Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 In the absence of any details it is difficult to assess the force of these references to biology and sociology … . ( 1 ) What , if any , were the false biological views in question ? ( 2 ) How did it follow from them that women could not be ordained to the priesthood ? ( 3 ) What are the views which have taken their place ? … . ( 7 ) Have the views about women which have now come to be held proved to be true ?
2 With so low a response rate , two questions arose concerning the representativeness of the data : whether any particular subgroup of teachers , for example , deputy heads , heads of departments , assistant teachers , were over-represented ; and whether the non-respondents as a subgroup held views about SSE which systematically differed from those of the respondents .
3 The Draft Directive provides for copyright protection for collections which , by reason of their selection or arrangement , constitute the author 's own intellectual creation ( similar to the German standard for copyright protection generally ) .
4 3 Draft Notes for use which will be incorporated into the documentation for the Program .
5 Broadly speaking , however , there are about four general reasons for files which transfer graphics information :
6 In the dialectical perspective , we encounter these objects as productions which are human and provided with a future … thus they seem by themselves to be totalizations in process .
7 Braham 's importance lies essentially in his ability to use mundane or ‘ innocent ’ objects as vehicles which carry the much heavier load .
8 What we see is a brand new opportunity for OSF which , after all , offers the only large-scale alternative for a vendor-independent Unix-like operating system .
9 The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ .
10 Conrad used the adventure story for purposes which stretched it perhaps beyond its technical bounds .
11 to refuse planning permission for development which is a potential odour emitter near to residential property ; or
12 to refuse planning permission for development which would be affected by and sensitive to existing odour emitting uses .
13 Regarding the type of development mentioned in ( b ) above , only a few planning authorities seem to consider odour emission to be a major factor when deciding whether or not to grant planning permission for development which would be sensitive to any existing odour emitting use .
14 By bourgeoisification , Taylor is referring to the increasing emphasis within the game on comfort and entertainment manifested in such developments as the reconstruction of grounds as commercial stadia ( with covered stands , seats and floodlights ) , the payment of large transfer fees and the freedom of contract for players which enabled them to command large salaries .
15 ‘ For the purposes of this Act an appointed representative is a person — ( a ) who is employed by an authorised person ( his ‘ principal ’ ) under a contract for services which — ( i ) requires or permits him to carry on investment business to which this section applies ; and ( ii ) complies with subsections ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) below ; and ( b ) for whose activities in carrying on the whole or part of that investment business his principal has accepted responsibility in writing ; and the investment business carried on by an appointed representative as such is the investment business for which his principal has accepted responsibility .
16 ‘ For the purposes of this Act an appointed representative is a person — ( a ) who is employed by an authorised person ( his ‘ principal ’ ) under a contract for services which — ( i ) requires or permits him to carry on investment business to which this section applies ; and ( ii ) complies with subsections ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) below ; and ( b ) for whose activities in carrying on the whole or part of that investment business his principal has accepted responsibility in writing ; and the investment business carried on by an appointed representative as such is the investment business for which his principal has accepted responsibility .
17 It should be remembered that any contract for sale which provides for the purchaser to obtain vacant possession on completion now implies a provision that the vendor will procure before completion the cancellation of a registered Class F Land Charge ( Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 , s4(1) ) .
18 But if the objective of the advertising for such a brand is , in fact , to talk to newcomers to the market ( and there are always newcomers to any market ) , or to the unconverted , or to disloyal users of other brands , there is , obviously , a very clear , specific case for ads which carry quite a lot of information , presented in a suitably attractive way .
19 The main responsibilities of the polytechnics will be as teaching institutions , but it will be necessary to make provision for research which is essential to the proper fulfilment of their teaching functions and the maintenance and development of close links with industry …
20 We described stratification earlier as a stable structure of inequality between groups which persist across generations .
21 Dave Speed , of New Town Road , Colchester , who was made redundant by printers Spottiswoode six weeks ago after 19 years with the firm , said last night : ‘ It was certainly not a Budget for jobs which is what I , and others , were hoping for . ’
22 But is there any major passion excited by interactions between persons which is not a blend of reactions from multiple viewpoints ?
23 Nathalie Sarraute has consistently defended the narrative structures of her texts as the only possible means of representing , in fictional form , the psychological interactions between consciousnesses which she describes as ‘ tropisms ’ — the depiction of subtle intersubjective activity involves the creation of a more fluid narrative discourse .
24 We explain the behaviour of a component at any given level , in terms of interactions between sub-components whose own internal organization , for the moment , is taken for granted .
25 LABOUR candidate Alan Milburn yesterday presented residents in a Darlington street with a cheque for £7,619.44 which he claims they will save if his party is elected .
26 An employee was made redundant and handed a letter saying that the cheque for £1000 which accompanied it constituted a ‘ lump sum payment for severance ( including redundancy payment ) , the acceptance of which is final settlement leaving you with no outstanding claim against the Council ’ .
27 Marsha presented BSAD with a cheque for £14,000 which will help towards the cost of organising the championships .
28 Mr Reggie Ryan was presented with a cheque for £1,008.90 which is to help the Lough Swilly Lifeboat Association .
29 Fortunately , Ewen and myself had remembered to bring along the Trophy as well as the cheque for £500 which it was my pleasure to present to The Crofter of the year — Donald Murdo Macleod , 1 The Gress , Back , Lewis .
30 The Ingard group is in serious financial trouble , and a fortnight ago presented a cheque for £300,000 which it had neither finds nor a sufficient overdraft to meet — it had already exceeded the limit of the facilities which the bank was prepared to allow .
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