Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could not teach a chimpanzee to grow bananas nor a dolphin to farm fish , for these are quite alien to its mind set and require the foresight , the ability to see and plan ahead , which only man possesses . |
| 2 | Good connections with a minister would be advantageous to any political interest , for freeholders and councillors often requested assistance which only government could provide . |
| 3 | But he 's had to close some of the deeper galleries which only pot holers use , because of the build up of toxic gasses . |
| 4 | Muthaiga Club , where I am staying , releases forgotten gusts of memory , like those lilies which only exhale their sweet perfume at night . |
| 5 | In this regard , they are much better value as plants than such species roses as Rosa xanthina ‘ Canary Bird ’ and Rosa moyesii , both of which only flower for a couple of weeks during the early summer . |
| 6 | So powerful is that consideration , it is argued , that it lifts this case out of the ordinary Cyanamid considerations ( see American Cyanamid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd. [ 1975 ] A.C. 396 ) , in which the concern of the court is to preserve the subject matter and accept the risk that if the court should refuse the child may die before final decision , as a result of an intervening choking fit from which only ventilation could save him . |
| 7 | Second , proposals which only address ( and seek to reform ) the structural changes that have afflicted the media , e.g. conglomeration , but fail to note changes in the processes of news-production and journalistic work , are incomplete solutions . |
| 8 | The regulations setting out the procedure whereby a soldier in the British Army can apply for conscientious objector status are classified as a ‘ restricted ’ document — to which only army officers have access . |
| 9 | They would deny that the effect in any way proves that polls influence opinion ; it could , for instance , be that supporters of a right-wing candidate are of a generally conservative predisposition , and purchase newspapers which only report polls sympathetic to their candidate . |
| 10 | It should be borne in mind that these ratios are based on financial statements which only report on those ‘ facts ’ that can be expressed in money terms . |
| 11 | It should be borne in mind that these ratios are based on financial statements which only report on those ‘ facts ’ that can be expressed in money terms . |
| 12 | What we witness here is something resembling the Freudian proposition that the repressed returns via the very images , structures , and mechanisms of repression itself : the words which consummate the renewal of man , his salvation , these words return to signify the opposite of salvation which is damnation , and they signify also the desire which only damnation can acknowledge and which salvation must repress . |
| 13 | To turn back now from the monastic life , however it had been approached , was to turn back to a world of uncertainty and to face a future in which only damnation was assured . |
| 14 | And charities and voluntary organisations which only store tea , coffee , sugar and biscuits in their halls are also excused . |
| 15 | For housewives who do receive appreciative comments from husbands , this positive reward is often conditional , and therefore hardly an improvement on a situation in which only failure is referred to : |
| 16 | My only reservation about Matthew Engel , which only time will decide , is whether his roots in cricket are sufficiently deep and strong . |
| 17 | There may be some musical magic which only practice can bestow . |
| 18 | In the meantime , a leading US food manufacturer is pressing for an exclusive deal with Staley to help it challenge rivals which already product diet cakes and desserts based on Simpless and other formulations . |
| 19 | Ideally , good management in education is a discreet matter but one in which nevertheless training can be offered . |
| 20 | The eggs , which normally number 20–50 depending on the size and condition of the female , hatch after about 3 days at 80°F , and the fry become free-swimming 4–5 days later . |
| 21 | Good afternoon , welcome to a course which hopefully system that we have here . |
| 22 | Have you any idea which ever officer said that formed the impression that it was a harbouring situation ? |
| 23 | Which ever character you choose , you 'll be able to use weapons and fight using hand to hand combat . |
| 24 | Which ever direction the bream are following , it is in that direction the bream will roll . |
| 25 | Nails thought it was bad for him which ever way . |
| 26 | The stored or potential energy in a raised weight can be used , for instance , to drive the mechanism of a grandfather clock though in most clocks a spring is usually more convenient , if only because it stores the same amount of energy which ever way up it is . |
| 27 | Which ever way we look at it , its nature 's way of keeping us going , its , its what 's there to keep us surviving as a species , so its , its very clever , the , it worked , worked , nature worked it out very cleverly indeed that we should have this wonderful passion for someone and it should become love and then we should have children and then it becomes a , the whole cycle and that 's , that 's how it all goes . |
| 28 | Erm it may have been deliberate in that how the Par Party could n't be seen as too radical in order to maintain er as broad a support as possible and allow the peasants to erm give them leeway to do what they wanted to do , but erm it 's quite interesting though that whatever the Communist Party did , people were going to respond in which ever way they wanted to whether or not there was a law there , but they still had to sort of erm establish their legitimacy . |
| 29 | which ever way round you want it |
| 30 | It all began on Saturday evening with Stuart ( or Sir Parker of Westminster ) and myself ( Mistress Margaret , house keeper to which ever castle we happen to be at ) driving around Totnes trying to find the St John 's Ambulance Hall . |