will have no difficulty in doing exactly as he pleases , which at the moment happens to be attending to his guests . ’ |
| 25 | Which at the moment reads , be capable of being assimilated satisfactorily into the local landscape . |
| 26 | You see , all the things which at the moment seem strange to you about it become every day normality after a bit , so that it 's untrue to give you an answer in terms of the lack of space or the lack of change or the lack of food or any of the other things which make this so different from ordinary life . ’ |
| 27 | I see Blackburn 's £3.6million man Alan Shearer again being part of Graham 's thoughts , which at the moment seem to be pointing towards the long ball game . |
| 28 | In the simplest terms , these can be thought of as particles which at the moment do not in fact exist — but one day might . |
| 29 | He said that the increasing number of pressure groups in other EC countries ( which at the moment have fewer groups than the UK ) would influence both public and political opinion and thus contribute to a situation in which implementation and enforcement of EC environmental legislation would improve . |
| 30 | He tried to realign retrospectively things he had written many years before , for what at the time had been entirely adequate reasons . |