Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever you fail to produce desired results , assume that the failure resulted from things you did rather than being caused by other factors that were ‘ beyond your control ’ . |
| 2 | The problem arises whenever we try to use conscious awareness as a dependent variable : for example , when we want to decide whether or not a particular external event leads to a phenomenal event . |
| 3 | Vacuum at least once a week and shampoo whenever it starts to look grubby — probably once or twice a year . |
| 4 | How I long to fly free … |
| 5 | ‘ There were always people around the house , like my Dad 's band , and so that 's how I learned to play bass and drums as well , 'cos it was just there . |
| 6 | But the asinine policies that were brought through in the th er in the Thatcher era they still are here with us , no matter how they try to get shut of them , the poll tax which has been referred to by Councillor is confusion at its best . |
| 7 | These processes turn out to be as widely varying as the tasks upon which they are to be used , and we are therefore only in the very beginning stages of understanding how they combine to predict emerging skills . |
| 8 | An account of how they come to have communicative significance , and different communicative significances , can be given in terms of the flouting of the maxim of Quantity . |
| 9 | To demonstrate this the project will construct and characterise the knowledge base of a number of firms , to describe the range of ways in which firms identify short comings in respect to some aspect of their knowledge resources and to analyse how they respond to acquire new external knowledge . |
| 10 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 11 | I am sure that the House , with its customary generosity , would be prepared to listen to a personal statement from the hon. Member for Esher ( Mr. Taylor ) if he cares to explain how he came to keep quiet about his possession at a crucial time of a confidential Committee paper . |
| 12 | It 's funny how he manages to keep awake ! |
| 13 | And that 's when I began to get suspicious . |
| 14 | That 's when I started to get excited about the idea , I wanted to get away from here . |
| 15 | Sometimes , when I have to make precious substances such as toenail cheese or belly-button fluff , I have to go without a shower or bath for days and days ; I hate doing this because I soon feel dirty and itchy , and the only bright thing about such abstinence is how good it feels to have a shower at the end of it . |
| 16 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 17 | That 's why I had to leave , man , that 's why I had to get free . |
| 18 | That 's one of the reasons why I decided to get involved in the project in the first place when it was first broached to me . |
| 19 | That 's why I wanted to make sure that you did n't say anything about it to Dawlish . ’ |
| 20 | It is payable to a widow who is between 45 and 54 inclusive when her husband dies ; or when she ceases to receive widowed mother 's allowance . |
| 21 | Gone are the days when you had to wear cosmetic colours that matched your brows or hair . |
| 22 | but now they realize that however you need to have mass mobilization in order to have successful land reform |
| 23 | It was the kind of music where you had to dance close . |
| 24 | This involves deciding what it is you are looking for before you start general reading , and , equally important , assessing why you need to read particular works or sources you intend to consult . |
| 25 | If you understand WHY you have to do certain things , you 're less likely to make a mistake . |
| 26 | Do you remember when we tried to make fluffy dogs ? |
| 27 | There are times when we want to target specific individual or groups of parents because of minor problems which the school is encountering such as persistent lateness , regular late arrival of dinner money , unreturned reading books or even irregular attendance . |
| 28 | These courses are a very important initiative not just for this diocese but for the whole country at a time when we need to find new ways of helping lay people and priests to work together in furthering the mission of the church . |
| 29 | We had good sailing weather until we reached the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa , where we landed to get fresh water . |
| 30 | However , we do have some occasional vacancies , maternity leave , building maintenance work , long term sick , where we have to make sure our labour force is protected , where we do involve temporary labour and even on those occasions we attempt to employ people direct as some regions know . |