Example sentences of "[Wh det] [is] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kermode sees this change — which is at the heart of what I am writing about — as having radical implications for letters , comparable to such things as the advent , first of printing and then of cheap paper ; the bourgeoisie 's greater leisure for private reading ; and the abandonment by circulating libraries of the three-volume novel , which had been the favoured vehicle for fiction during much of the nineteenth century : Kermode exaggerates a little , I think ; nothing in the establishment of university English is as important as the innovations in culture and technology which established the book in its modern form . |
| 2 | The first two tasks , though hideously difficult , were at least relatively straightforward ; the third posed the problem which is at the heart of Peter Dennis 's book : whose law was to be restored and what civilian authority should take over ? |
| 3 | Developments in Tanzania in the mid 1970s were , however , to end in the direct contradiction of this injunction , a contradiction which is at the heart of Tanzania 's tendency towards an authoritarian state . |
| 4 | The most recent and important example comes from the proposed Forest Bill of India which is at the time of writing about to come before Parliament . |
| 5 | This looking towards God is therefore the life of contemplation , which is at the heart of the truly Christian life . |
| 6 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 7 | It is perhaps that long-term perspective which is at the root of present-day concern over the nuclear arsenal held by the superpowers . |
| 8 | In the principal street , which is at the back of the locomotives ' building , there are six houses of three shops on the ground floor . |
| 9 | After all , Mnemosyne is , by Zeus , mother of the muses and goddess of Memory , which is at the heart of pretty well all states of mind . |
| 10 | This pleasure would appear to have been remote from the adult satisfactions mentioned in the previous paragraph and is a manifestation of the ‘ joie de vivre ’ which is at the very heart of the urge for life , which is itself the product of ‘ desire ’ as introduced and discussed in the Second Period . |
| 11 | This may be an exaggerated view of the public 's overall reaction , but it is certainly not of a vocal minority : It is this pursuit of utopia which is at the heart of the reason why anyone concerned with buildings should understand and take into account the impact of planning control . |
| 12 | Their attraction is based on an image which is at the other extreme from the uncertainty and powerlessness which are also part of adolescence . |
| 13 | The old town ( zono velha ) of Funchal , which is at the far ( eastern ) end of Avenida das Comunidades Madeirenses ( the sea-front road ) past the power station , is the oldest part of Funchal , dating back to the sixteenth century . |
| 14 | Hence the long , much altered and much discussed passage beginning already mentioned on p. 85 ; and the ‘ spots of time ’ meditation to be discussed on pp. 134–9 — which is at the heart of Wordsworth 's concern with the use of the past , this too is already present in the first Part of the 1798–9 version , before being moved to its present position in the longer texts . |
| 15 | This touches all aspects of the curriculum , history , geography , economics as well as religious education , which is at the heart of it all . ’ |
| 16 | Professor Mark Roberts , speaking from the centre of the critical consensus , declared : ‘ It does n't issue from an understanding of reality which is not to be denied , it is not moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être . ’ |
| 17 | It should be clear by this time that if there is one critical statement entirely and absolutely wrong , it is the one quoted at the start of this chapter , about The Lord of the Rings not being ‘ moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être' . |
| 18 | Indeed , much depression in older people , which is at the root of many illnesses , can be caused by the lack of this essential physical contact . |
| 19 | This point means for example that the gases from the engine escape from the faulty manifold ( which is at the exit point adjacent to the engine ) or a broken front pipe , a broken expansion chamber or from the silencer provided this occurs before they pass through it . |
| 20 | The girl 's landlady had made a packed lunch from pork which is at the centre of a botulism alert . |
| 21 | Although it may be contended that it is the process of collective bargaining as an ongoing activity which is at the heart of industrial relations , the negotiating process itself has received little attention in international studies ( an exception is Smith and Turkington , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | The area of the interface is about 650 2 , which is at the lower end of the range observed for molecules that exist as dimers . |
| 23 | The earlier of the two identifies the poet with his poetry , praying that after his death he should be forgotten : Sonnet 74 draws a different line , separating the Poet from his work : The point to be stressed at this juncture — forgive the interruption ! — is the turning of the other into the self and of the self into poetry , which is at the same time the turning of life into art and of transience into immortality : This marvellous poem can be linked , no doubt , to the series attacking time and proclaiming the certainty of the poet 's survival . |
| 24 | They serve , like other WACC publications , a process of policy formation , which is at the heart of both Project and Forum activities . |
| 25 | In face of all this , it is difficult to deny Mr Jay 's proposition : that it is the active exploitation by the unions of their monopoly of the supply of labour which is at the heart of the country 's chronic economic malaise . |
| 26 | The opening phrase " The poor young man is significant in this respect : since it can hardly be treated as Pemberton 's own self-pitying assessment of himself , it must be taken as the author 's narrative voice ; and thus establishes , from the beginning , a relation between the author and the main character which is at the same time sympathetic and distanced . |
| 27 | Again a reflection of technological backwardness because natural disasters can be controlled with a sufficient investment of resources China is n't able to do that , there are plagues of locusts , there is widespread flooding er there are also , by contrast , periods of severe drought , particularly up in the North China Plain which is at the best of times erm a semi-arid region . |
| 28 | The only access to the port is through the Gillingham Gate which is at the north end of Bridge Road . |
| 29 | 274 , the only case of authority on the point which is at the heart of this appeal ( which case in any event is not binding on your Lordships ) , applied the obiter dicta in Lawrence to reach an erroneous conclusion . |
| 30 | My name is Gloria and I run a beauty salon which is at the end of the high street by R D |