Example sentences of "[Wh det] the [noun sg] [is] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generalizing a little , we might plot the stress trajectories , that is the direction in which the stress is handed on from one atomic bond to the next , very much as in Figure 2 of this chapter . |
| 2 | In TV , the cost is based on TV Ratings ( TVRs ) , which are the percentage of households in which the TV is turned on to ITV at the time the ad is run ; in press , the cost is per thousand readers ( or , occasionally , circulation ) of the given publication ; in cinema , it is based on audience sizes ; in posters , on people passing the poster and , therefore , able to see it . |
| 3 | This consists of a long line tied to one perch , which the bird is sitting on , stretching across the field to another perch , up to 120 feet away . |
| 4 | Where a qualification is also held in a foreign jurisdiction it will be a question of fact as to the capacity in which the practice is carried on . |
| 5 | In section 11.3 it was stressed that the Laplace transform of a signal is pertinent to practical situations in which the signal is switched on at some instant . |
| 6 | What the mould is growing on appears to be a cornflake . |
| 7 | ‘ What the devil 's going on here ? ’ the voice demanded . |
| 8 | Lousy film and what the hell is going on here ? |
| 9 | What the hell is going on , Lucy ? ’ |
| 10 | To try and find Tweed , give him some back-up , find out what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 11 | This is a hugely complex hill that 's seen many a Munroist stand vacantly at Dalwhinnie trying to puzzle out what the hell is going on up there . |
| 12 | ‘ What the hell is going on , eh , you little runt ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 14 | Are you going to tell me what the hell is going on ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What the hell is going on ? |
| 16 | ‘ What the hell is going on ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Then you explain what the hell is going on , ’ Gregson challenged him . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going to find out once and for all what the hell is going on , ’ Gregson told him . |
| 19 | ‘ What the hell is going on ? ’ asked Jimmy . |
| 20 | ‘ What the hell is going on out there ? ’ |
| 21 | What the hell is going on ? |
| 22 | ‘ No , I damn well do n't know what the hell is going on in that pretty little head of yours , but I 'm fast losing patience . |
| 23 | What the hell is going on ? |
| 24 | ‘ I wo n't march off and ask what the hell is going on because I know he will be acting in the best interests of the team . |
| 25 | ( Do n't believe the papers that printed ‘ What the hell is going on ? ’ ) . |
| 26 | What the hell is going on there ? |
| 27 | The Leeds fans chanted : ‘ What the hell is going on , ’ and followed that up with cries of ‘ Rocky , Rocky ’ in support of £2m signing David Rocastle , who once again sat in the stands , not even in the squad . |
| 28 | ‘ The industry wants to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 29 | and she got a bit angry and I , I get a bit angry so I said , because I said well what the hell is going on ? |
| 30 | ‘ So I 'm taken back down and I 'm wondering what the hell 's going on . |