Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just this mixture of ambiguity and feebleness I think , when we talk about the provision of an acceptable level of public transport , I mean it 's acceptable to whom for heavens sake ? |
| 2 | When I speak to him he responds ; but not with the same speed with which he responds to his nurse , from whom of course he obtains satisfaction of his physical needs . |
| 3 | This created a relatively youthful population with large numbers of young people ( some of whom of course would die before full adulthood ) and relatively few people over the age of 50 . |
| 4 | HP 's software effort for the new servers included endorsement from a veritable who's-who of mainframe software houses , all eager to stand up on the platform and say that their customers were queueing up to leave the IBM mainframe world behind . |
| 5 | The event — pop channel MTV 's annual video awards — looks set to be a who's-who of rock greats . |
| 6 | That such cases brought a hitherto taboo subject into the open is a welcome sign that such a fundamental issue as a child 's right to live will no longer be determined by small groups of people who through lack of a real knowledge of the subject may come to devastatingly wrong decisions . |
| 7 | Next there is a group of colleagues whom I shall describe as the ‘ patriots ’ , who through love of country and a proper belief in its democratic institutions do not accept that the time has come to deny our nationality . |
| 8 | In the long term , however , the ward benefits from a student who through supervision becomes more competent in the care she gives . |
| 9 | Of particular importance are providers of debt finance , who through powers contained in loan agreement covenants may prevent the directors from disposing of particular assets , for example , or restrict their ability to raise further debt or to pay dividends . |
| 10 | The idea of an ‘ internal world ’ is not however new in ethology ; it was indeed a prime preoccupation of one of its key founding fathers , Jacob von Uexküll , who through studies of the perceptual apparatus of a variety of species deduced the nature of the experiential worlds to which they gave rise . |
| 11 | The ‘ benefit ’ was in fact a deferred payment , which both tied a player to a single club and was of no value to those who through loss of form or injury were not able to serve the county for a long enough period . |
| 12 | Therese danced also with Bobbie and Paul ; but most of the time the women in their party danced with the men who between dances stood watching against the wall . |
| 13 | A prominent figure at conferences has been Dr Stafford North , who as Dean of instruction master-minded the elaborate Library Learning Center at Oklahoma Christian College , where every student had his own electronic study-carrel ( with random dial-access to a large collection of audio-tapes and other materials ) in which a large part of his education took place . |
| 14 | Among the prime movers of La Rete , was Leoluca Orlando , who as DC mayor of Palermo had taken vigorous measures against the Mafia , but had alienated his own party hierarchy by refusing to work with the PSI and forming instead an alliance with the PCI and Greens . |
| 15 | Lord Rathcreedan , who as Captain Cecil Norton had been Club Captain since 1914 , continued until 1921 , continued until 1921 and Mr. J.C . |
| 16 | The adjudicator congratulated Brian Devlin , who as Captain Boyle had subtlety , poise and authority . |
| 17 | In the House of Lords , on Friday , 15th May , 1857 , the Duke of Somerset , who as Lord Seymour had been the Commissioner of Works responsible for appointing Pennethorne to design the Public Record Office in 1850 ; now queried the competence of the present Office of Works . |
| 18 | Given the challenge of competitive international markets , the corporate world , at least in its rhetoric , is keen to recruit bright graduates who as managers will be able to turn a critical eye on established practices . |
| 19 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 20 | He is John Talbot , of accountants Arthur Andersen , who as administrator of the bankrupt Maxwell family empire holds nearly 55 per cent of the Mirror Group 's shares . |
| 21 | The Vice-Chairman , Mr. David Blank , who as School Captain had welcomed Gilkes to the School in 1929 and had seen the changes which followed , became Acting Chairman and Mr. W.A. Kershaw Vice-Chairman . |
| 22 | Lord Owen , who as Dr David Owen ruined the Labour Party , the Social Democrats , the Liberals and the Alliance , said that the Prime Minister is doing a good job . |
| 23 | William Tallack , who as Secretary of the Howard Association had experience of criminal affairs reaching back towards the mid-nineteenth century , was among those who took this line . |
| 24 | Sheila Mossman , who as part of the lifetime career in the service of music was an examiner with the board , died in 1971 . |
| 25 | Martin was a local businessman who wanted to discover more about himself and , who as part of his treatment , underwent regression therapy . |
| 26 | The Catholic and especially Buddhist revivals were partially reactions to earlier activities of Protestant missionaries , who as part of their strategy to gain converts had produced polemical literature and established schools , including those which provided the best available English-language instruction . |
| 27 | In this sense he is like Mrs Ghandi , who as India 's prime minister ordered the attack on the Sikh Golden Temple and was later murdered by her Sikh bodyguard : having desecrated the holiest places of a fierce and unforgiving religion , Saddam 's life is potentially in danger from every Shiite he comes into contact with . |
| 28 | Er so I I do n't find it in my in myself to condemn people who as Conservatives take a different view to myself . |
| 29 | A list drawn up c. 1375 by Richard Pique , who as archbishop was due annual payments in the form of wine , reveals that virtually all the villages within a twenty mile radius of Reims were planted with vines . |
| 30 | The heads of 14 Orthodox Churches met in Istanbul on March 14-15 for a conference called by Patriarch Bartholemew who as Archbishop of Constantinople ( since October 1991 — see p. 38547 ) , was " first among equals " of the five leaders of Orthodox Christianity in Europe and Asia . |