Example sentences of "which [to-vb] [art] " 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 So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Horses for courses is too broad a brush with which to paint a picture .
7 There were never enough surgeons , never enough ambulances , of course no ‘ wonder drugs ’ , and often no chloroform with which to perform the endless amputations of smashed limbs .
8 There were other grounds on which to support the right of self-determination .
9 Then cut suitable wooden stands with which to support the strengtheners until the silicone has set .
10 Devlin , he suggests , provides no evidence with which to support the statement , and further no reputable historian has argued that deviation from sexual morality could be seen , like an act of treason , as threatening society 's existence .
11 Once the rubber outer skin was completed , the metal core controlling the mechanical and electronic movements was fitted with a flexible plastic cover on which to support the skin .
12 Europe , and particularly the UK , is at the forefront in the research and development of the theories , methods and tools with which to support the formal analysis and design of computer systems .
13 But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation .
14 Indirect methods require the establishment of appropriate databases against which to compare the composition , or other characteristic , of the questionable object .
15 In overall terms , between 1900 and the present day , the state apparatus for collecting and sorting criminal information has changed so dramatically that we must question whether it can supply us with a valid measuring-stick with which to compare the two periods .
16 The legal application of these central ideas will provide the model against which to compare the deviations , if any , of the moral equivalents .
17 This will give you an unchanging surface against which to compare the flickers .
18 If both the frame and substitution items have gliding tones that is of course an added difficulty , but as long as you work with a frame that stays the same , you at least have something constant with which to compare the substitution items .
19 It is also hard to find a yardstick with which to compare the preservation of more than 99 per cent of information in 20 billion successive copyings .
20 It is worth bearing in mind that reformers chose compulsory part-time day continuation schools as the principal means through which to preach the effectiveness of the doctrine .
21 It is also a useful parameter with which to monitor the success of treatment ; the CRP value falls rapidly as inflammation comes under control .
22 It was just an adventurous , yet instinctive choice of base from which to plan an international assault .
23 The attempt to line up our thinking with what has been perceived as the most powerful of the current orthodoxies has certainly brought about a number of structural changes to the PGCE course the most important of which to affect the modern language group has undoubtedly been the decision to replace the single teaching practice in the spring term by two teaching practices , the first in the autumn and the second in the summer term .
24 In the hellish glow , Kirov 's eyes roamed the shelves , seeking out a bottle of chemical poison with which to arrange a fatal accident .
25 The Classes 155 ( Leyland , Workington ) and 156 ( Metro-Cammell ) employ longer , 23m bodies with end doors so that the central passenger saloon in each vehicle has the maximum possible space in which to arrange the medium-density seats .
26 There are two years in which to implement the Directive , but implementing provisions relating to the entitlement to maternity leave for 14 weeks regardless of length of service are contained in the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill 1992 , which was published on 5 November .
27 Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive .
28 This approach is typified by Mackay , who has argued that because injury reduction was more realistic in the short term than accident prevention , one should think of the front end of a car ‘ primarily as a structure with which to hit a pedestrian ’ .
29 His goal is to score 100 points before the season is over , which means he has five games in which to hit the century mark .
30 Again this assumes there is no contractual means , for example a two-part tariff , by which to enable the intending integrator to obtain additional units at or near marginal cost .
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