Example sentences of "of [noun] [Wh det] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also headed a number of Courtaulds ' textile businesses at different times but it was mainly his knowledge of viscose which earned him a reputation as a leading world authority on the fibre . |
| 2 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 3 | It was the goals from McStay , McAllister and McClair which gave the Scots a stirring win in Norrkoping , and the bite of McCall which gave them a formidable balance . |
| 4 | The 18-year-old Ryton Comprehensive School pupil was over two seconds behind winner Debbie France , of Hull Achilles , but demonstrated the kind of talent which won her an English Schools ' title at Derby two years ago . |
| 5 | Early air travellers often flew for adventure , not just speed , and some travellers today , who do not have to cram a two-week break into a busy year , have gone back to earlier forms of transport which give them a far sharper sense of going places . |
| 6 | Despite minor errors the book has a style and a use of simile which make it a pleasure to read . |
| 7 | Early on , he was anxious to combine the view that our beliefs about the social world are determined by the structured whole with the claim that historical materialism has achieved the status of a science , a body of knowledge which gives us a true account of the world . |
| 8 | One of the things that you 're saying is wrong , not so much an organised day , one of things which causes us a problem , and that 's the major one |
| 9 | Scientism is a not-unattractive doctrine , and was especially so to a rising professional middle-class who associated with it theories of eugenics and of mankind which gave them a pleasing sense of class and racial superiority ; but in the later nineteenth century there was no reason to anticipate these darker sides of progress . |
| 10 | As the outcome of official action by an organ of the state , the police case comes before the court stamped with a seal of authority which gives it a powerful influence . |
| 11 | It was simply their headquarters where they came to trade , where they came to er perhaps attend law courts but particularly where the prior of came when he came to do services at the Minster because he was a canon of York as well as being canon or the parish of Bramham which gave him a seat in the Cathedral . |
| 12 | He was quickly involved in a series of crashes which earned him the nickname |
| 13 | In the light of Point Two , Russia was deprived of the sliver of territory which gave her a toe-hold on the Danube . |
| 14 | Given a DC identifier and LIFESPAN username , the procedure PI_VIEW_DC_ASSESSMENT will request the assessment information ( assessor 's comments and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC ) . |
| 15 | This option enables you to view a Design Change ( DC ) assessor 's comment and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC . |
| 16 | Their expressions were drained of personality which gave them the family resemblance possessed by a flock of sheep . |
| 17 | ‘ People ought to be able to decide whether they want to take risks on the basis of information which gives them an idea of how much risk there is , ’ says Helen Peggs , ‘ but at the moment the information they get is often distorted . ’ |
| 18 | Every month the Shell Gold Card provides a series of reports which give you a complete picture of your fleet 's performance . |
| 19 | The visual splendour and durability of gold which made it an outstanding symbol of excellence were matched by the fact that however widely distributed and keenly sought in nature it has remained rare . |
| 20 | ‘ We must set up processes of measurement which give us the basis for improvement targetting and monitoring progress . |