Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [Wh det] it can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has spiracles along its side through which it can breathe , but it neither feeds nor excretes . |
| 2 | One of the key benefits of the move will be to give Enterprise Training access to a professional marketing department through which it can promote awareness of its services to employers . |
| 3 | High oxygen levels are not important , for the fish has an air bladder with which it can breathe air . |
| 4 | Proud of the speed with which it can run Windows 3.1 applications on Sparc systems using its SunPC hardware and software combination , SunSelect vice president and general manager Carl Ledbetter could still not resist speculating that future technology for running PC applications from Sun would ‘ go way beyond the current generation , without the need for a card ’ . |
| 5 | The basic species type , Rosa pimpinellifolia ( or , as it used to be called , R. spinosissima ) grows very well in most soils , but flourishes particularly in light sandy soils in which it can indulge its natural habit of spreading to form large prickly thickets by means of underground runners and suckers . |
| 6 | Two centuries later , the Enlightenment returns : but not at all as a way for the West to take cognizance of its present possibilities and of the liberties to which it can have access , but as a way of interrogating it on its limits and on the powers which it has abused . |
| 7 | It may well be that some accountant has shown the society a loophole through which it can escape the obligations laid upon it at its foundation in 1914 . |
| 8 | A captive giraffe has a right to a cage in which it can stand straight up … |
| 9 | Nor is it quite like a Papal Encyclical , or a biblical prophecy , for sociology has no basic authority of revealed truth to which it can appeal . |
| 10 | The endemic Hong Kong cascade frog has evolved suction pads on the end of each toe with which it can cling to the slippery rocks when the flash-floods strike . |
| 11 | Law facilitates commercial activity by providing structures within which it can take place . |
| 12 | A tribunal is master of its own procedure , and this provides the foundation from which it can permit such representation . |
| 13 | On the other hand , putting a time or place adverbial , such as today or on the shelf , say , at the beginning of the clause , carries more meaning because it is the result of choice : there are other positions in which it can occur . |
| 14 | The tie-up with Sun is part of CDC 's plan to broaden the range of hardware platforms on which it can offer its software in its new role as an integration outfit rather than a hardware manufacturer . |
| 15 | Drawbacks : Expensive but , in terms of what it can do , this microwave is good enough to replace a conventional oven ( although remember cooking space is limited in that you could n't , say , do the roast and vegetables at the same time ) . |
| 16 | The industry partnership is now exploring ways in which it can serve the pyramid schools as a whole rather than focus simply on the secondary stage . |
| 17 | It is the Board 's intention to identify ways in which it can extend examination options for secretarial staff . |
| 18 | However , it is clear that calcium has a multiplicity of effects within the cell , and there are other ways in which it can affect the synaptic membrane . |
| 19 | It 's an area in which IT can play a leading role , and has rekindled interest in workflow and other document management systems . |
| 20 | Each species ' range is determined by the area within which it can outbreed potential rivals because it is better adapted to that set of conditions : |
| 21 | Okay , so the , the reflective pronouns require a C commanding antecedent , antecedent really is just a noun phrase from which it can get its reference like herself back to Florence . |
| 22 | This amphibian is not totally aquatic , as some fishkeepers have been led to believe and it requires a large , dry area on which it can climb to feed and preferably burrow . |
| 23 | The company anticipates that the personal communicator will open up new markets and will prove an ideal base to which it can add its own technology — the Digital European Cordless Telecommunications system . |
| 24 | This is by no means the end of the matter , but enough has been stated to show the breadth of the definition of development and the technical complexities to which it can give rise . |
| 25 | In spite of this , advertisers , agencies and researchers persist in pushing the interpretation of recall well beyond the limits of what it can tell them . |
| 26 | The Robot Drill works by gripping the sides of its own hole , and anchoring itself until the bit has made space in which it can move on . |
| 27 | To what then is the human psychobiological system adapted and what are the limits to which it can adjust without an excessive strain leading ultimately to reduced reproductive ability ? |
| 28 | The New Testament describes the presence and effects of prejudice , and in strong terms describes the way in which it can contribute to conflict . |
| 29 | Instead of fleeing to a safe place and hiding away there with complete body concealment , the animal takes up a semi-hidden position from which it can remain watchful . |
| 30 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |