Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 2 | By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches . |
| 3 | A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions . |
| 4 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 5 | But this good housekeeping has been swept aside by the latest wave of IRA terrorism aimed at commercial targets on the mainland , one of the repercussions of which has been that , from 1 January this year , landlords and/or tenants have been required to take out a separate insurance policy to cover their buildings against terrorist damage . |
| 6 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 7 | The only text of the whole legend which exists is that written by the Greek author Plutarch in the first century AD , De Iside et Osiride . |
| 8 | Nevertheless it is a mistake to think that the only literary modes which exist are those one period is familiar with . |
| 9 | For what it is worth , the general conclusion which emerged was that overseas investment had a small positive effect on exports . |
| 10 | Since they are the products of continuous evolution , the practices which survive are those which enhance the reproductive fitness of those groups . |
| 11 | These machines compete and evolve so that those which survive are those which have best adapted to their genes ' demand for replication and expansion . |
| 12 | The question which remains is that of minimum sample size and , in general , other researchers have tended to avoid applying formulae to texts of less than 150 words in length . |
| 13 | But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ? |
| 14 | Beside the door of each room a supply of ready-loaded firearms had been laid ; every available weapon , from the Enfield rifles of those killed earlier in the siege to native flintlocks and the countless sporting guns which had been such a feature of " the possessions " , had been pressed into service . |
| 15 | This was the 1st Ukrainian Division , many of whose members came from those parts of Poland incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939 and which had been such a special concern of the AFHQ letter of 6 March defining " Soviet nationals " . |
| 16 | By contrast , the early 1980s were dominated by the re-emergence of the drift to the South East which had been such a focus of attention in the 1950s and early 1960s . |
| 17 | Focus on the two-party system , the growing strength of the organized working-class and the gradual decline of the big single-issue movements which had been such a central feature of the mid-Victorian political scene were visible signs of this transformation . |
| 18 | To relinquish her calling , or the possibility of the companionship and family life which had been such an influential part of her background . |
| 19 | The parameters of the religious issue might have been changed somewhat by the grudging toleration granted to Protestant Nonconformists in 1689 , but the religious settlement can scarcely be said to have provided a satisfactory solution to the issue of Dissent which had been such a source of tension in Restoration society . |
| 20 | As a result of this new alliance with the bishops , we see little of the anti-episcopalian rhetoric which had been such a prominent feature of the Whig platform during the Exclusion Crisis . |
| 21 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 22 | ‘ Then the next point which arises is this , against whom does this inference of undue influence operate ? |
| 23 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |
| 24 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |
| 25 | Finally , I am sure that you will want me to thank the staff of the Council for their valuable work in what has been another very busy and challenging year . |
| 26 | For present purposes what matters is that legislation made in pursuance of powers delegated to Ministers of the Crown is a form of ‘ statutory instrument ’ . |
| 27 | What matters is that black kids believe them to operate systematically and continuously . |
| 28 | ‘ What matters is that art — however you choose to define it — is still considered something worth bothering about . ’ |
| 29 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 30 | What matters is that economic advances in some regions offset to a degree the general pressure on real wages of the rising population . |