Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb past] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broadcasters were able to enliven their reports by incorporating actuality clips from the Chamber in about one-third of their parliamentary news stories , and these clips averaged between 25 and 77 seconds in duration , depending on the programme , which usually comprised about a quarter of the story ( exceptionally , BBC2 's Newsnight had longer stories , averaging eight minutes , and its average actuality length of 49.5 seconds comprised only 10% of these items ) . |
| 2 | In both cases the greater stability and permanency of the labour force encouraged farmers to build more tied cottages in order to ensure a supply of labour — and the significance of tied cottages was further increased by estates being broken up and sold to sitting tenants , a change which also brought about a decline in the number of closed villages . |
| 3 | The word ‘ station ’ , which originally meant simply a stopping-place , has acquired over the years a more disciplinary , structural , and organizational connotation . |
| 4 | And a fresh , even an iconoclastic , influence , even a little healthy rivalry , could be more effective operationally than the collusive and macho freemasonry which frequently bound together a team of all male officers . |
| 5 | That 's a question which might be asked after last week 's thoroughly enjoyable Carrowdore 100 which however saw only a handful of riders on the line in each race except the classic . |