Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 2 | The skills they possess make them a valued commodity which most organizations would be loath to lose and keen to gain . |
| 3 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 4 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
| 5 | The record company prepared her an exhaustive schedule which made it impossible for her to give Fletch the attention he deserved so , reluctantly , she gave him to friends . |
| 6 | His wife , blind for many years , was a pianist for the Glasgow Orpheus Choir and William Robb had built her a complete organ which occupied one wall of a room in their home in Singer 's Buildings . |
| 7 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |
| 8 | ‘ He looks very comfortable on the ball and scored us a fabulous goal which set up the win . |
| 9 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 10 | Give them a scientific opinion which depends on the ability to divide a factor by two-thirds and what do you get from counsel ? |
| 11 | I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it . |
| 12 | Give her a small responsibility which will offer genuine reasons for praise one it is done . |
| 13 | A ‘ stringer ’ is n't just a freelance — it 's a correspondent based away from head office whose local contacts give him an on-the-spot usefulness which far surpasses that of a reporter sent out from head office . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Auctioneers in general consider it an unworkable scheme which will create absolute chaos to the services provided by livestock auctioneers to the agricultural community , ’ said Mr Heslop . |
| 15 | The rich brown enamelled finish with brown glass splash back give it a distinctive style which certainly is n't ordinary . |
| 16 | A friend of mine lost a whole litter by feeding them a wild goose which he thought had died as a result of a collision with overhead power cables . |
| 17 | The aim is to reduce the ranks of the young unemployed who now account for more than half the nation 's two million jobless and to give them an added skill which will help them find work when the training is over . |
| 18 | Once more we have tried to give you a balanced programme which reflects your comments and requests . |
| 19 | Er people make up deliberately to be telling you lies but they still , in some sense , trying to give you a favoured view which is a out and out lie . |
| 20 | If you persist in interrupting me , it is unlikely in the extreme that I will have sufficient time to give you the complete picture which you say you are so anxious to get ! |
| 21 | I tell you a good programme which used to be on was erm oh fucking Auf Wiedersehn Pet . |
| 22 | Today they are being rewired and repainted in a new livery , giving them a handsome appearance which belies their fifty years . |
| 23 | Daughter of the Queen Igrayne and half-sister to King Arthur , she revealed to him the intrigue between Lancelot and Guinevere by giving him a magic draught which opened his eyes to the perfidy . |
| 24 | And further , the crucial role of companies at the structural level substantially enhances the bargaining power of business in its dealings with government , giving it a special influence which other interest groups lack . |
| 25 | In fact I find it a fascinating creature which is colourful and lively , remaining active at all times of the day and night — and is virtually indestructible . |
| 26 | Rayleen helped too , or rather her uniform did , giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue . |
| 27 | Her agent — perhaps he was n't the best in the world — never got her an American tour which , again , might have made all the difference . |
| 28 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 29 | I was fourteen at the time , so was she ; she sent me a signed photograph which I keep in the breast pocket of my school blazer until both photograph and blazer fell apart . |
| 30 | Holly offered her a sympathetic smile which was not acknowledged . |