Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By introducing a programme for the training of drawing teachers in 1871 , the school opened up a vocation to women : a vocation through which they could attempt to have more secure incomes . |
| 2 | Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring . |
| 3 | It 's an inset problem , and therefore one is looking inevitably at the reasons for which you can moved an inset boundary , supposing that one already exists , which it does n't , but let us suppose it does . |
| 4 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 5 | These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills . |
| 6 | If you have any queries about what we can do for you , please do n't hesitate to call us on |
| 7 | Thirdly , the obligation to pay loan interest on the due dates creates an immediate debt between the company and the loan stock holder for which he can sue , whereas a preference dividend does not become a debt until it is declared and due . |
| 8 | They would sit and talk for hours about what they would do when they left school . |
| 9 | Sapt talked to me for three hours about what I must do and what I must say , what I liked and what I did n't like . |
| 10 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 11 | Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question . |
| 12 | It has received meticulous counsel from one of the nation 's highest courts about what it might wish to say on the subject in the future . |
| 13 | Melissa will make her own decision about what she will read . ’ |
| 14 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 15 | Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons . |
| 16 | ( This implies of course that consciousness in animals is a hypothesis for which there can be no evidence at all unless we resort to anthropomorphism , which we usually do . ) |
| 17 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |
| 18 | This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles . |
| 19 | The contrast between what one might have expected if changes in line with public choice theory were being implemented and what has actually happened can be illustrated still more clearly by looking rather more closely at particular service areas . |
| 20 | While this spared the Bush Administration from the perils of thinking for itself , or heaven forbid , taking a policy decision for which it might get criticised , it naively ignored the danger that Bonn might have a large axe of its own to grind . |
| 21 | As soon as it is over and both males are exhausted they have a brief opportunity during which they can launch an attack and win the harem from both of them , and this has been seen to happen . |
| 22 | What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered . |
| 23 | From this , nursing managers can calculate the peak periods across the whole unit and also identify times for which it would be beneficial to employ part-time staff . |
| 24 | Discussions about what they should wear had been interspersed with sexy gossip concerning the star of the occasion , Nathan Bryce . |
| 25 | This would not be a problem if it was n't for another silly set of rules about what you must wear . |
| 26 | Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation . |
| 27 | Hinsley is bound by all kinds of rules about what he can and can not reveal , in the ‘ national interest ’ , of which the authorities are the sole arbiters . |
| 28 | If the Government had listened to the police and taken prompt action on any of those warnings — action for which they could have secured all-party support — I have no doubt that some of this summer 's tragedies would have been avoided . |
| 29 | That is exactly what has happened in Southampton where , in spite of all the professional advice , the Government committed an offence against the public purse for which they should still be held accountable . |
| 30 | However , this body of theory is now being questioned , partly because of growing evidence that people do not behave as the theory predicts , and partly because of the continuing discovery of cases in which the theory 's recommendations as to rational choice conflict with most people 's intuitions about what it would be reasonable to do . |