Example sentences of "[Wh det] turn [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three papers published recently in Science move us a little closer to understanding the basis of the disease , which turns out to be highly complex . |
| 2 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 3 | They are going to a planet celled Malecandra ( which turns out to be Mars ) and , having made a previous recce there , they are under the impression that the inhabitants are fierce and eat men . |
| 4 | Nearly crash car again , as I pass what looks from the road like a progressive-minded chemist , but which turns out to be a printer 's shop . |
| 5 | King Idomeneus of Crete , caught in a storm at sea on his way home , vows to Neptune that if he is spared he will sacrifice to the gods the first person he meets on landing — which turns out to be , of course , his own son , Idamantes . |
| 6 | The enticement to covet is like the attraction of an enchanting perfume , one which turns out to be a delicious , attractive , sweet-tasting poison . |
| 7 | The Black Dog — Ken Downie , Ed Handley and Andy Turner — record all their sonic expeditions at the gothic-sounding Black Dog Towers , which turns out to be a terraced house in East London . |
| 8 | In the same fashion , if the witch-doctor offers advice which turns out to be wrong , you write him off as a quack and change your doctor . |
| 9 | Although the analysis focuses on social class , other variables relating to the housewife 's own education and previous ( or present ) employment are also examined : in some cases it is these factors rather than social class itself which turns out to be important . |
| 10 | It finishes just short of the summit with a superb rock pitch that looks hard from below but which turns out to be slabs at a comfortable angle , full of deep cracks . |
| 11 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 12 | Meriel Oliver , the articulate and lively-minded wife of the Archdeacon of Sherborne , runs the Mother 's Union for the diocese , which turns out to be not a quaint pre- war knitting bee , but a widespread and effective support group for troubled diocesan families . |
| 13 | A possible alternative theory is that the committee , the responsible government department and the parliamentary draftsmen all thought that section 15 ( clause 12 ) was needed , which turns out to be a mistaken view when section 1 is properly understood . |
| 14 | But this means that , from time to time , the student will pursue hunches which lead nowhere , or adopt a method of analysis which turns out to be unfruitful . |
| 15 | He will not be called up , owing to his dicky heart ( which I have never truly believed in until now , but which turns out to be genuine ) . |
| 16 | For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella . |
| 17 | I got the impression that chiropractice — which turns out to be spinal manipulation — is n't a money spinner in this part of the world . |
| 18 | The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 . |
| 19 | The equations of motion are used to investigate the sign of σ ( which turns out to be always real ) . |
| 20 | Then , after the inquest , nothing more , until I notice a slip of paper projecting from the book much further on , which turns out to be another of Mrs Tamm 's silent helpfulnesses . |
| 21 | For example , in the fastest city of them all — which turned out to be Boston , not New York , which was third after Buffalo — the researchers noted that to get the exact time of day the telephone company requires you to dial N-E-R-V-O-U-S . |
| 22 | We rested for a while at Bleaberry Tarn which turned out to be a wise move . |
| 23 | She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise . |
| 24 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 25 | By midnight they had answered two further calls : another ‘ mickey ’ and a call of good intent which turned out to be an automatic fire alarm . |
| 26 | There was one report of coursers , which turned out to be mistaken . |
| 27 | Finally , the information about the numbers of referrals which turned out to be substantiated cases of abuse assisted in lessening the process of wasting precious energy in anticipating that every referral would involve a horrific case of abuse . |
| 28 | A first step in calculating its distance was a measurement of the ring 's ‘ angular diameter ’ , which turned out to be 1.66 arcseconds . |
| 29 | Ridley had taken a course in biochemistry , and so was probably the person best equipped to pursue the matter , which turned out to be very difficult . |
| 30 | Their lawlessness became so notorious that James VI proscribed the clan , which turned out to be very unpleasant indeed , and his edict described them as : ‘ that wicked race of lawless luminaries , callit the Macgregor ’ . |