Example sentences of "[noun] with which [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument from analogy with which we shall be concerned here admits that it is possible that the objects we call persons are , other than ourselves , mindless automata , but claims that we none the less have sufficient reason for supposing this not to be the case . |
| 2 | All such options need to be examined for their effectiveness in reducing emissions so as to achieve air quality standards , as well as for their technical and economic feasibility , the speed with which they can be implemented , and their enforceability . |
| 3 | Earls Court made a successful return to hosting seated events last year , in a move made possible by new developments in demountable seating and the speed with which they can be constructed and dismantled . |
| 4 | Advances in computer technology have improved the possibilities for the amount of information that can be stored , the speed with which it can be retrieved , the level of sophistication of information analysis and the simulation of future possibilities . |
| 5 | One advantage of computerized typesetting was the speed with which it could be learned . |
| 6 | The Collector selected just two more of these pistols , a small and reliable five-barrelled pistol by Lefaucheux of Paris , which he wanted to load and give to Miriam , and the English revolving pistol by Adams , which had caused such a stir at Woolwich by its lightness and by the rapidity with which it could be loaded and fired ( up to ten times a minute had been claimed for it ) . |
| 7 | This study will examine various organisational forms of international collaboration in defence and civilian research and development ( R&D ) and attempt to formulate a set of variables with which they can be evaluated and collaboration as a form of organisation assessed . |
| 8 | There is no biographical key with which it can be unlocked — and I have not been trying to turn one in this essay of mine , which does not believe it , for that matter , to be locked . |
| 9 | He was a god , poised to be at the centre of another Big Bang , creating a new universe with which he would be integrated in the most positive way . |
| 10 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 11 | The aspect of lunar origin with which I shall be primarily concerned here is how the Earth came to get its Moon . |
| 12 | Nearly all of them lay in the Ruhr and Silesia ; those in the latter area were to become more and more important because of the ease with which they could be worked and the quality of Lower Silesian coking coal . |
| 13 | I did get the feel , however , of using the pastels on a tinted background and noted the ease with which they could be spread in different thicknesses to achieve variable effects of colour and tone . |
| 14 | One of the main advantages of partnership is the ease with which it may be formed . |
| 15 | Nevertheless the Phillips curve had a siren appeal in the later 1950s and early 1960s because of the ease with which it could be translated into part of aggregate demand management . |
| 16 | Part of the appeal is doubtless the ease with which it can be applied with great effect . |
| 17 | This may have a bearing on the ease with which it can be trained . |
| 18 | But , ultimately , I know there is an inherent danger in the ready-made , and that is the ease with which it can be produced . |
| 19 | The grammar of English is carried over into the signing and presumably evaluation of the adequacy of BSL is based on the ease with which it can be fitted to this English format . |
| 20 | Among its chief attributes are its pleasingly creamy colour , its smoothness and coolness to the touch , its fine grain and the comparative ease with which it can be wrought to a variety of precise shapes using such elementary techniques as sawing , rubbing , polishing and perforating . |
| 21 | The high esteem in which gold has been held in most parts of the world , the relative ease with which it can be wrought and not least its capacity for combining with other desirable things have led to its being favoured above all others for jewellery , objects of parade and a variety of insignia of status . |
| 22 | For the bulk of this century a favoured organism for geneticists to study , because of the ease with which it can be maintained , its rapid breeding cycle and the possibility of studying populations of many thousands , has been the tiny fruit fly ( sometimes called vinegar fly ) , Drosophila melanogaster , which gathers like specks of coaldust , seemingly magnetically attracted to over-ripe fruit . |
| 23 | The liquidity of an asset is the ease with which it can be converted into cash without loss . |
| 24 | But we need not pause to examine its defects , since there is a stronger and more interesting move with which it may be confused . |
| 25 | Many of these ideas using sentimental flowers take some extra thought and planning , but the end result , and the enthusiasm with which they will be received , is well worth the effort . |
| 26 | The stoking , the music and the difficulty with which he could be knocked over , earned him something that even Mr Singer himself could n't buy — respect . |
| 27 | Advise Arthur , Bert and Charlie as to any rights of action they might have in tort against Chartist plc and as to any defences with which they might be met . |
| 28 | This chapter concentrates on those important aspects of building and building damage with which you should be familiar before you can begin surveying . |
| 29 | However , in the committee meetings with which you will be chiefly concerned , the discussion will often be more relaxed and informal . |
| 30 | This is partly because more is known about him , and because his drawings and those of his younger contemporary John Thorpe [ q.v. ] ( a high proportion of which are survey drawings ) are the only large personal collection from this period that still exist , but it is also because of the distinctive and remarkable character of the houses with which he can be connected . |