Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] be [vb pp] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put the case far too bluntly , one might argue that a fifteenth-century scholar 's chief concern and the measure whereby he was judged was to achieve excellence in that is , knowledge or learning , through teaching and writing ; whereas a seventeenth-century scholar 's chief interest and the measuring rod of his success was the attainment of the high learned offices and the power , salary and perquisites that went with them . |
| 2 | While research can clarify such issues , how they are resolved is essentially a political and ethical question — in the same way as how child abuse is itself defined is essentially a political and ethical question . |
| 3 | How they are set is a difficult question to which I shall return , but those who decry as too narrow the scope of a Convention running to over a hundred Articles must surely embody the resuscitated spirit of Oliver Twist who will always cry for more ! |
| 4 | How they are cracked is almost the least interesting part of the walnut story . |
| 5 | The best way to find out how they were attached is to chisel away a little plaster next to the rail . |
| 6 | How they were used is not generally agreed upon , for , whilst the obverse of some of these cards — ‘ shopkeepers ' bills ’ as they were known by the eighteenth-century tradesmen — were sometimes utilized as an invoice to the purchaser , the majority surviving in public and private collections were not . |
| 7 | So long as the techniques that determine both how software is used and how it is made are only in the hands of technical experts , computer systems will never find the universal application which is certainly within their grasp . |
| 8 | If , however , as we have already suggested , and shall be arguing at greater length below , choices about technology and how it is applied are the subject of a conflict of interests , and thus result in bargaining , then predictions about the outcome are more uncertain . |
| 9 | This process is controlled in the plant by substances called ‘ auxins ’ though how it is done is not at all clear . |
| 10 | How it is done is less important . |
| 11 | This money has to be bid for , and how it is spent is closely monitored by the Agency . |
| 12 | But that w that was how it was started was at , at the Lock at Bloxwich Lock . |
| 13 | How it was spent was up to BR but ministers could not intervene . |
| 14 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 15 | The reason why you 're elected is because a sufficient number of people wanted a Conservative government . |
| 16 | ‘ The first thing passengers do when they are served is have a look at what their neighbour has got — their piece of chicken has got to be the same size , ’ says Karen . |
| 17 | The places where they are stored are secret . |
| 18 | These men have now spent 15 years in jail and Michael Hickey who was 16 when he was sentenced is now in Ashworth Secure Hospital . |
| 19 | The only thing that can save the sport in the country where it was born is a large injection of prize money . |
| 20 | The barn where it was held was owned by a local farmer , John Ellis , and if Kate knew anything about it , he had known exactly what was going on . |
| 21 | The cell where he was held was , like a prison cell in a spaghetti western , built of mud . |
| 22 | In a letter to the court , Barwick said he was told that the part of the Esk where he was caught was a free stretch and that there were some good catches to be had there . |
| 23 | Quite who it was built for , how long it was occupied and why it was abandoned are matters for archaeological speculation . |