Example sentences of "and [verb] [Wh det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 2 | It is hardly surprising given the enhanced status , power and influence which the nineteenth century had brought , that Nonconformists had come to identify the Christian religion with the values and secular goals of their times , the most important of which was an acceptance of the inevitability of progress through change . |
| 3 | ‘ The learned judge left the case to the jury , remarking upon the tender years of the girl , her situation under the care and authority of the prisoner and his wife , and the authority and influence which the prisoner had over her in the absence of his wife . |
| 4 | He peered closer at me and asked what an Englishman was doing in Paris . |
| 5 | As to the second criticism , it is true that a talking-head programme does n't provide visual clues as to content , but it does permit the language learner to watch as well as listen , to see lip movements and facial expressions and to see what the speaker looks like . |
| 6 | But it 's important that they get abroad and see these because they also imbibe a lot of feeling from just walking around these places and seeing what the ladies are wearing so it 's very important for them to go to those places . |
| 7 | Going behind the doors that you 're not allowed to go through , go through and seeing what the Sainsbury is , has got behind the doors , the magical doors . |
| 8 | The medium bombards and basilisks , made by John in his wisdom with trunnions , now showed the virtues of his new two-wheeled carriages , which made them easy to move and regroup whatever the weather . |
| 9 | These have to be married with the individual dreams of each business who , in addition to achieving the best they can ask for their business , have to perform and deliver what the board has asked of them for the company as a whole . |
| 10 | If there was a moon she used to go out into the yard , and look at the moon , and prophesy what the world was going to be like tomorrow . |
| 11 | She wanted to hear interviews with other survivors and to know what the emergency services had to say — the fire fighters who rushed to the scene , the doctors who performed the operations . |
| 12 | The user of the system provides expertise because he will have to understand and respond to the system , he will have to interpret the questions asked by the system and to know what the scope and limitations of the system are . |
| 13 | Indeed the next hours after my return were spent explaining that we had no plans to use either troops or tanks and justifying what a BBC interviewer referred to as my ‘ controversial ’ four-day summer holiday . |
| 14 | It thus becomes highly convenient to view the market , in a world of production , as if all entrepreneurial activity were in fact carried on by producers ; in other words , it now becomes convenient to think of resource owners and consumers as passive price-takers , exercising no entrepreneurial judgement of their own and simply reacting passively to the opportunities to sell and buy which the producer-entrepreneurs hold out to them directly . |
| 15 | This is to keep sight of the positives for so often professionals working with very vulnerable elderly people focus on the pathology and forget what the client may have going for her/him . |
| 16 | ‘ You are saying that if it were possible to remove a fertilized egg cell from a woman after she had conceived , you could examine it and say what the resulting child would be like ? ’ |
| 17 | And say what the people were doing , like you know , there 's people playing . |
| 18 | Will the Foreign Secretary go a bit further and say what the attitude is of the British Government ? |
| 19 | The notes that have been prepared for us go over er , rather briefly the legal systems in our land , and er , even references made to France , which has a slightly different legal system , which may be a bit better than ours and so that , in the notes , we not only look at the High Court , the High Court , the Criminal Court , the County Court er er , and realise what an important part of legal proceedings er , these courts fair , as well of course , as the largest courts of all , , the Magistrate 's Court . |
| 20 | All the more important that you should choose wisely and know what the cost of any anticipated repairs will be . |
| 21 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 22 | Christmas is a celebration of the joy and hope which the birth of Jesus Christ has brought to millions throughout the ages . |
| 23 | What is known is that nearly 8000 young people leave care each year at 18 and many others at 16 and 17 , and are not provided with any semblance of the help and support which a good parent would give not only to these age groups but often to many young people of 19 , 20 or even older . |
| 24 | Conversely , large establishments may be reluctant to join since they will be more self-sufficient for bargaining purposes and less dependent on the services and support which an association can offer . |
| 25 | Over the years we have many times benefited form the advice and support which the CCPR gives so generously . |
| 26 | And imagine what the death toll of wildlife must be . |
| 27 | For Neil Kinnock , a dish of leeks baked in Caerphilly sauce — easy to eat and comforting whatever the outcome . |
| 28 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 29 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 30 | He would have survived if he had accepted the plan in the first place and done what the Corporation had wanted him to do instead of putting forward his own counter proposals . |