Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1.3 ) The possible argument consists in the premiss ( 1 ) that decisions and the like are taken to be effects but also to be no more than events which follow on conditions which are required for them , the further premiss ( 2 ) that it is to be presumed that we have a single conception of effects rather than several , and the conclusion ( 3 ) that all effects , including what have been called standard effects , are merely events preceded by conditions required for them . |
| 2 | The government 's principal aims for all sectors of education are first , to raise standards at all levels of ability ; and second , since education is an investment in the nation 's future , to secure the best possible return from the resources which are found for it … |
| 3 | During the assessment interview there should be a two-way exchange of information so that the nurse gives information to the patient about procedures which are designed for his safety , and answers questions . |
| 4 | The Atlantic Charter signed by Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941 called for action to give ‘ all states access , on equal terms , to the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity ’ . |
| 5 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 6 | John Paul II described how he personally scrutinised successive drafts — 10 in all — which were presented for his consideration . |
| 7 | Aircraft which were collected with such discrimination and taste , which were restored using the most scrupulous of standards and which were displayed for us and our children to enjoy at the Tamiami Airport near Miami , Florida . |
| 8 | In order to drive home the point that the messianic Spirit , the Spirit of the days of salvation , was really available to all believers , the Spirit had first of all to inspire Peter with his vision of the unclean animals in the sheet which were intended for him to eat , and then to apply that vision to a Gentile officer whose men were at that very moment waiting in the courtyard for Peter to accompany them to Cornelius so that he might receive the good news of Jesus . |
| 9 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 10 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 11 | Twenty years later , her collecting bug has paid off and she now has an unusual collection of antiques , most of which were bought for her previous home . |
| 12 | The government also committed itself to meeting all the foreign exchange requirements of exploration companies , which were paid for their share of oil and gas in local currency . |
| 13 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 14 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 15 | Examining these theories from pragmatics will involve us in a substantial digression from our main concern : which is to account for our intuitions of coherence and thus gain insight into the needs of the language learner , who after all aims to be able to produce coherent discourse , not isolated sentences . |
| 16 | If a child is aged under 2 then any provision which is made for him/her by the LEA is stated to be special educational provision ; in the case of a child aged 2 or over it is ‘ educational provision which is additional to , or otherwise different from , the educational provision made generally for children of that age in schools maintained by the LEA ’ . |
| 17 | Furthermore , of course , there are the benefits — with which you are already familiar — of the personal service which is reserved for our most valued local customers . |
| 18 | Now it 's a system you go through if you break the law , you know we have an education system which is organised for us by our local community who builds the school , who runs the school , who 's on the governors of those schools . |
| 19 | The government is trying to improve fruit and vegetable production , and recently the kiwi fruit , which is known for its prolific yield and good export price , has been introduced . |
| 20 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 21 | The syntactic coupling , the balancing of one construction against another parallel construction of similar form or similar length , seems to bring to the passage a feeling that all is well : Paul is following the destiny which is ordained for him , and no agonizing will disturb the peace of his passing . |
| 22 | FIRST BLOOM DIANA 'S latest outing in the original dress , a favourite which was made for her in 1988 . |
| 23 | Postmasters could , and did , ensure that priority was given to the letter advising of these developments which was intended for their own particular political friend in London , and that his enemies ' letters would be delayed until the next post . |
| 24 | I–live in a house which was planned for there to be one , and we keep a reminder of that — a bell-board in the kitchen , used to summon the maid from there to other rooms in the house . |
| 25 | The news was also sweet for Paisley , which was rewarded for its success in attracting students , while Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde scored well on their research . |
| 26 | Indeed , Eoin O'Duffy , who led an Irish contingent to Spain to help Franco , maintained that they had gone to fight the battle of Christianity against Communism , a view which was confirmed for them by the Irish Dominican father , Revd Paul O' Sullivan when he said : |
| 27 | That the Church in the form in which it was re-established eventually survived the Puritan onslaught was to a large extent due to the philosophical and historical basis which was provided for it with formidable learning by Richard Hooker . |
| 28 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 29 | Tupper , robust in his comment as always , regarded the " employment of cheap Chinese labour as an act of treachery towards the British Nation which was fighting for its life " . |
| 30 | Three days after leaving Alexandria the whole column met up with Timpson 's LRDG patrol , which was waiting for them . |