Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical is defined , for example , as that which is recognized by science , that which is " an essential part of the coherent and adequate descriptive and explanatory account of the spatio-temporal-causal world " . |
| 2 | Intelligence defined as that which is measured by intelligence tests is obviously circular and also variable as the fashions in intelligence testing change . |
| 3 | 20 But while he thought on these things , behold , the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream , saying , Joseph , thou son of David , fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost . |
| 4 | ‘ Black society , as does the dominant white society , teaches its members to strive for that which is defined as the most desirable among potentially achievable goals ’ , observes Harry Edwards about the American scene ( 1973 , p.201 ) . |
| 5 | For that which is conveyed is clearly shaped by the concretion . |
| 6 | You see , I think a mag such as this which is dedicated to a particular subject should carry some article which would help readers learn more about the technical aspects of guitars as well . |
| 7 | For some it 's coaching , for others it 's journalism and the media but for most it 's the fairground of small businesses and professional scams . |
| 8 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 9 | For this he is considered by his admirers ‘ one of the master-minds of our country ’ . |
| 10 | In fact I did these in the same way as the neckband , doing the button band first ; after that it is to mark where the buttonholes are to go , it 's just a matter of arithmetic since the needles are numbered already . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've upset your father ; how could you do such a thing after all he 's done for you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And after all he 's done it for the most altruistic of reasons-unlike Bill 's quarry . ’ |
| 13 | Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan says and I might say so , slightly mischievously , well after all he 's going to appoint the appointers and going to make the short list , short list for the Right My Right Honourable Friend to appoint , but of course somebody 's got to appoint the appointers and er that would be done by the by my Right Honourable Friend , but that does n't mean to say for goodness sake that they 're in his pocket . |
| 14 | After all she is clutching her bag like a student would her books . |
| 15 | The result of each one is made known to the voter before he casts his vote in the next , and the series is prolonged until there emerges at the top of the poll a candidate with an absolute majority . |
| 16 | ’ It is vain for these Arabs to endeavour to resist the consummation of that which is written in the Book of Fate , ’ fulminated Lord Palmerston , when he was foreign secretary . |
| 17 | To put it more briefly , the property FRENCH applies to or ( other things equal ) is true of that which is designated by the noun . |
| 18 | The right of the asylum seeker to be informed ’ in the language of his choice ’ is too sweeping , though I accept the general direction of that which is sought . |
| 19 | I am not against the general tenor of that which is sought . |
| 20 | This voltage is imply an amplified version of that which is dropped across R13 . |
| 21 | Knowing is seen as a subjective experience in which the content of that which is known is subject to manifold possible interpretations . |
| 22 | ‘ This action is brought by the mayor , aldermen , and citizens of the city of Manchester to recover damages from the defendant in respect of that which is alleged by them to be a libel on the corporation . |
| 23 | Yet despite this he is created in a relationship of accountability to God and the sphere of his accountability includes the economic . |
| 24 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 25 | On top of this it is known that any one mould would only be in use between seven and fifteen years . |
| 26 | Typical trilobites of several kinds are present in the earliest Cambrian rocks ; they must have had late Precambrian ancestors , but of these nothing is known . |
| 27 | The strident claims of the manufacturer — MSD — are supported by two references : of these one is quoted no less than four times , but on reading the small print this reference turns out to be ‘ data on file Merck , Sharp and Dohme Ltd ’ — hardly the most impartial of sources . |
| 28 | If a company fails to meet one of these it is excluded from the portfolio . |
| 29 | If you put the earphones in can we just test first of all what 's working ? |
| 30 | ‘ The majority revere him in spite of all he 's done , ’ said a US official . |