Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Henderson , the head of Matrix-Churchill whose trial for supplying arms to Iraq was abandoned amid controversy last autumn , is writing a memoir which Bloomsbury will publish in October . |
| 2 | Liking , let alone loving , had never been a requisite for the majority of men whose capacity for making love was triggered more by the physical attributes of a woman than the quality of her personality or character ! |
| 3 | Indeed DNA molecules , whose capacity for storing information has already impressed us , are something close to crystals themselves . |
| 4 | The cultural practice of imitation which Herbert so confidently exploits ( note how the Jordan poem above skilfully employs Sidney 's first sonnet in Astrophil and Stella was rendered very difficult for a poet such as An Collins whose scope for enjoying the educated attainments open to a Renaissance gentleman was negligible . |
| 5 | There 's a somewhat lighter tone to The Wicked Lady ( 1945 ) , another big hit , in which Lockwood is the aristocratic wife whose passion for living and sense that if ‘ I ca n't live while I 'm alive , I 'll go mad ’ leads her into a double life as a highwaywoman . |
| 6 | Consider the case of a person whose reason for accepting his friend 's advice is that the friend will be hurt if he does not . |
| 7 | Much attention has been focused on the concept of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ , where the courts have attempted to impose a fairly stringent test on persons whose reason for carrying a weapon is said to be fear of attack . |
| 8 | In his latter years , though plagued by failing eyesight , he gave considerable practical encouragement to the Oxford ‘ methodists ’ , whose predilection for preaching and catechizing accorded fully with his own . |
| 9 | For the two-million population of Baku , whose option for obtaining vehicles parts is a nine-hour train journey to Moscow , the shop is a very welcome innovation . |
| 10 | You might have time to savour the moment , while you watch him approach , while you pick your shot ; but then it 's all movement , whatever route you 've chosen , whatever method for getting clear . |