Example sentences of "[noun prp] [Wh det] [vb mod] [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had piss-holes as eyes , foul breath , decaying teeth and an attitude towards Mandeville which can only be described as servile . |
| 2 | Bevin was torn between fears of a resurgent Germany in its own right and of a Germany which might somehow be drawn into the Soviet orbit . |
| 3 | There is a major source for the history of the environment in Scotland which would perhaps be linked with other archives when the ‘ green ’ generation writes the history of the ‘ greenhouse ’ world . |
| 4 | The answer is ‘ yes ’ : a recent article , drawing on Eusebius ' Life of Constantine , seems to show without doubt that it was Constantine who introduced this law : Eusebius describes measures implemented by Constantine which can only be understood as referring to this law . |
| 5 | Slater provided Britten with pen-portraits out of Crabbe which can never be forgotten once they are encountered . |
| 6 | The extent to which control has moved out of the hands of the local authorities can be seen in Figure 6.7 , where an asterisk ( * ) indicates a power traditionally held by the LEA which can now be taken over by schools which ‘ opt out ’ ; a dagger ( t ) indicates new powers which central government has taken on since 1979 , often transferred from the LEA ; and a double dagger ( 1– ) in the parents or governors column indicates new duties and rights they have received since 1979 . |
| 7 | And Lebanon which will shortly be coming back on stream after 20 years of civil unrest . ’ |
| 8 | In the coming weeks the The England party is due to visit outposts such as Cuttack , Jampshedpu and Ahmedabad which may only be reached by tortuous train journeys of up to 15 hours , some requiring overnight travel between games . |
| 9 | As claimants to French lands and titles , the Plantagenets and their kinsmen and kinswomen were representatives of an Anglo-French civilization , and it is this cosmopolitan political and cultural world common to the courts of England and France which will now be examined . |
| 10 | This is the background to the event which perhaps more than any other has fuelled the arguments that the Soviet Union has ‘ expansionist ’ designs on Latin America which can only be countered by US strength . |
| 11 | Furthermore , there is not a strong tradition of non-formal education within the labour movement in the USA which might ideally be expected to serve as a training ground for working with Highlander . |
| 12 | The number of institutions in London which can reasonably be considered private banks seems to have doubled in the fifty years between 1725 and 1775 to reach fifty-two . |
| 13 | Near to them is Lindisfarne or Holy Isle which can only be reached by way of a causeway at low tide . |