Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She looked away a moment , noticing how the fire 's light flickered in the window pane ; how it cast a mottled , ever-changing pattern against the narrow opening . |
2 | Shareholders may be encouraged by Howden 's market performance since its last cash call in July 1991 when it launched a 1 for 1 rights issue at 30p . |
3 | The regiment traces its history back to the Siege of Carroburg in 1865 , when it mounted a valiant and wholly successful defence of the walls in the face of a huge army led by the Count of Middenland . |
4 | All 3three squadrons at Upper Heyford will go by December , when it becomes a standby base . |
5 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
6 | The conservative National Party , led by Jim Bolger , ended six years of Labour Party rule on Oct. 27 when it achieved a crushing general election victory . |
7 | By using the time to improve the production process , Intel will be able to make more of the chips available initially than it usually can when it launches a new part , Paul Otellini , vice-president of the company 's microprocessor group noted — a shortage of 80386s in the early days caused disenchantment with the company at many customers for the chip , who encouraged other companies to clone the chip in the hope of ensuring steady supplies . |
8 | After its experimental period , when it played a key part in the campaign to modernise the Marton route , 208 remained in regular service from Marton Depot ( left ) until the closure in 1962 . |
9 | CHRISTIE 'S SET an auction record for Islamic metalwork on Tuesday when it sold a silver inlaid brass casket for £242,000 . |
10 | Montserrat , part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 , when it became a separate United Kingdom Dependent Territory , is governed by a Governor , who presides over an Executive Council and a Legislative Council with seven elected , two official and two nominated members . |
11 | JCI 's gold mines produced 51.7 tons of gold in the past financial year Johnnies ' diamond interests comprise of holdings in unlisted diamond trading companies and in De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd/De Beers Centenary AG Johnnies ' non-managed investments date as far back as 1895 when it became a founding shareholder of South African Breweries , one of the 10 largest breweries in the world |
12 | Described by the government as a Japanese cultural tradition , the consumption of whale meat only started after the second world war , when it filled a dietary gap . |
13 | But , as the Institute 's Council found last month , when it considered a preliminary paper on the subject , openness could actually end up destroying the effectiveness of the disciplinary process altogether . |
14 | Compaq Computer Corp will continue its high-end server push this autumn when it unveils a new line of upgradable 80486-based multi-processing systems , PC Week reports . |
15 | Harvey Madden of Yarm-based accountant John B. Taylor said the business was a profitable concern until the end of 1991 when it lost a major contract with Edinburgh Woollen Mills to east European competition . |
16 | A drop of the clear supernatant fluid was placed on an agar plate , which had previously been thickly planted with M. lysodeikticus , and the plate was incubated at 37°C. for 24 hours , when it showed a copious growth of the coccus , except in the region where the nasal mucus had been placed . |
17 | William Waldorf Astor made the collection in Italy and brought it to Hever where it forms a magnificent sight among the glorious display of shrubs and climbing and herbaceous plants . |
18 | The metro turned into the Lakes Estate and eventually drove down Melfoot Avenue where it reached a dead end . |
19 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
20 | Ferreting has been perfected to the point where it does a thorough job . |
21 | Conventionally , those patterns whose left-hand or most significant bit position contains a zero represent positive values , and those where it contains a one represent negative values . |
22 | Labour scored its biggest successes in London , where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 per cent . |
23 | The Sigma ( above ) has a 0.5ins higher roofline , and door pillars and window frames to European taste , unlike its sister Diamante model , which is already on sale in Japan where it has a six-month waiting list . |
24 | That 's why it took a long time for the light to get to you . ’ |
25 | And that 's why it took a long long time . |
26 | In other words Africa may have remained close to the region of major sub-lithospheric heating which preceded the breakup of Pangaea and this may explain why it has a high mean elevation today in spite of lacking significant orogenic belts . |
27 | Not all problems have gone away of course : yesterday 's £6.4 billion public sector borrowing requirement is not much higher than expectations , but it is almost as large as the deficit for the previous 11 months and — with this year 's deficit forecast to be double last year 's — shows why the Bank of England so eagerly sold £2 billion or more of gilts on election night and why it needs a regular stream of massive sales . |
28 | A tumbling weir creates the localized conditions of an upland brook wherever it crosses a silty lowland stream . |