Example sentences of "of which [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | economic agents simultaneously employ an economic model of the economy and use all available information , the expected marginal benefits of which equal or exceed its marginal cost , to make predictions about economic outcomes . |
| 2 | a ) Intrusive igneous rocks occur in south Harris and western Lewis particularly , as well as in a few other localities , of which eastern South Uist is the most important . |
| 3 | Analysts estimated in January 1991 that US airlines had lost about $2,000 million in 1990 , of which Eastern had accounted for some $600 million . |
| 4 | On March 12 , 1990 , during a visit to Chile by the Spanish Prime Minister , Felipe González , an agreement was signed under which Spain granted a total of 220,000 million ptas ( approximately US$2,006 million ) , of which 88,000 million ptas were in soft credits under market conditions and the remainder constituted investments over the period to 1993 . |
| 5 | The Schirn Kunsthalle will have about 200 exhibits , of which 130 are paintings , and the remainder sculpture , ceramics , silver , and furniture , covering the period from the beginning of the Genoese Republic with Andrea Doria until 1815 . |
| 6 | It had been cut into four equal portions , two of which still bore the indentations of her fingers . |
| 7 | The fords at first included were later replaced by some 40 bridges , many of which still stand , and many miles of the original road were in use until only a few years ago . |
| 8 | The record , many copies of which still turn up among the ditches and hedgerows at the leafier end of Whaddon , portrayed a hope and optimism belied by bailiffs at the turnstiles , and its hummability led players and supporters to see the coming season and decade as the dawning of a new age . |
| 9 | Some numismatists have confirmed the picture of terminal decay : the Carolingians minted few coins , of which still fewer are said to show signs of having been used . |
| 10 | The conflicts of Horus and Seth formed an epic struggle with a great many episodes , during the course of which neither god escaped injury , but Horus achieved the final victory in this triumph of good over evil . |
| 11 | Meanwhile it was planned to raise some F15,000 million ( £1,600 million ) of additional funds , of which three-quarters were to be in bank loans with the remainder being raised in a share issue . |
| 12 | In 1966 it received $130 million , of which 71 per cent was in military assistance , more in fact than the cumulative total of military assistance from 1948 . |
| 13 | Indeed , the carbon-based molecules of which living things are constructed , and which they employ for life 's purposes , are so various and can be so complex that the study of biochemistry might at first sight seem quite impossible . |
| 14 | What makes it manageable is that the carbon-based compounds of which living things are made mainly belong to one of four classes : carbohydrates , fats , proteins , and nucleic acids . |
| 15 | All the interesting organic molecules of which living things are compounded — including the carbohydrates , fats , proteins , and nucleic acids — are made not simply from carbon , but also from hydrogen and oxygen . |
| 16 | To return to our theme : how did the gases of the early atmosphere combine to form the organic compounds of which living things are made ? |
| 17 | This target was revised to 60 500 ( to be achieved by 1984 ) in 1966 and the area of the CDA was extended to 6010 acres , of which 2520 acres were subject to compulsory purchase , if necessary . |
| 18 | In 1588 the Queen levied about eighty , of which thirty came from London . |
| 19 | The the total provision for Harrogate District is ninety hectares of which thirty hectares is allocated to Greater York and we support that allocation because it properly reflects the provision of a site which is already committed for industrial development . |
| 20 | This showed 46 episodes ( 2.7 ( 0.6 ) per patient ) , of which 41 were mild , on transferring to human insulin versus 29 episodes ( 1.7 ( 0.6 ) ) , of which 26 were mild , on transferring to porcine insulin ( -0.1 to 2 ; p=0.08 ) . |
| 21 | Each airline had a single airport ( the hub ) , out of which long-haul flights operated . |
| 22 | Official results put the turnout at 82.88 per cent , of which 98.17 per cent had voted for Snegur . |
| 23 | This was true of coal mining , of hardware manufacture and of pottery in all of which increased output still depended on increasing the labour force . |
| 24 | The first , very obviously , is the provision of the materials by means of which resource-based learning can proceed . |
| 25 | This remarkable pioneer created twelve of these machines , of which eight still survive , the remaining four having been lost in battle or exploded during trial runs . |
| 26 | The fourth reason why the Labour party 's hypocrisy and deceit on unemployment is incredible is that the Labour party — I shall not talk about its Common Market Safeguards Committee , of which eight members of the Shadow Cabinet are still members — and the Opposition Front Bench are just as committed as the Government to membership of the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 27 | The donkey has 62 chromosomes ( 31 pairs ) of which 38 are joined in the middle ( metacentric ) . |
| 28 | Abbey National 's arrival on the stock market handed shares to 5.5 million people , for instance , of which 3.5 million were completely new entrants in the popular capitalism field says the Abbey . |
| 29 | Despite the contemporary tone of much of Action for Cities , the programme 's heritage can be traced to the early 1960s studies which provided the basis for the 1965 Milner–Holland Report on housing and the 1967 Plowden Report on education , as a result of which general improvement areas and education priority areas were established . |
| 30 | There is much to be done to develop primary care services in inner London , of which general practice is an essential part . |