Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chimps , whose vocal chords are not well adapted to human speech , have discovered how to communicate using deaf-and-dumb language ; again , this is an incredible achievement . |
| 2 | More residential social workers are receiving professional training but rarely specialist training on how to help change destructive behaviour and its underlying causes . |
| 3 | How to avoid using sexist language |
| 4 | In desktop publishing true , proportionally spaced fonts are used and , for the PC market at least , none of the common word processing packages have yet worked out how to handle displaying true fonts on the screen . |
| 5 | Example ( 126 ) , however , is perfectly normal English , as confirmed by the following contexts where make denotes unintentional causation : ( 127 ) Oops ! |
| 6 | ‘ I taught Jimmy the sensation of where to expect the serve of an opponent , plus where to plan to return that shot . |
| 7 | Where Thins has three Waterstones to compete with and , at university level , the old established Bauermeister , Smiths has two Waterstones and a Dillons , but virtually no competition on the campus of either Glasgow or Strathclyde . |
| 8 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 9 | Binding guarantees will be set locally for in-patient waiting times , starting with the operations where waiting causes most distress . |
| 10 | Why try to improve English spelling ? |
| 11 | He had hit the right note of playful yet dignified affection with the children — mischievous Sam Yaxley had proved an ally there ; and even throughout the days of his own distress he had comforted the sick and sorrowful , acting in the simple trust that , however removed chose impoverished lives might seem from his own , they were members of one another . |
| 12 | Because syntax is embedded in discourse , entirely different forms might have similar functions ( i.e. be used as equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ) ; for this reason it is sometimes difficult to specify a principled way of knowing where to stop counting particular forms as variants of a variable . |
| 13 | Why does have that fish ? |
| 14 | ‘ The justices however failed to make any determination , or failed to make any finding or state any reasons for finding as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |