Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [noun sg] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its corollary , whereby praxis becomes determining history , he called the ‘ practico-inert ’ , by which he meant the material circumstances that have themselves been created by previous praxes and which form the conditions for new praxis . |
| 2 | His theories linked the idea of progress with advances in technological knowledge and , by showing how progress follows natural laws , he sought to place the development of political organization on a scientific footing . |
| 3 | Discussing the patient 's ‘ auditory environment ’ Gough ( 1986 ) provides vignettes showing how noise means different things to different people and reminds nurses that it is possible to be upset by silence , for example a child in an isolation unit — a salutary reminder of the importance of individualising nursing according to the circumstances . |
| 4 | Classically it is held that the female optimum depends on how size increases fecundity , whereas the male optimum depends on how size increases mating success . |
| 5 | Also , no explanation is offered as to how society defines criminal behaviour , why some acts are made illegal and others not . |
| 6 | We will now turn to theoretical approaches which see the criminal as ‘ normal ’ , and which centre on how society defines certain individuals as criminal or deviant . |
| 7 | Darwin is pleased with this novel analysis of how sex enables new species to arise from old . |
| 8 | challenging the claimed benefits of growth and showing how growth causes environmental impacts that degrade the quality of life for the indigenous population and are unsustainable for future generations ; |
| 9 | No one really knows how thalidomide causes such abnormalities . |
| 10 | The ways in which meaning is expressed must always be central to any language study ; how language uses grammatical patterns to create both predictable and new meanings . |
| 11 | South-facing slopes where snow lies late support meadows of grass and herbs ; drier ridges carry a dense growth of dwarf shrubs . |
| 12 | We shall then be in a much better position to state when and where screening does more good than harm . |
| 13 | At a time when rock fans expected country folk to be psychotic rednecks ready to gun down anyone with hair over their ears — pace Easy Rider — Cash came along and fought for Indian rights , recorded with Bob Dylan , and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 14 | Ironically , Silvestri will manage a new group devoted to securing Sparc chip , board and system design wins , especially in market segments where Sun has little history such as embedded real-time . |
| 15 | This is where management has total confidence in the assumptions and values that are built into the information system . |
| 16 | Short-term pH changes , following the first heavy autumn rains , or especially in the early spring , when snowmelt releases acidic constituents accumulated during the winter , result in ‘ acid shock ’ which leads to fish mortality ( fish kills ) . |
| 17 | Also , a competitive equilibrium can-not exist because at the point where price equals each firm 's marginal cost , profits would increase with increasing output so each firm would wish to increase output and thereby achieve lower costs . |
| 18 | If output could be expanded up to the point unc where price equals marginal cost , there would be an extensive gain in social welfare , namely the shaded area. , Making the simplifying assumptions that there are no income effects and that any effects on the distribution of income are unimportant , this area may stand for the true change in social welfare . |
| 19 | Subject to certain conditions , particular encouragement will be given to proposals where development utilises degraded land , and where the development would result in demonstrable improvements to amenity , landscape , nature conservation or public access . |
| 20 | The question that remains is why selection favours smaller females . |
| 21 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 22 | QUITE why adversity stimulates excellent literature is unclear . |
| 23 | This game is one where left-handedness has some advantage and considerable nuisance value so it is not surprising that as many as 18.5% of these first-class performers were left-handed . |
| 24 | Every time the next van spewed out its string of pink and cocky sausages the temperature flared like when water hits hot fat . |
| 25 | Others give in , decide that they are past the stage where beauty has any relevance , and concentrate , perhaps with relief , on merely looking tidy and presentable . |
| 26 | During this time of subjective observing participation , the policeman/insider moves to the margins , to a point where analysis negates automatic approval or predisposition for a world of known categories and classifications . |
| 27 | Given this view of there being a primary mutual hostility among human beings , Freud is able to explain why civilization restricts sexual activity . |