Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun sg] [Wh det] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This tape has been carefully vetted for sensitivity of content or for material which can lead to the identification of speakers . |
| 2 | It is , of course , true that some wrappers might come from the chocolate which had already been bought or from chocolate which would have been bought without the offer , but that does not seem to me to alter the case . |
| 3 | It is true that these processes may well have a spatial expression in a specific situation , but there are others to which it is difficult to attribute any physical manifestation , or by definition which can not have a spatial expression at all . |
| 4 | There was evidence that pupils had more experience with skills than with work which might probe their understanding . |
| 5 | In short the simplistic ‘ business model ’ is no substitute for a much more radical and exciting blend of management of and for professionality which may be within our grasp . |
| 6 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 7 | … does assume … that A knows fully and in advance what would be good for B to learn … |
| 8 | Erm but we do n't and in fact what will happen in a housing shortage is that in migrants will be able to buy their way in . |
| 9 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 10 | The number systems we use as yardsticks should be thought of as being made not of wood but of elastic which can be stretched or shrunk to our convenience . |
| 11 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 12 | Transfer to the payroll at the same hours as at present which would form the basis of their regular monthly salary . |