Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ there is some evidence that the diffusion of a scientific innovation is a fashion-like process in which influence is transmitted through steadily expanding networks of scientists . |
| 2 | If you would like some help to decide which account is right for you , talk to one of our Personal Bankers . |
| 3 | You know him , so you know which account is likely to be the most accurate . |
| 4 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 5 | These latter environments are precisely those in which /a/ is also most likely to have a low front short value . |
| 6 | However , the pattern of merger/approximation that this suggests is complicated by the existence of the raising rule by which /a/ is raised before velars . |
| 7 | Thus , we have apparent flip-flops before nasals as between Jenewary , Frencis , in which /a/ is raised to [ Ε ] , and Wanysday , mantion , in which /Ε/; is lowered to [ a ] : if raising before dentals also applied , then massage and others suggest a further possibility of a flip-flop rule , and a wider range of environments in which the mid and low vowels are exchanged . |
| 8 | And one has to say that while both Prospero and Gandalf are old men with staffs , Prospero brushes aside the oppositions of reality with an ease which Gandalf is never allowed to aspire to . |
| 9 | The other charters in which Aethelbald is styled ‘ king of the South Angles ’ ( CS 157 : S 94 ; CS 163 : S 101 ) are either not necessarily earlier than 736 or not certainly genuine ( CS 164 : S 103 ) . |
| 10 | Tigger tries the patience of his fellows not by wickedness but by excessive high-spirits ; Rabbit attempts to teach Tigger a lesson in a rather unkind way ( in Chapter VII , ‘ In which Tigger is unbounced ’ , The house at Pooh Corner ) . |
| 11 | Very often the way in which change is implemented is left to the school to decide and this can then be done in accordance with its philosophy and aims . |
| 12 | Since that study , increasing use has been made of the task-centred approach , which targets seven problem areas in which change is possible : |
| 13 | From what has been written above it should be clear that the design of a test method which gives information about the mechanical properties of a material irrespective of the geometry of the sample and the manner in which load is applied is not a trivial matter . |
| 14 | Finally these examples in which to consent is to promise refute the suggestion that in one case the purpose is to confer rights and in the other to undertake an obligation . |
| 15 | Information about the processing applied to the cross-references and the exceptions which arose is stored in the table . |
| 16 | For one year at least , ‘ mitigation ’ will be used to protect the more expensive institutions from any drastic changes in advance of the major planning exercise which NAB is now undertaking throughout public sector higher education . |
| 17 | No longer to you , Herbert von Karajan , but to the nameless crowd which Honegger is addressing from the pinnacle of his genius . |
| 18 | Where trade-offs are at issue , rather than innovation , modernisation or know-how , the only question which matters is ‘ opportunity cost ’ : resources which would otherwise be expended on equivalent Soviet equipment and , particularly , the question of investment versus overall return . |
| 19 | It 's an umbrella boday for 47 wildlife trusts of which BBONT is one . |
| 20 | The ways in which honour is formed and assessed are numerous . |
| 21 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 22 | One of the subjects on which Headline is careful to listen to the trade is book jackets . |
| 23 | And the ear is not the only sensitive part of the human anatomy which Cloverleaf is designed to appeal to . |
| 24 | The contempt for Asian culture , the constant shadow of racial hostility and the disregard for family and group identity provide an atmosphere in which Izzat is constantly at risk and therefore is constantly charged and recharged . |
| 25 | He also showed the children other kinds of illusion in which object 's perceptual properties were altered : a white index card behind a blue light-filter for example . |
| 26 | The Proposal Form is the basis on which cover is provided and items of this nature must be specifically declared to be covered . |
| 27 | The court action will of course give the defendant the opportunity to challenge the decision : Chapter 13 sets out the grounds on which challenge is allowed . |
| 28 | To return to the enjoyment of looking at gibbons , it will be agreed that it is not an activity separate from looking at them , not an end to which looking is the means ( as looking is the end to which visiting the zoo is the means ) . |
| 29 | According to this conception , disorder is rule-governed : much of the ‘ aggro ’ which occurs is largely symbolic , comprising a relatively harmless repertoire of threats , stares , denigratory chants and gestures ( cf. |
| 30 | The net amount of work which occurs is often estimated by observing the frequency of an externally applied effective stress ( such as a weather- or hydrologically-related stress ) which is more easily measured or is accessible from records . |