Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] which we can [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Are there steps through which we can begin to learn again what was so clearly a part of the New Testament church 's experience ?
2 Because language appears such a natural instrument with which we can describe reality , its terms and expressions seem to describe the way things are and will always be .
3 There are two important fields of action in which we can work for the restoration of a vigorous and healthy economic life .
4 This is shown by the Hellenic prototype , thanks to which we can see that we are now recreating the Hellenic epochs , hut in reverse order , passing from the Alexandrian to the tragic .
5 Our first task is to remove the uncertainties with which we can deal , and the first of those are the proposals of Mr. MacSharry .
6 ‘ There are areas in which we can act as a sounding board in general business issues and where the accountant ca n't ’ said .
7 If we now take the opposite extreme , that of a gas , we do not know the positions of atoms , merely their mean velocities , and the only relation we can obtain between load and displacement derives from the gas law from which we can obtain the " bulk modulus ' of the gas and this " modulus ' is entirely entropic in origin , no elastic forces being involved .
8 But if it is work in which we can join , the question needs to be asked : will we respond decisively ?
9 Fortunately goldfish can thrive in a surprisingly-wide assortment of environmental conditions and we need to determine a practical range in which we can operate , and which will be satisfactory for our fish .
10 And there are certain circumstances in which we can do that .
11 But the degree to which we can control our environment is often determined by others as Morgan goes on to point out : " We all construct or shape our realities but not necessarily under circumstances of our own choosing " ( p. 140 ) .
12 Technical problems usually revolve around the degree to which we can isolate or manipulate a single target system in a consistent and reliable way ( Bures , Buresova , and Huston 1976 ) .
13 There is always a hard core of trusty stalwarts on which we can depend but most people are not by nature volunteers .
14 We have discovered a connection , they will say , on the basis of which we can predict .
15 It is the Spirit who takes the things of God and reveals them to us ( 1 Cor. 2:12 ) , and Paul can rightly say that the very capacity to respond in faith is a gift of God and no man-made attribute of which we can boast ( Eph. 2:8 ) .
16 Physiological psychology presents a range of major methodological challenges , and how well we meet these challenges affects the ease with which we can interpret the experiments that we carry out .
17 This is not surprising , given the difficulties encountered in developing them , but it does limit the ease with which we can generalize from one experiment to another or from experiments to the real world .
18 In recent years , however , I have realised that although romanticism can distort the past , there is an even greater trap into which we can fall .
19 The radius of the circle is determined by the reach of our fists and feet , the weapons with which we can repel unwanted guests if necessary .
20 A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability .
21 A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability .
22 Scene six is , as I have already suggested , the pivotal scene for Anderson — the point from which we can see a considerable change wrought in his character .
23 I wo n't go into the EMG system in extreme detail , because we 're presently preparing a special acoustic pickup article in which we can compare it against the other big names , but it seems to suit the Lowden very well .
24 I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species .
25 The present convention is long established and provides a basis on which we can stand .
26 As for the question of partnership and friendship in the 1990s , the joint declaration that we signed sets out a series of bases on which we can improve our relationship with Russia .
27 The conclusion to which we can come is that cannibalism is rare but that , in extremis , it is something to which the human species will resort .
28 Everything I have seen and heard in the ensuing months reinforces my belief that drift-netting is a manifestation of an attitude which , unchecked , will in due course murder the only planet on which we can make our home . ’
29 What we need is , firstly , a more specific indication of what is meant by a route to chaos and , secondly , some ideas on which we can draw in Sections 24.5 and 24.7 .
30 There should be one point at which we can put it and put it in just that one place .
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