Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh det] [be] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This faith could be said to rely , at least to some extent , on that part of the teachings of the Old Testament which claims that a ‘ god ’ had promised sovereignty over the Promised Land , or what is now Palestine , to the descendants of Abraham . |
| 2 | ‘ Non-net ’ books , on which the publisher deliberately refrains from imposing a ‘ net ’ price , and which are usually school and other textbooks sold in multiple copies for classroom use , provide another exceptional category . |
| 3 | This new building is the detached cottage used by the Ladies since the 1950 's and which was previously Mr. and Mrs. Pedler 's home . |
| 4 | And what 's more Monika need not worry about her future . |
| 5 | But true to the political contours of Lebanon and what is now Israel , I had to fly to Greece , then to Tel Aviv and then take a four-hour car journey to see it , a round-trip of almost a thousand miles . |
| 6 | a notorious slum or ‘ rookery ’ in west London , comprising the area of Seven Dials and what is now New Oxford Street . |
| 7 | The only part of France which the French kings could claim as independent territory was restricted to north-eastern France and what is now Belgium . |
| 8 | Among the mass of contradictory claims that have come out of the discovery , Climber has tried to piece together what is known and what is purely speculation in a mystery that is unlikely ever to be solved . |
| 9 | The teams will examine ageing power plants in Bulgaria , the USSR , Czechoslovakia and what was formerly East Germany . |
| 10 | The abbey was plundered and pillaged , its treasures looted , its roofs pulled off , and what was once man 's homage to God became a nesting place for foxes , ravens and kites . |
| 11 | The survivors from Tiranoc and what was once Nagarythe start rebuilding their lands . |
| 12 | In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the University Library and what was then Brighton Public Library and West Sussex all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them and — I am sure they are familiar to lots of people — in the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes erm what are called bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 13 | In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the university library and what was then Brighton Public Library , and West Sussex , all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them , and I am sure they are familiar to lots of people . |
| 14 | Some of these names represent principalities and have a political significance ; others are simply regional tags which identify the surrounding population , for example the Solland in the far south , which used to be an independent realm but which is now part of Wissenland . |
| 15 | There were still odd things round the house that had belonged to his father , but which were now Stuart 's . |