Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yanto brought the overloaded bike to a skidding halt just short of the sharply rising earth bank , the other side of which lay the muddy banks of the river . |
| 2 | The most complex of the risings was the Pilgrimage of Grace , the problems of which have been covered in two important papers , both of which stress the varying motives of the participants ( 68 ; 69 ) . |
| 3 | The high prison population is held responsible for overcrowding and understaffing in prisons , both of which exacerbate the bad conditions in England 's ageing prisons . |
| 4 | The retina consists of the inner lining at the back of the eye and is a delicate membrane , constructed of ten different layers , one of which contains the two types of light-sensitive cells , the rods and cones . |
| 5 | As proof of his sanctity , the latter describes various miracles after the saint 's death , one of which concerns the Danish leaders who were among his murderers . |
| 6 | All of which beg the following questions . |
| 7 | Yet it is an objective standard which the directors themselves define , and not one that is imposed upon them by the courts , who regard it as illegitimate to substitute their own view of what constitutes the best interests of the company or the shareholders for that of the directors of the company . |
| 8 | At the heart of the current debate , therefore , is the question of what determines the different sensitivities of IP 3 Rs . |
| 9 | For our purposes , it will be enough to have a general idea of what distinguishes the Caribbean Creoles from the varieties of British English to which second-generation Caribbeans in London have been exposed . |
| 10 | This work , it is true , was largely conducted in the belief that simply gathering information alone would eventually lead to an understanding of the brain , but the fact remains that we now have an impressive body of evidence against which to evaluate the new theories that are emerging . |
| 11 | This model of mutual sensitivity and responsiveness becoming established between parent and child during the earliest months of life provides a background against which to examine the main issues of this section . |
| 12 | There were never enough surgeons , never enough ambulances , of course no ‘ wonder drugs ’ , and often no chloroform with which to perform the endless amputations of smashed limbs . |
| 13 | ALBA Yacht Services , based at Oban on the west coast of Scotland , offer a wide range of boats from Moody 31s to a Westerly Sealord with which to cruise the Western Isles . |
| 14 | But , as with the wealth of other experiments that matrix isolation has made possible , the drawbacks are insignificant compared with the value of the techniques as , sometimes , the only tool with which to examine the inner workings of chemical reactions . |
| 15 | In overall terms , between 1900 and the present day , the state apparatus for collecting and sorting criminal information has changed so dramatically that we must question whether it can supply us with a valid measuring-stick with which to compare the two periods . |
| 16 | The finer the gauge of machine , the more needles it has , so if you move down a gauge with your fine yarn , you will get a better fabric and have more needles with which to knit the larger sizes . |
| 17 | With the devoted assistance of several technical wizards we converted my A-frame into an alchemist 's chamber of optical and electronic apparatus with which to visualize the unseen dimensions of sound and form so often described by metaphysicians . |
| 18 | Well aware that it was a game to Richard — a pretence with which to pass the empty hours — and that it was to Anne , rather than Joan , he was in this instance referring , such comments never failed to annoy Edward — as Richard was well aware . |
| 19 | These reports sent them bustling off to organize air tickets to the head of the Gulf , designating it Persian or Arabian according to the nationality of the airline or the destination selected , to check out the situation and track down flesh with which to clothe the bare bones . |
| 20 | On the question of religion , the Buddhist tends to think of it as a raft with which to cross the tempestuous seas of existence , and the Buddha once asked , " What would you say to someone who carried his raft around with him when he had arrived ? " |
| 21 | It was a big central square , completely surrounded by covered arcades above which rose the creamy stones of the original medieval houses , topped by the steeply sloping , earth-red roofs . |
| 22 | The notice should specify upon which ground the expelling partners rely but no more than that . |
| 23 | Mr Kinnock 's preference for his successor to be in place by the end of June proved impossible to meet , as the party 's rules decree that there must be at least 12 weeks in which to consult the three groups that make up the electoral college — MPs , constituency activists and the unions . |
| 24 | To put all this another way , Chicago represented for its sociologists an ideal case study area in which to test the grand theories of sociology ; the changing social relations resulting from a shift from a pre-industrial to an industrial society , the effects this had on the individual and what Goffman was later to call the ‘ moral careers ’ of people as they managed ( or indeed failed to manage ) with the circumstances and institutions in which they were caught up . |
| 25 | The Classes 155 ( Leyland , Workington ) and 156 ( Metro-Cammell ) employ longer , 23m bodies with end doors so that the central passenger saloon in each vehicle has the maximum possible space in which to arrange the medium-density seats . |
| 26 | In particular he thought that the fundamental principles of Aristotle 's philosophy could provide a setting in which to express the revealed truths of Christian faith . |
| 27 | It is the doing of one or more acts which individually or collectively amount to such adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights which constitute appropriation under section 3(1) and I do not think it matters where there is more than one such act in which order the successive acts take place , or whether there is any interval of time between them . |
| 28 | Between September 1986 and April 1988 work took place to restore Llanthony Warehouse in which to house the National Waterways Museum and offices for British Waterways . |
| 29 | People stopped building new ghettoes in which to practise the old persecutions ? |
| 30 | Ayala Lasso also expressed the hope that the admission of the Koreas would reduce regional tension and provide the two states with " an appropriate forum in which to consider the many things they have in common and to overcome the few remaining obstacles to their unification " . |