Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more extraordinary is the paucity of such information in the captions to the colour figures , which renders them of little use to the hobbyist . |
| 2 | There is a generally accepted standard interview format which goes something like this : |
| 3 | In a relaxed atmosphere and elegant surroundings , you can take your pick from our extensive menu , which offers everything from delicious light snacks to substantial three-course meals . |
| 4 | The proposed council tax , which offers something to each lobby , is a slick political trick . |
| 5 | For Marx , the peasant represented a conservative force because of his structural position in society , which separates him from those who might share his class interests . |
| 6 | The problem , in other words , for the British in arguing their case for free trade is that they are up against a deep cultural divide which separates them from most of the other Member States . |
| 7 | And although the er , the causal relationship is not completely established , it is a very helpful way of remembering that one of the principle distinguishing features of this organism which separates it from other members of the genus staphylococcus it pr it produces this enzyme to coagulate things on and the effects of this enzyme are illustrated here as against the control preparation , you see a clot form due to the action of this enzyme on clotting practice which has been put into this test tube serum . |
| 8 | This state coercion ( the removal of grain surpluses , tax in kind , or some other form ) is economically funded : in the first place , directly , since the peasantry itself has an interest in the growth of industry , which supplies it with agricultural machines , implements , artificial fertilisers and electric power , etc. ; in the second place , indirectly , since the state power of the proletariat is the best means of protection against the restoration of the economic pressure of the large-scale landowner , banker … |
| 9 | It also goes with the people he moves among , the ‘ circles ’ and ‘ sets ’ of The Possessed , many of whom are travellers too , and with the ‘ quintet ’ which he does n't belong to but is entangled with , which he tries to kick himself clear of , and which dumps him in that pond and leaves his cap behind . |
| 10 | Later versions of Bacon can recognise that each star has an intrinsic property which manifests itself as this ’ constant ’ . |
| 11 | One of the points on the sense-spectrum presented above — and this is typical of the metaphorical variety — has a special status , which manifests itself in two principal ways . |
| 12 | The main cancer that affects AIDS sufferers is Kaposi 's sarcoma , not previously noted among white young menthe average age of the victims is 35 — which manifests itself in purplish spots that neither itch nor hurt but do n't clear up . |
| 13 | Rulfo 's oral style — which manifests itself in this novel and in the stories of The Burning Plain , in the frequent repetition of words and phrases , in a manner typical of the backtracking of oral narrative — is , of course , much more than a formal device , for its function is to take us inside the world of a rural peasantry whose cultural tradition is non-literate . |
| 14 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 15 | Vancouver Island is big — about 300 miles long — and is separated from the mainland by a strait about 25 miles wide , which contains lots of small islands known as the Gulf Islands , of which more anon . |
| 16 | But , as a risk to safety taken recklessly , the offence deserves a penalty which places it above many intentional offences against property . |
| 17 | The UK boasts more than 50 machines from a dozen manufacturers in the class which covers everything from outright super sports machines to all rounders , custom bikes and dual purpose on/off road trail bikes . |
| 18 | We called at Penndon museum which was closed , but looks good , and then went to look at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway which has plenty of rolling stock . |
| 19 | Britain has only 3,000 bottle banks , that is one for every 17,000 people , compared to Holland , for example , which has one per 1,400 people . |
| 20 | At worst we can now doubt for reasons which are purely moral , spiritual or psychological , as in the case of someone who is incurably suspicious , a problem which has nothing at all to do with epistemology . |
| 21 | A group which perpetuates itself by endogamous sexual reproduction usually has some perception of ethnic identity . |
| 22 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 23 | Among the many on the list are the blinding disease Onchocerciasis , or river blindness , caused by a parasitic worm ; the debilitating schistosomiasis , also caused by a worm ; the killer malaria caused by a protonoan and of course diarrhoea , mainly caused by bacteria , which kills something like 20 000 children every day . |
| 24 | ‘ Acid rain can be abatted by taking the sulphur from power station flue gases , using the Wellman-Lord process , which extracts it as sulphuric acid . |
| 25 | Section 83(1) of the Building Societies Act 1986 confers on an individual the right as against a building society to have any complaint of his about action taken by the society in relation to a prescribed matter of complaint which affects him in prescribed respects , investigated under a scheme recognised by the Building Societies Commission . |
| 26 | ‘ ( 1 ) An individual shall , by virtue of and in accordance with schemes under this section , have the right , as against a building society , to have any complaint of his about action taken by the society in relation to a prescribed matter of complaint which affects him in prescribed respects investigated under the scheme . |
| 27 | When I discover from time to time this tiny book tucked away in my bookcases , I happily peruse it again and always find something , perhaps unnoticed before , which leads me into deeper and more silent meditation . |
| 28 | Note also those facts vital for your purpose as well as anything which leads you to further research — names of other publications , for example . |
| 29 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
| 30 | The horror of bachelorhood which condemns you to arid thought for ever , and the horror of marriage , which condemns you to lies and hypocrisy for ever . |