Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] which [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year 's survey was carried out with a group of practitioners at an audit regulation meeting run by the Southern Society , and in view of the continuing concerns about regulation , we repeated this exercise with 160 practitioners who attended a similar meeting in October 1992. 64 responses were received , some of which represented one response from several representatives of the same firm . |
| 2 | Reference may also be made to the relevant Domesday texts and the published volumes of the curia regis and other rolls , some of which make useful contributions to local knowledge . |
| 3 | Mr Hawkins , of Sutton Benger , near Chippenham , Wilts , declined to comment on the calls , some of which lasted 15 minutes , at a cost of 48p a minute . |
| 4 | Various regional movements emerged , some of which became political parties . |
| 5 | In view of the hardships endured by many peasants , even at times when they were making some gains at the expense of their lords , it is hardly surprising that there were outbreaks of discontent , some of which took violent forms — indeed it has been said that peasant movements were as much a part of seigneurial society as strikes are of large-scale capitalism . |
| 6 | The twice yearly honours lists are the ones which attract most attention , but there is another raft of honours in the gift of Downing Street , some of which reflect professional excellence and others which confer real power and influence : jobs . |
| 7 | Moscow has some 80 old tips , some of which contain radioactive waste and have been built on . |
| 8 | The company is hoping that the work could also lead towards the protection of plants from pests more common in Britain , some of which show poor response to traditional pesticides . |
| 9 | Yet these same people do not deem it improper to call on white people to get involved in other Black national , local or personal struggles , some of which reveal nasty aspects of oppression . |
| 10 | There are other methods of dealing with floors , some of which require existing floor boards to be lifted . |
| 11 | Martin recorded several plants which indicated diuretic properties , some of which had purgative effects , and others which ‘ cured the fluxes ’ , such as the syrup of bilberries . |
| 12 | A large collection of sun-hats hung on pegs in the entrance hall , bowls were filled with dried lavender and a huge pottery jar was crammed with walking-sticks , some of which had ornate silver handles . |
| 13 | There was such a variety of activities and competitions for all ages — tennis , windsurfing , dinghy sailing , table tennis ( some of which had free instruction ) . |
| 14 | Newspapers frequently publish macabre photographs of people who have been cut , too late , from the innards of enormous snakes , some of which reach thirty feet long . |
| 15 | The practitioners of different disciplines within the life sciences exploited the general idea of evolution in different ways , some of which bore little resemblance to Darwin 's own approach . |
| 16 | According to Jones and Lindsey ( 1988 ) the promotion of nitrogen fixation can be achieved in several ways , some of which involve genetic engineering . |
| 17 | Following the example of Mr Lee 's low-budget hit , ‘ She 's Got ta Have It ’ , young black directors began making small independent films , some of which earned national distribution deals only after their directors sweated to get the films made . |
| 18 | News of Mr Porras 's arrest followed the explosion of 13 bombs at the weekend , some of which damaged six schools in Bogota . |
| 19 | There Is a vast backdrop-like painting — 200 feet long by twelve feet high — against which is set up an array of further paintings , drawings and sculptures , some of which incorporate scientific writing . |
| 20 | It 's often associated with large-scale traditional patterns used in Victorian times , but there 's a wide range of smaller-scale geometrics , as well as textures , some of which imitate natural materials like grasscloth , tree bark , woven material , etc . |
| 21 | It flooded across stream divides of the plateau , some of which stood 300–400 feet above today 's bounding valley bottoms . |
| 22 | Such a response involves sharing information with staff and involving them in decisions , some of which have budgetary implications . |
| 23 | The best viewpoint is from above , from the tall modern buildings nearby some of which have suitable access . |
| 24 | There are a number of interesting statements , some of which have disturbing implications . |
| 25 | Yet public libraries offer a wide range of services to a diverse number of customers some of which have sophisticated information needs and problems . |
| 26 | A Cuckoo Pint is one of many poisonous plants from Wales , some of which have medicinal uses |
| 27 | We are bitten by mites and ticks , some of which carry dangerous diseases , and by fleas . |
| 28 | The disk is round flexible , rather bag-like , diameter up to 9 mm ; covered by small thin semi-transparent scales some of which carry low granules . |
| 29 | There 's 9,000 shivering punters in here , 7,500 of which have blank faces . |
| 30 | The cuts will remove another two per cent from the payroll following layoffs of 1200 last year and a further round which saw 300 jobs go . |