Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [prep] which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children are not unfamiliar with situations in which they tell , or are told , what someone else said or thought ; or in which they tell what they themselves said or thought at some point in the past or think at the time of speaking . |
| 2 | Even allowing for the fact that Orphism , as the most recent artistic novelty , was attracting the attention of a press and public made restless and sensation-hungry by the numerous artistic upheavals which the twentieth century had already witnessed , the fact is that by 1914 the abstract tendencies in European painting were already assuming an importance second only to that of Cubism from which they had largely sprung . |
| 3 | In the great store wars to get customers in , supermarkets invented the ‘ loss leader ’ — lines such as bread on which they were prepared to make a small loss if it lured people in . |
| 4 | However , the model is consistent with experiments in which we blocked proliferation in the progress zone or killed off some of the cells . |
| 5 | For all you can tell , it is relevantly similar to situations in which you have made mistakes . |
| 6 | How can the opposing minority be both free and subject to laws to which they have not consented ? |
| 7 | He was subject to influences for which he could not compensate ’ . |
| 8 | He also thinks beauty is that in virtue of which we call beautiful things beautiful . |
| 9 | He also thinks beauty is that in virtue of which we call beautiful things beautiful . |
| 10 | There is ample evidence that in the Victorian and Edwardian ages working-class women were knowledgeable about techniques by which they could control family size . |
| 11 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 12 | Er , I gather that the last letter that had from you dated the twenty fourth of November in which you say that you will get back as quite soon to decide whether you want to apply for one of these erm erm ways of dealing with the problem or not . |
| 13 | Some distance from the rock on which we sat in conference conferring about the future of the world , if that does n't sound too pompous — an angsana stood , a large tropical tree , its branches full of birds to which I paid no attention . |
| 14 | Each returns carrying a crop full of water with which it wets the walls of the main part of the nest . |
| 15 | Still he could n't reply , his head too full of questions to which he did n't particularly want to know the answers . |
| 16 | But they had no place in public life , and we hear nothing about them in the Historia Novorum , which is concerned with events to which we must now turn . |
| 17 | There were the Bingley summer courses , and those at Grantley to which we invited professional painters to meet and work with West Riding teachers . |
| 18 | There has probably never been more choice for places in which you can invest than now . |
| 19 | Although it will be my first mortgage , my girlfriend already has one of £50,000 for which she has an endowment up and running to cover that amount . |
| 20 | Most of the information available from institutions from which we could sample concerned adult applicants rather than adult enquirers . |
| 21 | In 1967 , Charles Haughey , then minister of finance in the Irish government , made a speech on opening a new building on St. Stephen 's Green in Dublin in which he said : ‘ I for one , have never believed that all architectural taste and building excellence ceased automatically with the passing of the 18th century . ’ |
| 22 | In addition they have asked you to write a report on the cash position over this period and in particular on ways in which you think it could be improved . |
| 23 | Sir , you have enumerated all the documents which exist on our side , and with regard to the letters erm er of the fourth of February and the twentieth of April to which you have referred , they are part of the set of appendices , and are respectively appendix eight and appendix nine . |
| 24 | Mr Atkinson estimates that Japan 's 21 most important commercial banks — including the seven trust banks and the three long-term credit banks , all in far worse condition than the city banks — have a total of ¥31 trillion of loans on which they are receiving either puny interest or no interest at all . |
| 25 | The four basic types of activity offered in Conversation are : controlled activities to give students confidence and support ; awareness activities to increase students ' sensitivity to what they are aiming at ; fluency activities to give students the practice they need to use English for communication ; and feedback tasks to allow students to reflect on their own performance so that they become aware of areas in which they have to improve . |
| 26 | He has a local European Member of Parliament and I am sure that he is aware of ways by which he can speed up replies . |
| 27 | This month 's Snowviz is devoted to ways in which you can use your own hairstyle to improve ski performance . |