Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is preferable to encourage those strategies which indicate a groping after meaning ( contextual hypotheses ) rather than those which show a grasp of surface features only . |
| 2 | The qualifications necessary to enable a person to stand in a local electionaire more extensive in some instances and more restrictive in others than those which enable a person to vote . |
| 3 | Young men who had a maximum oral hygiene index of 6 had a risk of dying 3.4 times higher than those who had a hygiene index of 0 . |
| 4 | They are practices which ensure that those who have the advantage of a network of friends and relations in secure employment will have a better chance of obtaining jobs than those who have a network of friends and relations who have suffered long-term unemployment . |
| 5 | Angie 's one is really like hot and will dry things whereas this one takes a bit longer . |
| 6 | One involves throwing a ball for a player to head while another one hurls a medicine ball into his back ! |
| 7 | Perhaps somewhat simplistically , those who favour prohibitions on insider dealing tend to take a lawyer 's perspective , emphasising issues of fairness and justice ; while those who advocate a removal of regulatory controls tend to adopt an economist 's approach , which focuses on efficiency gains and the creation of desirable incentives . |
| 8 | Oh I know , erm , with all of us , I understand completely , whilst that you feel a beat in it , erm , no where your left hand has to play , left hand seemed to be er leading a mind of it 's own , yes . |
| 9 | ( d ) This is the same ground as that which entitles a sheriff to allow an appeal made to him in his administrative capacity . |
| 10 | Most will be transported in the huts in which they sleep ; though this one needs a bit of gentle coaxing . |
| 11 | In some ways it is the loftiest , most visionary of Beethoven 's symphonies and as such it needs a visionary to conduct it . |
| 12 | Those who created nuclear physics were as innocent of ulterior motivation as those who distilled a knowledge of the administration and society of ancient Egypt and Assyria from cuneiform inscriptions or Greek papyri . |