Example sentences of "[Wh adv] a [noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is usually a formal system of discounts , for advertisers spending over a certain level with the station , and perhaps even for early booking , and whenever a station has time to sell which it fears it might fail to dispose of it is possible for the buyer to negotiate on the price . |
| 2 | A Christian authority on eastern religions , Patrick Sookhdeo said , ‘ I have seen that whenever a person uses yoga , he makes a shift from a monotheistic view of God , to a pantheistic view ( God identified with nature ) , and finally to a monistic view ( God as an impersonal IT , without form , personality and essence ) . |
| 3 | Adjoining the studio was a funeral parlour with a window opening into the studio , so it was necessary to stop classes and rehearsals whenever a funeral took place . |
| 4 | Specific browsing is applied to a more structured form of seeking library materials whereby a user makes use of a tool , such as a library catalogue or bibliography , to locate items on a specific topic . |
| 5 | To understand the behaviour it is essential to consider the question of how a cat faces death . |
| 6 | To explain in detail how a user begins work on LIFESPAN . |
| 7 | ‘ The only things they can offer you is things like making grass grow on colliery spoil heaps or being a world expert on how a locust eats grass , ’ says Peter . |
| 8 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | The senior pilot in the operation , Lt Cmdr George Wallace , told how a ground fired missile passed within 1,000 yards of one of the Sea Kings as they approached Srebrenica . |
| 10 | The closest case on this point is probably Chapman v. Honig where a landlord gave notice to quit to his tenant , the notice being in accordance with the terms of the lease . |
| 11 | His Lordship concluded that the clause amounted to a non-possessory security right which was invalidated by virtue of s62(4) : I accept that the only recognised forms of legal hypothec ( that is where a person has security without possession ) are those of a landlord , a superior , a solicitor and certain maritime hypothecs . |
| 12 | 1986 ) , the keeping of household pets where a child has asthma ( Franklin and Kahn , 1987 ) child labour in Nigeria ( Asogwa , 1986 ) and the mistaken diagnoses of abuse seen in themselves as a form of abuse ( Kirschner and Stein , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | Even more dramatic were differences in perception between parents and staff about informing parents where a child needs help . |
| 14 | I could spend hours watching the birds on the coast of Norfolk , where a boardwalk makes access easy for me , or simply pushing myself around Richmond Park . |
| 15 | Sir : France deals with libel in a simple , cheap and civilised way , illustrated by a case in July where a paper investigated corruption among local authorities . |
| 16 | I heard recently of a case where a director nearing retirement was advised to restrict his salary and pay higher dividends , purely on the grounds that this would save national insurance contributions . |
| 17 | Clause 17 in the model agreement in Appendix 1 sets out a basic scheme which avoids any system of voting by proxy , putting the onus on individual partners to attend and vote in person ( with only a limited exception ( Clause 17.10.1 ) where a matter requiring unanimity is on the table ) . |
| 18 | After leaving Kidderminster the train ran to Bewdley where a reversal took place for the train to run onto part of the spur of the former Stourport line . |
| 19 | The consultant explained that the lungs mature at around 36 weeks when a substance called surfactant is produced . |
| 20 | They both died last year when a barn caught fire . " |
| 21 | Even so , Faldo , with a 71 , still finished top European , overtaking Ian Woosnam , who had shared the lead after two rounds and was still sharing it after three holes in the third on Saturday when a storm interrupted play for three hours . |
| 22 | It was she who was called upon when a neighbour had trouble at childbirth , or if good advice was being sought in matters of a domestic nature . |
| 23 | All the above problems which can be features of ARC can continue to be problems when a person has AIDS . |
| 24 | Linear stability theory can indicate when a laminar shear flow must undergo transition to some other type of motion , and the example of its application to a boundary layer was discussed in Section 17.7 . |
| 25 | The custom of asking for permission to marry has less significance nowadays ; it harks back to the time when a father had control over his unmarried daughter 's money until a husband came along . |
| 26 | ( Note that what matters is when a gene affects survival and fertility , not when it is expressed ; for example , a gene which is expressed early in the development of the heart might increase the chance of heart disease much later in life . ) |
| 27 | It is not at all clear why a plaintiff seeking material located in , say , France or Germany , but able to invoke United States jurisdiction ( available , perhaps , as a result of the long-arm claims to extensive jurisdiction made by Federal or State courts ) should be able to claim that American practices should apply as exclusively as in a purely domestic case . |
| 28 | ( 7 ) There is no reason why a cash underwritten alternative can not be extended alongside the main offer if the bidder chooses . |