Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh det] be [adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The familiar beat and offbeat of metrical analysis are an example of this , each beat having an associated offbeat which is contiguous with it ( Attridge 1982 ) . |
| 2 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 3 | During the bus journey there the next day , one boy asked another what was wrong with him . |
| 4 | In Guatemala the Kekchi language describes the doubter as a man ‘ whose heart is made in two ’ , while the Navajo Indians in the southwestern United States use a similar term , ‘ that which is two with him ’ . |
| 5 | The first is that to know ‘ I ’ by description is to know it not as ‘ that which is aware of something ’ or which has a mental state ’ but as , in Hume 's words ' ‘ a bundle or collection of different perceptions ’ . |
| 6 | Correspondents were asked to identify that which is positive in their situations . |
| 7 | This difficulty was never entirely overcome in the Middle Ages ; but the camel had already been swallowed by Gregory of Tours 400 years before our period opens , when after describing King Clovis 's engaging knaveries , he added the astounding comment : ‘ God … increased his kingdom , because he walked before Him in uprightness of heart , doing that which was pleasing in His sight . ’ |
| 8 | On a representative theory of perception , something 's looking white to us consists in our having sensations of white which are excited in us by the object . |
| 9 | This shaping depends on political and ideological formations and it is these which are responsible for its ‘ consequences ’ too . |
| 10 | but er , I have nothing , nothing , er no actions at all which is mysterious to me , I , why nothing 's going on I do n't know . |
| 11 | 1 Can you remember any particular books you liked when you were very young ( before you started Juniors ) ? 2 What were they ? 3 How much can you remember about them ? 4 What was good about them ? 5 Do you have any especially happy memories about reading in those days ? 6 Or any especially unhappy memories ? 7 Did learning to write help your reading ? 8 Talk about your first experiences of reading with a friend and write down all the things you can remember . |
| 12 | I am not very sure what 's wrong with her but I can tell by the way they start discussing the weather when I come into the room that it must be Women 's Trouble . |
| 13 | They thought it was dying from old age , but I did n't think so , though , to tell the truth , I was n't quite sure what was wrong with it . |
| 14 | These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product . |
| 15 | Like us , each creature responds selectively to cues from its environment , only tuning into those which are important to it . |
| 16 | Salience , of course , means salience for the hearer , and is therefore a relative term : those features of New York English which are salient for a Londoner may not be those which are salient for someone from Toronto . |
| 17 | The criteria included here may be divided into two : first , those which are concerned with the content and manner of administration of the test ; and , second , those which are concerned with their technical sophistication and adequacy . |
| 18 | But in so far as I achieve awareness from your viewpoint I feel the pull towards your goals , and even when I resist , I do so very much as I push away inclinations of my own which are dangerous to my long-term ambitions ; a choice between your goals and mine belongs among my choices of ends . |
| 19 | I got up at seven which is late for me |