Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tone here mocks both anthropology and the related theories of racial purity ( as seen in the work of Frobenius ) which were coming to the fore at that time . |
| 2 | Canon Mackenzie by upbringing and temperament belonged to the paternal age , which was drawing to a close , and " politics " was alien to him . |
| 3 | And neither did the cacophony of exasperated hoots which was soaring to a crescendo . |
| 4 | No doubt there were many contributory external or psychological factors in what was happening to the way he perceived his own personality . |
| 5 | While the greening of the electorate was rapidly taken aboard and she was impressed by the fact that acid rain could damage international relations as surely as it did stonework and trees , what caught her imagination were the profound implications of what was happening to the chemistry of the deeper atmosphere . |
| 6 | Hearings and appeals became part of the pattern of life for the families , their legal advisers , their friends and supporters , and indeed for the press and media corps that were reporting what was happening to the outside world . |
| 7 | The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy . |
| 8 | These writers , of whom Marx ( 1818–83 ) , Weber ( 1864–1920 ) , and Durkheim ( 1858–1917 ) are usually regarded as the most important , were essentially theorists , who based their analysis of what was happening to the rapidly changing European societies of that time on evidence from historians and other sources rather than on their own original research . |
| 9 | He says he attempted to bring what was happening to the attention of university authorities such as CSRG 's faculty overseer Susan Graham and its Office of Technology Licensing but was sloughed off . |
| 10 | Now furthermore , if we look at what was happening to the population itself , remember that under the economic basis of looking at determinants of demand , we saw that income was a crucial factor . |
| 11 | The restructuring school argued that to understand what was happening to the geography of British manufacturing at this time it was necessary to analyse this situation . |
| 12 | It was called ‘ The Countryside in 1970 ’ because the mood of the time was predominantly one of unease and anxiety about what was happening to the countryside . |
| 13 | It was attached to the monitor so the nurses could see what was happening to the baby and every time I had a contraction my stomach went rock hard so the belt dug into me . |
| 14 | We have produced reports year after year expressing anxiety at what was happening to the British coal industry . |
| 15 | ‘ He either knew what was happening to the economy at the last election and lied or he was living in a fool 's paradise unaware of the damage he was doing . ’ |
| 16 | In the first place , we should not paint too pessimistic a view of what was happening to the landed classes , since the experiences of this group varied considerably from region to region . |
| 17 | Speaking at the annual speech day , Nigel Thorne , headmaster of Rydal school in Colwyn , said he was increasingly concerned at what was happening to the education system which was faced with a ‘ testing monolith ’ . |
| 18 | As clearly as anyone he saw what was owing to the university of Cambridge . |
| 19 | That would mean getting past the party , getting past whatever was happening to the guests . |