Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] which [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 There are inevitably tensions and pressures created for social workers who are responsible for making long-term plans for children which may include separation from parents when working with natural parents .
2 The RSPB are appealing for a demonstration of public support for reforms which will benefit the environment .
3 He refused to elaborate , but is known to have expressed dismay at a proposed increase in prize money for doubles which would give singles only a 70-30 advantage .
4 Whilst it may be desirable , for the reasons discussed above , for a business to make detailed provision in its contracts for contingencies which may arise , it will generally be impossible to negotiate separate contracts for each transaction .
5 Article 21 , together with article 22 on related actions , is contained in section 8 of Title II of the Convention ; that section is intended , in the interests of the proper administration of justice within the Community , to prevent parallel proceedings before the courts of different contracting states and to avoid conflicts between decisions which might result therefrom .
6 The search for animals which can identify kin has now led to the discovery that honey bees discriminate between full and half sisters .
7 Having discussed the above ideas for the sites in an area , various analyses can then be tried out to examine the relationships between settlements which could have interesting and important implications .
8 Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount .
9 Whether Terence O'Neill was committed to promoting the sorts of reforms which might have satisfied the Catholic minority is unknown .
10 We heard that if your body is exposed to constant rapid temperature changes , its mechanisms become stressed and this creates all sorts of problems which can result in breakdown .
11 I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words .
12 A standard format is to be introduced which will have to include the following : a detailed programme of activities which might enable the offender to make reparation through community service or a supervision programme tackling the offender 's problems ; a description of the restrictions on liberty which the programme would involve ; relevant information about the offence and the offender , including the latter 's attitude towards it ; and an assessment of the offender 's ability and willingness to tackle his or her offending behaviour .
13 Trent International Centre for School Technology [ TICST ] is commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Engineering Council ( joint sponsors of the WISE Project which began in January 1984 ) to operate converted buses as mobile teaching/exhibition vehicles to support a programme of activities which will bring to the attention of girls ( particularly 13–14 year olds at option time ) , parents and the general public , the roles and opportunities for women in Science and Engineering .
14 He has , by way of a build-up , laid out a programme of events which will involve him in both the European and Scottish PGA tours .
15 The structure and behaviour of this group could promote conflict , and the laws and customs of the region did little to avert the outbreak of clashes which could develop into larger quarrels , sometimes of alarming proportions .
16 Two books of puzzles which will motivate children beginning to learn English to practise a range of language used for making guesses , agreeing and disagreeing , deciding , etc .
17 A half-mile south of the bridge the first French staff officers were rifling the mail in Charleroi 's post office in search of letters which might have been posted by Allied officers and thus provide clues of British or Prussian plans .
18 Thus , if Nissan gains market share at the expense of cars which would have been manufactured in the UK anyway , problems may be caused for other companies , especially Rover which relies principally on the UK market for its sales .
19 The language we observe is the surface realisation of plans ; plans which are designed to produce sequences of actions which will solve the problem the participants are talking about .
20 LEFT Iron objects are best drawn with the aid of X-rays which can give the shape and form of an object under the corrosion .
21 These regulations are designed to protect people against immediate or delayed health risks from substances which may have an adverse effect on their health ; for instance , disinfectants such as glutaraldehyde .
22 Bear in mind the age of the house , but note any oddities such as signs of recent building work , alterations to chimneys ( sketch the position of all chimneys ) , or redecoration in patches which might indicate a ‘ cover-up ’ .
23 Its mandate would include technology transfers and the encouragement of investment in projects which would enhance or safeguard the environment .
24 One hears jocular allusions to AIDS in circles which would class themselves sophisticated but from this programme , it is clear that the early theory that AIDS was some kind of divine blight on homosexuals , is already discounted .
25 Sir Peter justified his call for openness in terms which would have been unthinkable from his immediate predecessor , Sir Kenneth Newman , and indeed from any predecessor : ‘ Professions , including police , tend by definition to be monopolists of knowledge and through that knowledge , power .
26 These might include : a ) providing encouragement and support for young women and ethnic minority students to try for jobs they have not traditionally applied for ; b ) provision by employers of Work Experience placements to schools from which they have not previously recruited ; c ) reducing sex-stereotyping in Work Experience ; d ) enriching the curriculum in science and technology subjects in ways which will make them more attractive to young women ; e ) improving education and training opportunities for young people with disabilities .
27 The arcane offence of scandalum magnatum was created by a statute of 1275 designed to protect " the great men of the realm " against discomfiture from stories which might arouse the people against them .
28 Thus , those which would find the it relatively cheap and straightforward to cut pollution might be able to sell some of their units to producers which would find it difficult or expensive to do so .
29 According to Althusser , this model is the key to the Marxist concepts of contradiction and non-contradiction ; for these are ideal types of the two ends of the spectrum of relations which can exist between practices .
30 He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday .
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