Example sentences of "[adj] which [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 However , there is another sense in which syntactic analysis might be independent of semantic and pragmatic analysis , and it is this which we discuss in the next section .
2 It is this which he takes as the key to an understanding of contemporary society , and of culture itself .
3 You then choose to pay the amount owing in full with no interest added ; or elect to pay back only part of the sum and pay interest on the amount left outstanding which you repay in the future .
4 Some of them have been invited again and again to meet the London ambulance service for a briefing other than that which they get from the trade union .
5 As the later authors have adjusted the dating of the Muftilik of Molla Arab in order to make room for that of Abdulkerim , so they have stretched the facts considerably in extending the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the whole vexed period from the date which they give for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , namely 865/1460–1 , to that which they give for the accession of Molla Gurani ( 885/1480 ; but cf. below , pp. 144 et sqq. , especially p. 150 ) .
6 I think I should start by stressing the process through which we have gone in order to prepare this report has been somewhat different this year from that which we followed in the past and
7 It is not satisfactory to change a policy such as that which we have at the moment , and to have add-ons for the environment .
8 The remains of these edifices in Italy , France , Germany , Spain , Yugoslavia , Greece , Rumania and Asia Minor give us a clear idea of their way of life as well as their modes of building and it is a much more complete picture than that which we have from the Greek civilisation because of its very complexity and variety .
9 Since 1945 , Britain 's record has been consistently better than that which she achieved in the interwar years — an average of 20 per cent of GDP as compared with 11 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] .
10 Much of Greenfield 's paper derives from the theoretical foundations laid by Bernstein and she is surprised how closely the ‘ verbal deprivation ’ he identifies in working-class English youths corresponds to that which she found amongst the Wolof .
11 In the Western democracies of the late twentieth century the state has taken on an entirely different character from that which it had in the period of laissez-faire capitalism , or in earlier periods , when its functions were mainly confined to tax collecting , internal repression , and external conflict with other states ; now it is responsible in addition for the operation of a great range of public services as well as a general regulation of the whole economic system .
12 Russia at this time had potential labour force over double that which it had in the mid 19th Century .
13 In the foregrounding model , stylistic value has a slightly different meaning from that which it has in the " stylistic variants " model : it refers to the special act of interpretation which we make in order to make sense of what would otherwise appear strange and unmotivated .
14 Although disputes continue over detail , there remains a persuasive logic to its arguments , paralleling that which it accords to the growth of the party .
15 However , that leaves the galleries open to pressure , when they come to the Minister and make points such as that which I made at the beginning of my speech — saying , for instance , that last year the Tate gallery could buy only one work of art .
16 The outcome , according to Levi-Strauss , is a generalized circularity analogous to that which I described for the relationship in our commercial system between an author and his book-buying reader .
17 It is ironic to reflect that had he served the Luftwaffe in a similar role to that which he graced in the Royal Air Force , there can be little doubt that he would have been invested with the highest order of the Knight 's Cross of the Iron Cross — with Diamonds , Swords and Oakleaves .
18 MacLachlan , moreover , was not averse to seeking further advantages for himself , for while acknowledging Milton 's assistance in getting him a tack of two farms in Morvern for nineteen years , which would scarcely appear to be a short lease , he complained that he had been informed that other tenants had obtained tacks of three times the length of that which he had from the Duke of Argyll , urging that he could ‘ be as usefull as any in that Countrey by introduceing a cheap method of improvement and otherwise ’ .
19 Now accepted in common parlance , it stands for What You See Is What You Get , the implication being that the image you see on the screen will be exactly that which you get on the page .
20 But do n't you feel uncomfortable , you as a member of the medical profession , do n't you feel uncomfortable if there exists in the wider world a set of rules which would condemn as one of the most heinous crimes that which you regard as the most humane of conduct ?
21 The quality element is that which you put into the system .
22 The valley of the Aldudes is beautiful , but the best country of all around Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port , I think , is that which you find to the south and south-east .
23 The cast on , or hip measurement , must of course , be the same figure as that which you used for the top of your skirt program .
24 The landlords are therefore entitled to all those rights of ownership other than those which they grant to the tenants under the lease , and those which they are prevented from exercising due to statutory restrictions imposed by the Rent Acts , etc .
25 These fears may be greater , for example , than those which we attach to the actual penalties imposed by the law — hence the use , and fear , of publicity in relation to criminal offences .
26 Almost the only relationships which are presumed to entail symmetry and equality are those which we slot under the labels " friendship " and " enmity " .
27 Each society , of course , has to deal with many specific problems arising from its own culture and history , but there are also some general issues to be faced , and the two which seem to me still to be pre-eminent are those which I indicated at the beginning of this book : namely , industrialization and democracy .
28 Marx referred throughout his work to other systems than the capitalist system , especially those which he knew from the history of Europe to have preceded capitalism ; systems such as feudalism , where the relation of production was characterized by the personal relation of the feudal lord and his serf and a relation of subordination which came from the lord 's control of the land .
29 When he looked back upon his short time at the Choir School of King 's College , it was the meeting with Milner-White which he saw as the memorable gift from the school .
30 The revenue settlement is matched by the substantial local government capital settlement for ninety four five which I announced on the thirtieth of November .
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