Example sentences of "[Wh det] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( g ) The ICL 2900 range of medium and large computers ( announced in 1974 ; Huxtable and Pinkerton 1977 ; Buckle 1978 ) and the University of Manchester MU5 ( Kilburn , Morris , Rohl , and Sumner 1968 ; Sumner 1974 ; Ibbett and Capon 1978 ) on which it is based , as examples of more recent architectural practice . |
| 32 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 33 | He concludes : ‘ So although at first it is also natural for civilized people to condemn out of hand what I had just witnessed as disgraceful heathen bestiality , they , too , if they were honest might come to feel it was at least partly redeemed by the genuine religious conviction on which it is based . ’ |
| 34 | In the meantime , we will conclude by drawing attention to a number of serious weaknesses in the strategy on which it is based . |
| 35 | ‘ All metals expand when heated ’ will only be a legitimate generalization if the observations of expansion on which it is based range over a wide variety of conditions . |
| 36 | If the factual situation falls outside the scope of the refusal or if the assumption upon which it is based is falsified , the refusal ceases to be effective . |
| 37 | Like the implicit analogy between the Nixon pardon and a cleaning product , the comparison between denazification and the action of washing powder points to the arbitrary nature of the performative act and questions the authority on which it is based . |
| 38 | This is because the ‘ syntax ’ of theory , the logic on which it is based , is at the root of structures which have historically been used to trivialize , marginalize , and devalue the discourse of women , to pass it off at best as a mere fiction , and at worst as an illicit form of language use or one in poor taste , like the pun . |
| 39 | This was a natural choice because the writer of the television serial , and of the novel upon which it is based , is David Lodge , until recently a Professor in the School of English . |
| 40 | Explain and comment on the principles upon which it is based . |
| 41 | On the other hand , the chanson on which it is based is really in C major with a number of V-I and I-V cadences ( see Ex. 57 ) . |
| 42 | Any new definition that could be devised would be new in substance as well as form ; and if the case law is to be presumed , with it must be preserved , implicitly or explicitly , the preamble of the statute of Elizabeth I on which it is based . |
| 43 | Can tourism damage the qualities on which it is based ? |
| 44 | The latest abridged edition , the twelfth , was published in 1989 , shortly after DC20 on which it is based . |
| 45 | The model of monopolistic competition presented here incorporates only certain features of imperfect competition , and the assumptions on which it is based are very special . |
| 46 | Because an institutional plan has to guarantee quality at a level which is sought by parents and employers , the information on which it is based has to be that which they value . |
| 47 | By comparing the film Apocalypse Now ( 1978 ) with the story on which it is based — Joseph Conrad 's " Heart of Darkness " ( 1902 ) — you might gain ideas about differences between film and writing as media , or differences between an early twentieth-century text and a late twentieth-century text ; you might also get ideas about narrative by comparing how the two narratives are the same and how they differ . |
| 48 | It means broadening our agenda and questioning the decisions on which it is based , the reasons we go for one story and exclude others . |
| 49 | Such a move is less than entirely satisfactory because the relationship between the theory of competence and the data on which it is based ( ultimately intuitions about acceptability ) becomes abstract to a point where counter-examples to the theory may be explained away on an ad hoc basis , unless a systematic pragmatics has already been developed . |
| 50 | Given the rule that a " fair comment " must state or refer to the facts upon which it is based , to what extent might the falsity of those facts destroy the defence ? |
| 51 | Er my Lord er the second observation I make about erm Mr opinion erm and the facts upon which it is based is that his opinion is hotly disputed er , not least because of what it would be submitted is the highly speculative nature of this enterprise er , when you are being asked to consider with the benefit of hindsight , whether or not a business entered into some eighty years ago , was likely to have failed and er it is also an exercise which in my submission is entirely irrelevant if your Lordship would find the basis of compensation which I contend for is the one because the logic of not having to become involved in any investigation of whether or not this business would probably have been unsuccessful in any event . |
| 52 | A pity you did n't take more examples from Looking Glass & mention the idea of going across the square , in chess , which it is based on . |
| 53 | Not surprisingly , the paper says , the responses indicated that ‘ the present scope of the audit and the legal framework in which it is conducted militate against auditors successfully meeting the needs of shareholders and others with an interest in the audit process ’ . |
| 54 | The replies ( from 60 of those contacted ) suggested , the paper says , that ‘ there is concern among users that the present scope of the audit and the legal framework in which it is conducted militate against auditors successfully meeting the needs of shareholders and others with an interest in the audit process ’ . |
| 55 | For the origins and development of the Royal Society of London , far from demonstrating the objectivity and truth of scientific inquiry , is a classic example of the extent to which such inquiry is contingent on social pressures , political interests and the nature of the institutions in which it is conducted ( cf. |
| 56 | Was he able to discuss with President Yeltsin the problems of the old Soviet bureaucracy in Russia and the way in which it is inhibiting the ability of the people of Russia to receive the aid that they deserve ? |
| 57 | An essential attribute of any profession is that its members are active in creating and extending its knowledge , the theoretical bases for its practice and the means by which it is evaluated . |
| 58 | Apart from uncertainties which arise from the language in which it is couched , there are some more general concerns arising from the rule . |
| 59 | The application of the UCTA 1977 to non-consumer indemnities will depend not merely on the clause , but on the nature of the liability in respect of which it is invoked , as is illustrated by the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland [ 1987 ] 2 All ER 620 and Thompson v T Lohan ( Plant Hire ) Ltd ( JW Hurdiss Ltd , third party ) [ 1987 ] 2 All ER 631 . |
| 60 | There are two aspects to education : one is the content , the subject matter itself ; the other is the manner in which , and the purpose with which it is studied . |