Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This international co-operation between clearinghouses does not preclude international co-operation on an individual library basis , nor does it mean that the Australian , UK and USA clearinghouses will not provide a service to individual libraries in another country which has or has not a clearinghouse of its own . |
| 32 | Algal bloom , which smothers and kills aquatic wildlife , has become a familiar problem on many inland waters , but especially here in the Norfolk Broads . |
| 33 | Well , certainly an ethical proposition which incorporates or presupposes a factual claim can be inconsistent with a factual statement . |
| 34 | Then Petra , a group which looks and sounds like Led Zeppelin , but is given to quoting from St Paul 's epistle to the Ephesians ( 6:11-17 : ‘ Put on the full armour of God , that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil … ’ ) , is for you . |
| 35 | I got Lucy another pint of the lethal winter ale and for myself , a pint of Smithwick 's alcohol-free beer which looks and smells good enough to fool anyone . |
| 36 | Amongst the Nyakyusa of Tanzania this power is known literally as ‘ the breath of men ’ and is clearly conceived of as a ‘ murmuring ’ afflatus , which marshals and expresses the public opinion of the community . |
| 37 | EXECUTIVES of the Corporation of Lloyd 's , which regulates and manages the insurance market , are to brief staff at ‘ business forums ’ next week on the background to the organisation 's latest cost-cutting strategy . |
| 38 | The concept of a Universal Field presupposes the existence of a pre-physical body made of fine degrees of matter not yet recognised by orthodox science , which regulates and controls the creature , whatever it may be . |
| 39 | The underlying theory suggests that action and decision are controlled in the mind by a multi-level process , each level of which regulates and modifies the one below . |
| 40 | In Darcy 's Utopia there are bound to be children , but their parents will be carefully selected , and being in short supply they will grow up in a world which loves and admires children and finds them interesting , and does n't herd them together in schools to get them out of the way , dunk them in front of obscene videos to keep them quiet , and slap them about and threaten them in the streets , which is what happens in this society of ours which you seem to find both perfectly ordinary , and , worse , inevitable . |
| 41 | Duke 's Trail , which starts and finishes at Kielder Castle , can be used by people with little sight , wheelchairs or walking difficulties . |
| 42 | The initial lesion starts as a small papule or vesicle , which ulcerates and spreads leaving a raised , velvety reddened area , which bleeds easily . |
| 43 | GRE were founder members of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau , which monitors and arbitrates insurance matters , and members of both Lautro and the Association of British Insurers which set down codes of practice for all members to comply with . |
| 44 | ( See the annual reports of the Equal Opportunities Commission , the body responsible for promoting equality between the sexes , which monitors and analyses the proportion of men and women entering higher and further education courses . ) |
| 45 | Miron Straf , the director of the Committee on National Statistics in Washington , which monitors and reviews US government statistics , is to be invited to address the Royal Statistical Society ( RSS ) on how his organisation operates and how a similar group could be established in Britain . |
| 46 | The fourth functional activity is that of control which monitors and assesses whether resources and activities are allocated as originally planned and authorised . |
| 47 | Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom . |
| 48 | Fremont , California-based Independence Technologies Inc has added distributed management , dual discovery , line management and Centurion to its iView System Manager — which monitors and controls multi-vendor hardware and software in SNMP or CMIP agents over TCP/IP networking environments . |
| 49 | Evidence can be defined as information which establishes or disproves a fact or a point in question . |
| 50 | Once again it is a matter of escaping from the textbook idiom which assumes that presented problems have to be solved . |
| 51 | In the western spadefoot of Europe , for example , there are two distinct forms of tadpole : a ‘ standard ’ type which feeds on rotting vegetation , and a cannibalistic type which kills and eats other tadpoles . |
| 52 | A structure word which limits or determines a nominal ( noun ) . |
| 53 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 54 | If , as a designer , Prowse has adhered to aesthetic standards , his adaptation has a multi-layered seriousness , or even a spiritual dimension , which alters and enhances the original . |
| 55 | Then , widening our focus , we looked at Lugbara witchcraft and the ancestor cult which complements and completes it . |
| 56 | Sparrow said he did not expect to be the last chairman of the Levy Board , which assesses and collects contributions from bookmakers to finance racing . |
| 57 | Ours is thought to be a multi-faith , multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society , one in which diversity of life-style flourishes and which tolerates and fosters social and individual differences . |
| 58 | Such beliefs are slow to change , a fact which underlines that identifying the source is important in persuasive communication . |
| 59 | This is a treaty which safeguards and advances our national interests . |
| 60 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |