Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] which [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore quite impossible to suggest amendments to all permutations of the obligations currently being imposed on tenants , but the tenant 's adviser should be watchful for new variations on an old theme and indeed for innovative covenants which could cause the tenant a good deal of anxiety . |
| 2 | On the other hand , there is extensive evidence for specific factors which can control the pathways of differentiation . |
| 3 | Investment was planned to rise by 10.3 per cent a year during the five years , with an increasing role for private investment which would account for 60 per cent of the total by 1993 . |
| 4 | There is virtual unanimity of preference for oral teaching which might seem to overbear the possibility of opposition . |
| 5 | If , as seemed likely , one cause of unemployment was an excess of savings over investment , the equalisation of decisions to save and decisions to invest could be brought about by Labour 's plans for progressive taxation which would redistribute income to the poorer sections of society . |
| 6 | ‘ The artistic heritage of Rome and Lazio is so vast and imposing that we distribute the work between us , even if according to the rules it is the Soprintendenza for Architectural Monuments which should deal with mural painting ’ . |
| 7 | Jonah , disliking the task for unexplained reasons which might have had something to do with a fear of being stoned to death by the partying Ninevites , ran away . |
| 8 | The conference formally announced the setting up of a Coalition for Scottish Democracy which will bring together all the civic organisations favouring constitutional change . |
| 9 | Day hospitals have sprung up to assist the process of rehabilitation after acute illness which can herald the onset of chronic disability and handicap ; their patients are overwhelmingly the very old ( Donaldson et al. |
| 10 | Sieve them through the mouli having first strained off surplus liquid which would make the fool watery . |
| 11 | ‘ True ’ workers ' control will never spring into existence in fully fledged form and socialists must fight , within the present society , for democratic measures which can help to ‘ de-mystify ’ management and raise radical questions concerning the organisation of work and the goals of production , whether these measures involve the accountability of managerial agents or the promotion of workers ' plans . |
| 12 | But she welcomed publicity for pre-payment plans which could help to ‘ put families minds at rest ’ . |
| 13 | The contradictions between corporate goal-achieving behaviour and each of these environmental uncertainties creates a strong strain towards innovative behaviour which can stretch over the spectrum law abiding — law avoiding — law evading — law breaking . |
| 14 | Affected children inevitably attract more than their fair share of parental attention which can cause problems with unaffected siblings . |
| 15 | Thus we have the permitting conditions : the lack of parental control which might have brought the youth into more conventional alignments rather than setting him free to explore the more extravagant possibilities of a sporting career . |
| 16 | Breach of professional standards and etiquette This ground should be extended ( either specifically or generally ) to cover all instances of professional misconduct which might damage the good name of the firm . |
| 17 | On the morning of August 24 , 79 AD it was a flourishing Roman town going about its daily business , but within hours it lay suffocated by a 20 ft layer of volcanic waste which would preserve it from robbers and vandals until its excavation in the mid-18th century . |
| 18 | Despite this , it seems that what is now on offer is not the true independence of monetary policy which would come from free competition between different currencies and policies ( whether the currencies remained in the public sector as at present or whether they were in private hands ) , but instead the imposition of one economic and monetary policy by a powerful and unaccountable institution . |
| 19 | no more than the embodiment of administrative arrangements which would give order to a confused system and some of which had been recommended and accepted as desirable during the previous two decades . |
| 20 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 21 | Essentially , the cold war preserved American power structures and so prevented the emergence of a new set of political institutions which could regulate the post-Fordist global economy , and which could manage and respond to the dramatic changes in the balance of the world economy as a result of the introduction of new methods of production , especially in Japan and Western Europe , based on the intensive use of information technologies . |
| 22 | There is a number of private agencies which will recruit and place living-in companions and daily or longer-term nurses or care workers . |
| 23 | ‘ For every £2 we invest , we will attract more than £1 of private finance which will enable substantially more homes to be provided . ’ |
| 24 | Moreover many farm workers still find it difficult to meet the cost of private transport which might open up the range of alternatives . |
| 25 | In addition to the process of education and a negotiated programme for overcoming the chosen difficulty , the client is taught a number of specific skills which will assist them to combat and overcome their feelings of anxiety . |
| 26 | We have to identify the factors other than usurious interest rates and deficiency of aggregate demand which can make investment projects unattractive to enterprises . |
| 27 | The next step is to prepare for the audition at a drama school and find the right kind of textual material which will allow you to show the best of yourself . |
| 28 | Each sentence was classified according to a number of textual features which might increase the amount of time required to read it . |
| 29 | The research assesses the impact of European law which might constrain the national policy makers but might also provide industry with a means of challenging national policies which contravene European law . |
| 30 | But , as 1992 approaches , and with the violence associated with the game so closely tied up with the image of England 's fans , it is the challenge of European integration which must provide new directions for the people 's game . |