Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |
| 2 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 3 | There are things about irony which it may not be possible to say ironically ; so an ironic essay on irony will fail to address such issues . |
| 4 | Otherwise , your hospital physiotherapist may be willing to see the specialist with you , for guidance which she can then put into practice herself . |
| 5 | We do have a double lesson after dinner which we could continue this . |
| 6 | Your own Home may have established a set procedure after death which you should follow . |
| 7 | Had n't she already taken time off work which she could ill afford in her sister 's interests ? |
| 8 | Your local social services department should be able to advise you about help which it may provide or know about . |
| 9 | Indeed it is an important priority to generate new data which make ethnicity visible , because on the basis of existing evidence it is difficult to distinguish whether the different patterns of support which we can see in minority ethnic kin groups are likely to persist as patterns of settlement stabilize . |
| 10 | In pursuing this aim , IDB 's Marketing Development Division has a key role to play through the wide range of support which it can offer to all sizes of companies in Northern Ireland involved in manufacturing or providing internationally tradeable services . |
| 11 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 12 | It says simply ‘ Places Of Horror Which We Must Never Forget ’ and then lists ten concentration camps from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen . |
| 13 | Another useful item is the Orb of Thunder which you can use to darken the skies and prevent the enemy flying high into the air . |
| 14 | There are therefore two important pieces of preparation which you should make before you even apply for a job , let alone go for an interview for it . |
| 15 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 16 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 17 | And that 's why we tell them and there are some other things you tell them on the phone of course which you 'll find out about on the training school . |
| 18 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 19 | Equally , the depth and directness of experience which we can supply practically in the classroom varies . |
| 20 | Lucas has advanced certain ingenious theoretical devices to explain the phenomenon of persistence which we shall examine later in this chapter . |
| 21 | Central government attempts to control local authorities by : a ) carefully regulating the amount of money which they can spend locally , and b ) scrutinizing the way in which money is actually spent . |
| 22 | I think you 've got quite a significant amount of money which you could offset what we 've been saying just grieves me . |
| 23 | Viewers , touched by her life , sent gifts of money which she used to buy not comforts for herself but more cows , and that meant more crippling winter work . |
| 24 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |
| 25 | Every lunch time , I would trot off with my large plastic box , and return an hour later with a container of milk which I would put in the office fridge . |
| 26 | Certain value added tax cases would tend to indicate that the amount of benefit obtained by a taxpayer if the trustees allow him the use of a Ming Vase would equate to the sort of rent which they could have received if they had let the vase with appropriate adjustments being made for insurance , agreeing to house the vase , etc . |
| 27 | He did not think that Ramsey would be interested in the load of administration which he would have to carry . |
| 28 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 29 | On that basis of the civil law , the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held in Montreal Tramways v. Leveille [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 , that when a child not actually born at the time of an accident was subsequently born alive and viable , it was clothed with all the rights of action which it would have had if actually in existence at the date of the accident to the mother . |
| 30 | This control depends crucially on the way in which they perceive the world including the alternatives to the use of force which they can comprehend and accept . |