Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb past] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then made several shorter runs , which thereby accumulated fewer neutrons and had correspondingly larger uncertainties . |
| 2 | Together with drugs and drainage they checked the effects of disease and famine , while the imposition of order and the creation of new employment began the slow demographic revolution which long prevented many countries from cashing their new wealth in the form of a higher standard of living . |
| 3 | Referring to her leader 's handbook , Carole covered the fire regulations , the working day ( 9–5 with an hour off for lunch ) , the rota for making breakfast and sandwiches , doing the washing-up and the cooking , and various curious house rules , such as no alcohol , no ‘ personal entertainment ’ , which apparently included such things as Walkmans , and lights out at 11pm . |
| 4 | The Thatcher government continued this process , much more zealously , developing a formula which deliberately penalized those authorities it deemed to be over-spenders . |
| 5 | Not only the statesmen of the age but also public opinion , partly sheltered from the realities of war by the employment of mainly professional armies , were untouched by the enthusiasm for peace which usually prompted such schemes and indifferent to the dreams which they embodied . |
| 6 | One local authority in tackling the problem of odour nuisance from maggot farms in their area not only insisted on the installation of catalytic incineration equipment but on disposal of the sawdust waste , which still contained some maggots after sieving , by bagging and subsequent incineration in the municipal incinerator , instead of burying the waste as had been done previously . |
| 7 | In 1286 and 1290 , moreover , Pecham had no doubt been further reassured by the two statutes of Circumspecte agatis and Consultation , which respectively defined some boundaries of jurisdiction and allowed ecclesiastical courts to proceed where writs of prohibition had been inappropriately obtained . |
| 8 | Catherine 's Charter to the Nobility of 1785 , which formally confirmed these rights , also recognized their absolute property rights and exemption from personal taxation and billeting obligations . |
| 9 | The consequent supply of water free from pollution has greatly reduced the incidence of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera , which formerly claimed many lives . |
| 10 | Not only that , but post-revolutionary France would have represented atheism at worst , Catholicism at best ; little wonder that a good Baptist lad , fired by an upsurge of patriotism which temporarily united all Englishmen in opposition to a common foe , should have joined the struggle . |
| 11 | The poor performance of the main opposition Social Conservative Party ( PSC ) , which similarly fielded several slates of congressional candidates and gained only 10 seats in the Senate and 15 in the lower house , confirmed recent indications that the 70-year duopoly of power by the PL and the PSC had been broken . |
| 12 | Additional information about clients ' social characteristics ( for example , marital status ) and drug-using behaviour ( for example , method of use ) was also collected from agencies which routinely recorded such details , namely GPs , the Drugs Council , and the Detoxification Unit . |
| 13 | The bulk of the blame for all that is placed on British Rail , which knowingly permitted these things to continue . |
| 14 | In low-lying land , the ditch which often surrounded these mounds tended to fill with water , and Watkins saw a progression to the circular moats which were common in his district . |
| 15 | There was one I used to pick in another field years ago , a purple flower with pretty leaves which sometimes turned all colours , but I never knew its name . |
| 16 | Earlier in the year Utah had approved legislation which virtually outlawed all abortions , while legislation prohibiting abortions even in cases involving rape , incest and maternal risk , was passed in February by the legislature of South Dakota . |
| 17 | Mathematical and computer-assisted models , for example , can enhance the data obtained from six subjects in an LD50 test which previously killed many times more than this . |
| 18 | According to Borland , Paradox 4 is between five and ten times faster than Version 3.5 — a program that was never accused of being a slouch — and on most tasks it reportedly matches or beats FoxPro , Microsoft 's swift dBase lookalike , which previously outpaced all comers . |
| 19 | However , in the 1980s , government 's repeated sudden and confused demands for economy created a great deal of uncertainty which actually led many authorities to abandon what planning systems they had created . |