Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 2 | On Nov. 23 Sharif , reportedly encouraged by flagging popular support for Bhutto 's march , hinted at a compromise whereby she would be allowed to board a train in Karachi bound for Rawalpindi , and to engage in political activities " as long as they are peaceful " . |
| 3 | Rather than a shareholding , it was proposed that Wilson should be on an ‘ over-ride royalty ’ , whereby she would be paid a royalty for every record sold . |
| 4 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 5 | Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached . |
| 6 | The degree of craft , the degree of inspiration , are the measure whereby they can be valued ; through these are achieved , consciously or inadvertently , the heights and depths of spiritual expression whereby they are ‘ a joy for ever ’ . |
| 7 | There is no other way whereby it can be reached . |
| 8 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 9 | What are the characteristics or factors that have been associated with child abuse whereby it can be identified ? |
| 10 | Is there any other way , some external means , whereby it could be detonated ? ’ |
| 11 | Prince Sihanouk himself proposed a compromise on Sept. 21 , whereby he would be appointed Chair and the SOC would be entitled to a seventh delegate . |
| 12 | Where there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has information about the child 's whereabouts he may be ordered to disclose it ( s95(6) ) . |
| 13 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 14 | On the accession of Henry Tudor , the Shepherd Lord , as the young Clifford was known , was given back his lands and his faithful retainer knighted at his request ; ‘ I am but a simple man , Your Majesty , and I know not how I should be styled , ’ the good servant protested . |
| 15 | I mean , I do n't see how I can be involved here politically , it 's not my place . |
| 16 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've lied to me ? ’ she enquired , not seeing how she could be offended when she , either outright or by implication , had told some whoppers . |
| 18 | Because if it is n't Dorrainge telling you how we 'll be defeated , it 's Lugh Longhand making speeches half the night . ’ |
| 19 | The fifth point says : ’ There must be detailed negotiations on how we would be affected by the detailed introduction of new commodity support arrangements . ’ |
| 20 | The view that religion is a response to revealed truth , and the implications of this with regard to how we can be expected to find out about it , are not normally considered at all . |
| 21 | People are more wary about what is happening into our planet and how we should go about things , and how we should be perceived to be going about things . |
| 22 | For the last six months the momentum has grown we 've been lectured to by ex-leaders of the Party by ex-parliamentary stars by Give-us-a-Meal Roy by budding prima donnas by the wagon-load , telling us how we should be gagged ! |
| 23 | Now that we have provisionally fixed what a signal is , and how one may be recognized , let us consider some examples of signals — the songs of birds , the pheromones of moths and ants , and the dance of honeybees — before we consider the theoretical question of why signals have evolved in the form that we see in nature . |
| 24 | The substance of all that has so far been written in this chapter illustrates how there can be established a firm belief that God and man have developed from a common origin , the origin itself being irrelevant . |
| 25 | After junior appointments at St Thomas 's and Great Ormond Street he entered the Royal Army Medical Corps for two years , during part of which time he investigated the dangers of hyperthermia in tank crews and how they might be overcome . |
| 26 | In relation to individual service users and carers , they should be given full and clear information about the assessment process as it will affect them , how they might be involved and a clear statement of its outcome . |
| 27 | It tells where the foods come from , how they are processed , how they should be stored and how they might be served . |
| 28 | It remains to discuss how they might be characterized , interpreted , and used as a basis for further work . |
| 29 | Harrison spent much time visiting other clinics up and down the country advising on how they might be run more efficiently . |
| 30 | It was not intended to show how they might be integrated in practice . |