Example sentences of "[Wh det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are scratching in weak lift , you may be able to see which way you have drifted after a few circles . |
| 2 | This sounded ironical but James could not fathom which way its edge was turned — was Angus actually mocking Paine , his chosen prophet , or merely depreciating himself ? |
| 3 | If you need to change angle to land on the line , you take two slight passes , the first either stopping with the wood still on the back table , or starting with it already on the front table , depending which way you want to tilt . |
| 4 | Without the Senate both hierarchy and influence would be seriously weakened in France , and that would leave a lot of people not knowing which way to turn . |
| 5 | Michael Foot is ‘ an elitist parliamentarian ’ , Barbara Castle is ‘ politically greedy ’ , Denis Healey ‘ wobbles about according to which way the wind is blowing ’ . |
| 6 | There is some corroboration for our conclusion in previous research , however : at the 1983 election Gunter , Svennevig and Wober ( 1986 , p. 119 ) found that ‘ whilst television clearly emerged from among various sources of information about politics as the major source , it seemed to be relatively less important in the decision-making process of which way to vote ’ . |
| 7 | After the election we asked which way they had actually voted . |
| 8 | And for the ‘ trimming ’ of previous Conservative leaders she borrowed Kipling 's words : ‘ I do n't spend a lifetime watching which way the cat jumps . |
| 9 | I know really which way I want the cat to go . ’ |
| 10 | But this particular traffic jam was n't caused by a Scania shedding its load , sewer repairs or slight confusion about exactly which way one should negotiate the Wandsworth one-way system . |
| 11 | Back on the platform , I du n no which way to go . |
| 12 | During the middle rounds , when Mason still believed one punch could end it , he outjabbed the Wandsworth man and opened a cut over his left eye , but Mason rallied well and the last session in particular left no doubt as to which way the verdict would go . |
| 13 | ‘ Now it all depends which way public opinion goes , ’ said one . |
| 14 | He does not reveal which way he voted in the subsequent secret ballot on the issue at the 1972 Conservative Party conference when Mr Powell 's amendment was defeated by 1,721 to 736 votes . |
| 15 | They sat down in the road and , when the state police dragged them away , they threw jackrocks under the wheels of the ‘ scab ’ trucks ( a jackrock is a couple of sharpened nails welded together so that no matter which way they land , they always have a point sticking up in the air ) . |
| 16 | Something else to take into consideration when choosing a carpet is which way does the room face . |
| 17 | I was in the middle of the wood , so I did n't know which way I was walking . |
| 18 | Which way will the rest of Europe go ? |
| 19 | France does not know which way to go . |
| 20 | The radar beam which tracks the Patriot missile carries instructions updating it on which way to go to head off the enemy . |
| 21 | ‘ Poor dears , bombed out three times , did n't know which way to turn . |
| 22 | Which way did he go ? ’ |
| 23 | Which way are our people ? |
| 24 | Only by retaining an experienced independent consultant can a farmer make first a judgement about which way to go and secondly an objective purchasing decision . |
| 25 | The U.S. Army 's chief of research and development , General Gavin , casually revealed the vagueness of the calculations to a congressional committee : in the event of a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union , he said , the estimated casualties were ‘ several hundred million deaths — that would be either way , depending on which way the wind blew . |
| 26 | ‘ Which way to the Land Rover ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Which way is north ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But which way is the Land Rover ? ’ |
| 29 | Which way to go ? |
| 30 | The arrow pointed in the right direction , but ten feet past it , without the compass , which way was north ? |