Example sentences of "[Wh det] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwards used to take a nail onto the field with which to assail the seam , but that was not the only close sailing in which they indulged . |
| 2 | Customers signing new life policies will have a longer cooling-off period of 14 days ( instead of 10 ) in which to cancel . |
| 3 | We ask them to read the policy , we explain bits in the booklet , we ask them to telephone us if there 's anything they 're not happy with or they 're unsure about and we will clarify that , and also we do give them fourteen days in which to cancel , so if if once they 've actually got the policy , if they 're not happy with it , or they 're not happy with the answers that we give , then they 're more than happy we 're more than happy to refund . |
| 4 | Such theories also opened up other fields in which to search for inspiration . |
| 5 | It is often easier to locate the leak with the water in , or by marking the water level at which to search for the leak , unless of course the fault is in the bottom of the pool . |
| 6 | It was especially important for Spencer Stuart to enter a new field because they were already facing the problem of blockage ( too many clients in one sector and insufficient companies left in which to search ) . |
| 7 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 8 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 9 | What was barely tolerable before 1914 became increasingly intolerable to the mass of the population , as the enemy forces pushed the Tsarist regime into more and more desperate expedients to raise the finance and manpower with which to conduct the war . |
| 10 | This is a sensitive topic on which to conduct research or establish principles with the consequence that , in spite of the extensive effort ( Triandis et al . , |
| 11 | It was symbolic , perhaps , of the deep-rooted nature of national instincts that the ECSC could not agree upon a single language in which to conduct its activities . |
| 12 | The Maccabean histories which were painted there , perhaps between 1292 and 1297 , may reflect his desire to provide an impressive setting in which to conduct negotiations for his remarriage . |
| 13 | While the concessions were not as damaging to China 's integrity as the original list would have been , they did give Japan a far stronger base in China from which to conduct economic activities , confirming her dominance in Shandong , Manchuria and part of Mongolia . |
| 14 | Johnson had steered himself into a position of strength from which to conduct his campaign in the election of 1964 . |
| 15 | George Meakin , Chief Manager of the Royal Bank 's Bolton Group , said , ‘ We can now offer our customers a more pleasant and spacious environment in which to conduct their financial affairs . |
| 16 | Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted , the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select . |
| 17 | Encouraging second-round expansions have underlined Glasgow 's increasing reputation as a cost effective location from which to conduct national and international business . |
| 18 | These factors , taken together with the attractions of Edinburgh as a city and the University as a large , intellectually lively and well-supported institution , make the Faculty of Social Sciences an exciting and satisfying place in which to conduct research . |
| 19 | The speculation at Westminster last night was that Mr Kinnock was preparing the ground for a dignified exit by leaving his colleagues six months in which to mount their campaigns for a contest in the autumn . |
| 20 | Thirdly , there was now a legal precedent upon which to mount attacks on politically inspired censorship . |
| 21 | He had bare parity of strength with the Austrians — 38 divisions to 37 — a wholly inadequate number with which to mount an attack , since all evidence had shown that a ratio of 3:1 was the least that could reasonably be expected to ensure success . |
| 22 | Those proponents of Producers ' Co-operation who ‘ wanted each factory to be established as a separate profit-sharing society ’ were right in principle : for only thus could it escape from the dominant consumer interest , only thus secure the ground from which to mount its own advance towards the more important objective of Co-operative aspiration . |
| 23 | An improvement on this basic design was to use a lightweight but rigid rotating rod on which to mount the magnet and mirror , and attach a coil spring at one end , so that once any change in potential difference had been registered the mirror would swing back to its original position . |
| 24 | By 1899 he had completed and tested a 4-hp engine weighing only 40 lb. and had built a triplane in which to mount it . |
| 25 | Horses for courses is too broad a brush with which to paint a picture . |
| 26 | Now , home from the Caribbean Sea , he was seeking a comfortable spot in which to retire , and Sinkport , with water all around its ancient houses and its church crowning the hill , seemed as good a place as any . |
| 27 | The Chamber was packed when there were seven orders before the House , with an hour and a half in which to debate them . |
| 28 | But ships are too valuable to lie idle for very long , and Robert barely had a month in which to re-acquaint himself with his new wife and pat his young infants on the head before he was leaving John Street and Stepney again — through Limehouse into Poplar and aboard the Orynthia in West India Dock . |
| 29 | But it is difficult to find a major summer festival that is not expensive and , for want of seats , exclusive to those with the will , the guile , or the contacts with which to acquire tickets . |
| 30 | A large suburban school is too open an institution for there to be much of an underlife in which to acquire reputation and to develop an alternative moral career . |