Example sentences of "[noun] which it is [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Above all else the organization is viewed as a functionally integrated system , the operations of which can be understood with reference to the organizational goals which it is concerned to achieve ’ ( Burrell and Morgan 1979 , p. 205 ) .
2 These are the books which it is nice to have which cost a lot to look after , but which nobody can ever look at because they are so valuable .
3 Even the Greatest himself , Cassius Clay , alias Muhammed Ali , who seemed to have had a highly successful career during which a minimal number of punches were landed to his head , has suffered a brain condition which it is difficult to believe is unconnected with his trade .
4 A centre will not have to take on devolved responsibility at a level which it is unwilling to accept — and SCOTVEC will not offer devolved responsibility to a centre whose internal quality systems are not ready for that responsibility .
5 The only price level which it is rational to expect if the position of the aggregate demand curve is expected to be AD 1 is P 2 , since only this expectation will generate an actual price level equal to it .
6 However , it is worth noting that the London Basin is interrupted by a well-known series of uplifts stretching from the Thames Estuary to Windsor which it is difficult to account for without postulating a further line of basement dislocations , possibly Variscan in origin .
7 Though his press lasted only eight years , it gave an impetus to later fine work which it is difficult to overestimate .
8 ( 2 ) The denial that there is some one and the same quality of pleasantness and another of painfulness which mark all those experiences which it is desirable to promote or prevent is a more forceful objection to Benthamite utilitarianism .
9 That such agreement underlies the working of the language game is likely to be overlooked until one comes up against a disagreement which it is difficult to regard as one of opinion .
10 I express no opinion upon the case where a local or other public authority brings a civil action under a statute which prescribes that action as being the only method of enforcing a law which it is obliged to enforce .
11 The court will also consider whether the information is of a type which it is willing to protect at all .
12 These again are not matters which it is necessary to consider on this appeal .
13 the shortcomings and defects which it is important to conceal ! ;
14 These were involved because in a capitalist market economy , the organization of economic activity has historically been based on numerous fragmented units , each seeking to operate as profitably as possible , whilst paying only the costs which it is impossible to avoid .
15 Indeed the size of the profession means that actuaries have a strong sense of fellowship which it is difficult to achieve in other professions with memberships numbering many tens of thousands .
16 Of course it has not ; for example , with regard to moral issues , the typically relativist view that there are no absolutes is itself a stance based on assumptions which it is possible to challenge .
17 This must be a level of health or development which it is reasonable to expect .
18 This must be a matter of concern for any group advocating a right to divert taxes on moral grounds , if only because of the ‘ floodgates ’ argument which it is likely to provoke in response .
19 This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote .
20 They produced rather more appetising food than the normal congealed heap of pie and beans and dead sausage rolls which it is mandatory to decline at other resorts .
21 Whether they should share a common epistemology is a debate which it is possible to avoid head-on in this context .
22 However , there are many rules and regulations in Britain which it is advisable to follow — indeed , you are breaking the law if you do n't follow some of them .
23 Another key area of preparation is in the creation of ‘ stability zones ’ — constants in one 's life which it is important to maintain .
24 It is not as simple as saying an embryo has a value equal to one human life which it is entitled to cash in .
25 If there is any legislation which it is necessary to pass for special departmental or other reasons , and is generally accepted by the different parties , it may be undertaken .
26 But there are strands which it is possible to follow .
27 There are recognisable stages which it is helpful to know about .
28 One thing which it is difficult to deny is that military strength was vital for Muscovite survival in this massive frontier land .
29 My third point is coming back to Chairman your point about the paragraph , the criterion paragraph of thirty three of P P G three , and the settlement in my view fails the first the first test , since the very city which it is supposed to relieve says that the need can be met , and I quote , within and on the edge of the urban area and villages .
30 The very act of brainstorming often throws up the structure of the answer as well as the main points which it is necessary to cover .
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