Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] be [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently , most parishes kept their records on loose sheets of paper , many of which were subsequently lost or destroyed . |
| 2 | In most cases it is also useful to develop a statement of the primary task of the enterprise , based on a neutral assessment of what is actually happening or is being achieved ( such as making motor cars , or providing a specified service and so on ) . |
| 3 | The selection of an anecdote to narrate the significance of an occasion is more important than the general sense of what was actually said or done . |
| 4 | Finally , there is the tension in the design process between the sense of design as a transformative activity , a positing activity , transcendent of the givens of a problem ( in the sense of both breaking with context and with the form of the immediately perceived requirements — design as defining needs as well as solutions ) and design as a posited activity , that which works from the given which deals with what is real not with what is merely planned or speculated or imagined . |
| 5 | The sudden change in writing or in speech from what is deeply moving or sublime to what is foolish or unimportant . |
| 6 | Above all , understanding an utterance involves the making of inferences that will connect what is said to what is mutually assumed or what has been said before . |