Example sentences of "[Wh det] [am/are] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is certainly a continuing interest in Ankara in irredentist Turkish claims on Kirkuk and Mosul in northern Iraq , which are in the homeland 5m Kurds and which are also the centre of Iraq 's northern oil fields . |
| 2 | Its basis lies , significantly , in ‘ pythons in the stomach ’ which are also the source of witchcraft . |
| 3 | Custodial Investments are essentially bearer instruments and readily disposable investments held for a client and which are neither the subject of a discretionary management agreement nor held in connection with any personal appointment and which the firm can sell without the client needing to authorise such sale . |
| 4 | ( 1 ) incomplete adaptation — since not all features of JC would be sufficiently salient to be " noticeable " for the purposes of adaptation , some of these would " slip through " and would fail to be adapted ( 2 ) inconsistency — due to possible learning or memory constraints , or perhaps for other reasons not well understood , some adaptations would be made haphazardly , so that the same item might appear sometimes in its LE variant , sometimes in its JC form ( 3 ) misadaptation — where the systems of JC and LE differ in such a way that adapting correctly requires recognising a contrast that exists in JC but not in LE , we would expect LE speakers to " get it wrong " some of the time , creating forms which are neither the target ( JC ) nor LE . |
| 5 | So I thought we could look at results now , which are probably the thing that 's most interesting . |
| 6 | It is a duty for public officials to advise , when called upon to do so , on policy choices which are ultimately the responsibility of political executives . |
| 7 | Crystal ( 1969 ) defines paralinguistic features as : ‘ … vocal effects which are primarily the result of physiological mechanisms other than the vocal cords , such as the direct results of the workings of the pharyngeal , oral or nasal cavities ’ but this does not seem to me to fit the facts . |
| 8 | But asking bureaucrats to try to separate out the factual premises of decisions from the ethical premises which are properly the reserve of politicians is still desirable . |
| 9 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |
| 10 | Now what has happened in the last decade or so , through the advent of radioastronomy , is that we 've discovered that there are vast clouds of molecules between the stars and they 're just chock a block with very intriguing molecules , many of which are just the sort of things we would expect to be in the prebiotic soup . |
| 11 | Do you have arguments which are largely the result of a clash of views , or do you use arguments to clarify actions or values ? |
| 12 | In the first place , our everyday lives are governed by clusters of obligations , many of them in conflict , which are not the law 's concern . |
| 13 | The second of the new areas covered provides guidance on the extent of auditors ' responsibilities in relation to an investment business 's compliance with those rules and regulations , for the conduct of investment business , which are not the subject of specific regular reporting by auditors . |
| 14 | The views of centres are therefore being sought on the year in which it is considered that candidates could be enrolled on new-style courses , for those courses which are not the subject of national development of units . |
| 15 | modules which are not the subject of any DC on the package , must be contained in the package as SELECTED APPROVED versions . |
| 16 | modules which are not the subject of any DC on the package , must be contained in the package as Selected Approved versions . |
| 17 | Hayek points to the fact that many social institutions which are essential to the successful pursuit of our aims are the result of customs , habits , and practices which are not the product of design or invention and which , although they govern thought and action , are often not brought to consciousness . |
| 18 | The course covers areas which are not the province of any one Department and is taught by Staff from many different academic backgrounds , thereby bringing to it a range of experience . |
| 19 | It is the associations rather than individual local authorities which are invariably the point of contact between centre and localities . |
| 20 | I 'm referring of course to budget acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments , which are often the starting place for the next generation of guitar hero or hobbyist , or where electric guitar players look for an inexpensive diversion into arguably more expressive sounds . |
| 21 | Surely he would not dare to ask that Akram and Waquar Younis be permitted 25 overs each and that a little life be left in pitches which are now the equivalent of a moribund second-day Test strip ? |
| 22 | Of course we can not expect linguists , text critics or publishers to explain to us how best to interpret , mark and process those classically ambiguous phrases which are now the stock and trade of historical data modelling exercises . |
| 23 | Nevertheless a number of unmet needs were uncovered which are still the subject of analysis . |
| 24 | This chapter , together with chapters 2 and 3 , has dealt rather selectively with a number of issues pertaining to fieldwork strategy , many of which are still the subject of controversy . |
| 25 | Concern with the functioning of elites in politics is as old as the study of politics itself , and in its earliest forms relied on common-sense assumptions , which are still the starting-point of much research , about the inevitability of the appearance of select groups of dominant individuals wielding political power in any given society . |
| 26 | This is the opening scene of Concentration Camp Manager , one of a host of fascist computer games which are currently the blight of European cities . |
| 27 | Slightly shorter in length , and with a 90sq in headsize rather than the 95 and 105 which are currently the norm , the Challenge 26 is also lighter and specially balanced to suit female and junior players . |
| 28 | What are possibly the rubbish heaps of Our Mutual Friend loomed even larger in fact than they do in fiction . |