Example sentences of "[adv prt] [Wh det] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cited " personal reasons " for his decision to stand down which was to take effect following the selection of his successor at a special party convention , expected in November . |
| 2 | This ushered in what was to become known in Germany as the Leben-Jesu Forschung ( ‘ Life of Jesus research ’ ) and in English as ‘ the quest of the historical Jesus ’ . |
| 3 | Could you please ask your colleagues , friends and class members and jot down what is known about how Medau started in SCOTLAND , the people responsible for promoting it there , dates ( as far as can be remembered ) , plus any unique events/human interest anecdotes from the last 40 years . |
| 4 | Oakridge is generally associated with an episode in the mid-19th century when local men burnt down what was intended to become Stroud 's new isolation hospital . |
| 5 | Interactive video as its name suggests gives pupils control over what is accessed . |
| 6 | China will also take over what is left of the once remarkable flora and fauna . |
| 7 | Yet in fact the principle at stake is quite a different one : these texts are dealing with a special type of trust of the residue of an estate , under which a trustee was requested on his death to hand over whatever was left of the estate he had inherited . |
| 8 | The unprovoked action sparked off what was to become a national emergency , lasting up to 1960 and involving one of the most hard-fought jungle campaigns of this century . |
| 9 | Those groups who make up what is called public opinion are always " a collective mediocrity " ( p. 131 ) . |
| 10 | The 1944 Education Act provided for this by drawing up what is called the dual system of county schools ( ie non-denominational ) and Aided Schools whether Catholic or Church of England where a denominational education and environment would be provided . |
| 11 | The southern aspect is dominated by Leo , with the famous pattern making up what is termed the Sickle ; to find it , use the Pointers , Dubhe and Merak in the Bear , in the direction away from Polaris . |
| 12 | This not only opens up what is going on , but takes us forward as well . |
| 13 | China is to set up what is described as the world 's biggest nature reserve , covering 200,000 square kilometres in the Qangtang grasslands of northern Tibet . |
| 14 | To mop up what 's left of the direct sales budget , Solbourne will establish a chain of technical support offices across Europe , and admits it 's a less expensive way of keeping the European market aware of its presence . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ he continues , clearing up what 's left of the cheese and pineapple sticks . |
| 16 | chase up what 's happening . |
| 17 | Rose gathered up what was left of the sandwiches of tinned salmon and sardines . |
| 18 | He worked frantically to help the casualties , tearing up what was left of his linen for bandages and soaking them in olive oil and wax to apply to bums . |
| 19 | He set the tray down gently by the bedside , and picked up what was left of the mummy . |
| 20 | I tried to chase it , but it was no good in the dark , and I went clear into a bog , and in the end I saw your light , so I picked up what was left and came along . |
| 21 | She had n't quite finished her trifle , so Syl leaned over and scooped up what was left . |
| 22 | He slurped as noisily as a ravenous dog , mopping up what was left with hard crusts of bread which Father Peter shoved before him on a wooden platter . |
| 23 | The arrests of 26 people in Palermo , Milan and Modena on March 18 came as part of a police operation to break up what was alleged to be a network operated by the Sicilian Mafia . |
| 24 | Branson had drawn up what was to become known as the ‘ Million List ’ — the number of things that had to be taken care of in the next three months before the airline could fly . |
| 25 | He affects a certain disinterest in theory , preferring extremely precise experiments that will pick up whatever is going on to those designed with a particular new discovery in mind . |
| 26 | A vicious colonial war then broke out which was to last until 1954 , with increasing costs to the French in lives and money . |
| 27 | ‘ But its not Ben , ’ Zoe stood and held her back which was beginning to ache , ‘ and that s the difference . ’ |
| 28 | And if you 're playing a tape back which was recorded off air what happens if you push the text button ? |
| 29 | For example , a historian will be interested in finding out what is written on a sheet of medieval vellum , whereas an archaeologist will want to know what animal skin was used , how the vellum was made , and what pigments were used for the ink . |
| 30 | Whatever happens work slowly and if the board jams try to find out what is holding it or stopping it moving rather than just forcing it ! |