Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [Wh pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly enough , Ceauşescu was always a shrewder judge of the likely choice for the highest offices of democratic electorates than of who would come out on top of the Soviet politburo . |
| 2 | As Enoch Powell observed ( in The Sunday Telegraph Magazine in November 1976 ) : ‘ In the last resort , no less today than since the dawn of history , the test of nationality is war : on whose side will you fight , and for whom will you , if need be , die ? ’ |
| 3 | Whom would he blame , and to whom would he turn for protection and comfort ? |
| 4 | And to whom will you liken God , |
| 5 | and to whom will you liken God ? |
| 6 | And to whom will you liken him , |
| 7 | That is , what does the client want the advertising to achieve and to whom should the advertising be addressed ? |
| 8 | What policy advice will the Home Secretary need on prison matters , for example the use of police cells and contracting with the private sector , which are distinct from the operations of the Prison Service , and by whom should it be given ? |
| 9 | but to whom would you normally address that concern in the normal course of your business ? |
| 10 | But to whom should the remedy be given ? |
| 11 | They like foreigners so much that they dispute with one another as to who shall have and treat a foreigner in his house . |
| 12 | A rather sophisticated version of this view is that RMI represents a legitimisation of the tension and debate between managers and clinicians as to who shall have the dominant perspective . |
| 13 | The Council of the Research Defence Society reserves absolute discretion as to who shall be elected to membership . |
| 14 | Mr Charsley begins by pointing out that a Martian who found himself invited to a wedding would imagine that the whole affair had been laid on to honour the cake ( the question as to who would invite a Martian or to which side of the church the ushers would show him or why best men seem to turn into Martians when it comes to speeches , he quite wisely avoids ) . |
| 15 | Before the war public appeals had raised sufficient money to keep Youth Allyah afloat , but , when it became clear that large numbers of children would not soon be leaving for Palestine , the question arose as to who would care for them during their prolonged stay in Britain . |
| 16 | Their suggestions often begged the question as to who would actually implement the necessary corporate revolutions which they recommended . |
| 17 | There is a question as to who would control the censorship apparatus , and whether it would be used by reactionary rather than progressive forces once in place . |
| 18 | Abbess Aelfflaed 's question to Cuthbert , bishop of Lindisfarne , as to who would succeed the childless Ecgfrith need not imply that she had otherwise forgotten about Aldfrith 's existence , but rather that she was testing Cuthbert to ascertain that his loyalties lay in the right place . |
| 19 | As to who would provide the care she said that where there is care over a long period of time , families often stop employing carers through an agency . |
| 20 | However , there is no provision in the Disclosure Directive for permitting companies who are concerned as to who may be holding their shares ( for example , in the case of an anticipated takeover ) to require holders of voting rights to disclose their interests ; there is therefore no equivalent of a notice under Section 212 of the 1985 Companies Act , and this may prove a deficiency in the new system . |
| 21 | There are no suggestions yet as to who may succeed Forster . |
| 22 | Most universities have regulations as to who may or may not consult or borrow theses , for how long , and how such material must be treated in the borrowing library . |
| 23 | Were we not concerned with a historical religion we could settle such matters as to who might be the ministers in the religion ( if indeed there were to be any ) on a priori ethical grounds . |
| 24 | As you know , I 'm investigating the murder of Sir Conrad Meredith-Lee and I wondered if you had any suggestions as to who might be responsible . ’ |
| 25 | There was much discussion as to who should captain the ship , and when Graham Gooch was appointed anyone of a cynical disposition found it hard to escape the feeling that it was in the hope that , with his South African connections , at least one government would refuse to let him in , thus avoiding another 5–0 blackwash . |
| 26 | King Edward III successfully restored English ascendancy along the border with Scotland but the death of his uncle caused division among the French as to who should be their King in his place , so Edward III made a claim to the throne , hoping at the same time , to break the link between the French and the Scots . |
| 27 | Rather , it identifies the way in which the decision as to who should operate the telescope was taken and reports that many university astronomers felt the possibility of alternative organisational arrangements should have been publicly debated . |
| 28 | Then there was a dispute between two athletes , Colin Gaynor and Steve Eden , as to who should be in the final , because they had both qualified as fastest losers with exactly the same time . |
| 29 | At least in the youth game the referee has a very clear directive as to who should be awarded the put-in ; the side who did not take it into ruck or maul . |
| 30 | There was much discussion as to who should and should not appear in the prospectus as the management team . |