Example sentences of "[noun] which is [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All matriculated students automatically become members of the Students ' Association which is governed by the student body and run by students elected annually from the membership . |
| 2 | More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " . |
| 3 | They would be helped by , and I am sure that they would welcome , a positive , upbeat statement from the hon. Member about the revived and renewed prospects for the north-east , which has been transformed not least by inward investment which is threatened by the Front Bench of the Labour party . |
| 4 | Together , under Caroline Paterson 's skilled direction , the company finds an idiom for a humour which is as sharp as an arrowhead and as hard as flint , and a style for an emotion which is shaped from the very suppression and denial of feeling . |
| 5 | A takeover bid which is opposed by the board of the target company . |
| 6 | When , for example , a subject fitted with scalp electrodes over the auditory cortex is played a series of brief clicks through headphones and the EEG following each click is averaged so that random fluctuations cancel each other out , what is left is a systematic but complex pattern of electrical waves which is caused by the click in the same way that the waves on the surface of a pond are caused by dropping a pebble into it . |
| 7 | The President ( currently Fred Timakata ) , who is the republic 's head of state , is elected for five years by an electoral college which is composed of the Parliament and the presidents of the Regional Councils ( local government bodies to which a considerable degree of power is constitutionally devolved ) . |
| 8 | The incident adumbrates an attitude of mind which is mirrored in the linguistic techniques exploited later in the novel . |
| 9 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 10 | The herbs are ground together and either rolled into pellets for pondfish or made into a kind of tea which is added to the aquarium water . |
| 11 | This is where the market research which is analysed in the first three parts of the planning cycle can help . |
| 12 | Syphilitic aneurysms most commonly occur in that part of the aorta which is found in the chest , but occasionally are found in the abdominal aorta . |
| 13 | A popular choice for use on heavier wooden gates is the tee-hinge , consisting of a long strip attached to the gate and hinged to a cross piece which is screwed to the post . |
| 14 | Some subleases reserve a rent which is linked to the rent payable under the headlease . |
| 15 | There are several new initiatives to promote including : a new flavour/sweetener complex which is added to the milk powders and dry pelleted feeds to encourage early acceptance , giving the milk powders a strawberry aroma ; a novel milk shaker for on-farm mixing demonstrations ; a half-kilogram weaning scoop ; and a unique ‘ Earlycare 6 Pack ’ containing all the farmer needs to wean six calves from four days of age to weaning in a convenient one tonne pack . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that some cells can exhibit chemotaxis , that is , move towards the source of chemical which is diffusing in the medium . |
| 17 | What is the image of sex crime which is portrayed in the press ? |
| 18 | He suggests that authenticity can be understood as relating not only to the language selected to be taught but the task on which the learner is engaged and the social setting which is created in the classroom . |
| 19 | This is then used to formulate a specific data search which is transmitted to the second site . |
| 20 | Many of our partners have a wholly different tradition of employment practice which is reflected in the separate arrangements which they have agreed , which will affect only their countries and for which only they will pay . |
| 21 | Of course , the parties might agree to disclose expert reports , a practice which is encouraged by the Court of Appeal . |
| 22 | It can be said of these strong-minded and independently gifted accomplices that their work shows a dimension of reciprocity and replication , of the production unit , which stands at an appreciable remove from parody and plagiarism , and from the mimicry of other people 's voices which is comprehended in the term ‘ ventriloquism ’ , which Amis goes in for in private , among friends , and which is also a pleasure of the novels he writes . |
| 23 | A poem is good because of its emotional content and the feeling of the poet which is placed in the symbols of words , and the true joy of poetry is in feeling the same emotions as the poet . |
| 24 | He possessed a genius for friendship which is reflected in the many literary people who knew , liked , and respected him , from Arthur Waugh and Vyvyan Holland to Siegfried Sassoon [ q.v. ] ( a distant relative ) and the Sitwells [ qq.v . ] . |
| 25 | a partner in a multi-national partnership which is authorised by the Law Society in the conduct of investment business . |
| 26 | First , the adoption of lightweight construction for new partition walls and the structure of the upper floor , although kind to the integrity of the original building fabric , has led to excessive sound transmission between rooms , a condition which is exacerbated by the inversion of the normal domestic arrangement — ie , the siting of the living-rooms over the bedrooms . |
| 27 | The resultant profit-loss line shows a maximum profit of P — C and a loss which is determined by the difference between the high and low exercise prices . |
| 28 | Every year in Great Britain hundreds of acres of trees are destroyed , a loss which is carried into the future , for fires mean a loss of that timber needed in the years to come . |
| 29 | The device uses the Gilbert technique , shown in Fig. 1 , in which X , Y and Z inputs are converted to currents , trimmed for zero offset , the products of X and Y currents being multiplied using Gilbert 's translinear technique which is described in the Analog Devices Non-linear Circuits Handbook . |
| 30 | Theory in fact is the building which is made from the hard-won bricks of research studies . |