Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case .
2 ‘ My GP prescribed an oral antibiotic which I took for five months , but it did n't do anything .
3 I personally use a .013-.056 gauge on all the acoustics and all the electrics with the exception of the Firebird , which I use for regular flatpicking in standard Spanish tuning , and that one has much lighter strings on it — an .009 set but with an .011 on the top E. ’
4 I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . "
5 This book is about Britain 's Defence policy in her post-imperial era , and is the sequel to my Withdrawal from Empire , published in 1986 , in which I looked through military eyes at the creation , development and eventual transformation of the Empire into the loosely-knit British Commonwealth .
6 My first rod is used to cast to within a yard or two of a predetermined spot ; a spot which I know from past experience is a productive one .
7 and placed his resignation in my hands , which I accepted with great regret .
8 But I soon learnt how to bake little cakes made of corn , which I ate with warm milk .
9 The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence .
10 However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger .
11 It has suffered in recent years from heavy traffic which the new by — pass will alleviate , but the old market town which I remember from forty-odd years ago is fast becoming yet a multiple retailers ' outlet .
12 That is the right way forward for this country , the European Community and the wider Europe which I hope in due course will join the Community .
13 The European arts festival , which I announced on 9 December will be a rewarding and imaginative way of celebrating our Presidency of the European Community in the second half of the year .
14 And one of the differences that anorexia can become much more visible and identifiable , whereas those of us who have experienced bulimia , which I had for thirteen years , can be extremely secret and well disguised because we normally do n't change from normal body weight .
15 Mother knitted a white cotton quilt before she married , which I treasure to this day .
16 I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often .
17 An American film was showing which I recognized as Double Indemnity .
18 ‘ For the dearth of beer which I foresee on this trip . ’
19 I soon felt hungry and thirsty , and my first food was fruit which I found on some trees near a river .
20 Two members of the W.A.A.F. posted to Station X neatly encapsulated the idiosyncratic nature of Bletchley Park and its denizens in these verses , which I found with great pleasure in Beryl Escott 's recent Women in Air Force Blue :
21 For me they have miniaturized an array of defensive and offensive armaments , which I carry in disguised form here and there on my clothes , accessories and body .
22 I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides .
23 Also asked him for report which I needed for Statutory Review .
24 I remember the books which I read in that time with a great love .
25 The national and local results of the tests of seven-year-olds which I published on 19 December give , for the first time , a clear picture of how our seven-year-olds are performing .
26 To say that an object which I see with perfect indifference makes an impression upon my mind is not , as I apprehend , good English …
27 At the time tomato purée for the restaurant was preserved in champagne bottles which were then sterilised — a method which was demonstrated to me by the cook at a pensione in Anacapri where I stayed during the summer of 1952 , and which I described in Italian Food .
28 Mrs Di Billups was head of Broughton Junior School , South Humberside , which I visited with great pleasure and profit in the summer of 1988 .
29 In two years we went from a £32m profit , which I suppose in current rates would be in the region of £150m , to a £14m loss .
30 One of the many things which I love about New Scientist is the way you print the odd spoof article or two in the issue nearest 1 April .
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