Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [noun sg] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 2 | They said they hoped ‘ the bombings of old buildings , which are part of our heritage and which have enormous potential for tourism , will cease ’ . |
| 3 | Buildings which were evidence of its 900 years history have disappeared and their places taken by unremarkable retail stores and car parks so that several references to streets and buildings in the book are difficult to follow . |
| 4 | Governments had to live up to the mythical images of themselves which were part of their acceptability . |
| 5 | The endurance of rivers , which is part of what makes them such a potent symbol in our culture , is also precisely the reason why they matter so much to ecologists and scientists . |
| 6 | The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction . |
| 7 | Adolescents are going to be embarrassed and ashamed if a teacher suggests that their dialect , which is part of their identity , must be radically changed . |
| 8 | ‘ They are due to the unpredictable nature and power of the bounce of these castles , which is part of their fun . |
| 9 | Their very idiosyncratic and undemocratic nature , which is part of their strength , can lead to their rule by a narrow and self-selecting group . |
| 10 | I particularly like the Windlite from Mountain Equipment ( £60 ) which is part of their Compak range , the New Gobi jacket from Rohan ( £54 ) and the Microlite from Field and Trek ( £62 ) , all of which are comfortable , practical jackets that pack down very small . |
| 11 | Can I ask a question please , who will determine what is the most important work which is part of our promise , list |
| 12 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 13 | Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments , rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land which was part of their security . |
| 14 | Was it a Government commitment which was part of their manifesto ? |
| 15 | ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’ |
| 16 | These he carried home , partly because the little room lacked storage space , partly to appease the secretive , magpie instinct which was part of his nature : he loved to keep , hide , obfuscate , cover his tracks ; he had fantasies in the watches of the night of other scholars stealing a march on him and publishing the definitive study of Walter Machin first ( though how that would be possible , in view of his privileged position , he would have been hard put to it to say ) . |
| 17 | Gerry , a member of the Belfast Telegraph staff for 25 years , and previously with the Irish News , underwent a quadruple heart by-pass operation in 1983 but within a week he had started writing his column again from his hospital bed — a column which was part of his life . |
| 18 | The farmer bunched his shoulders , " What 's cause of it ? " |
| 19 | Subsequently , children distinguish between what is part of themselves and what is not , and internal and external worlds develop . |
| 20 | What is name of it ? |