Example sentences of "[pron] which [vb -s] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the above examples , " the " has a meaning something like " the phrase which follows names something which belongs to a group which is already familiar to you " . |
| 2 | We all know how to use pens — we were taught how to use a pen in primary school — but the computer ca n't read our writing yet , so we use something which looks like a pen , but it 's reading something which does n't look like letter of the alphabet and words , but which it can understand and understand very quickly and very accurately indeed . |
| 3 | We all know how to use pens , we were taught how to use pen in primary school , but the computer ca n't read our writing yet , so we use something which looks like a pen , but is reading something which does n't look like letters of the alphabet and words , but which it can understand and understand very quickly and very accurately indeed . |
| 4 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 5 | A relatively short route but one which climbs to a height of 2,654ft to the summit of Meall a'Bhuachaille and so should be treated as a serious hill walk . |
| 6 | A semiconducting material , in terms of its ability to conduct electricity , is one which lies between a conductor such as copper and an insulator such as rubber . |
| 7 | If you want a gas stove — and they are very easy to operate — choose one which runs on a mix of butane and propane . |
| 8 | The move which the program chooses is the one which leads to a position HisPos with maximum backed up value . |
| 9 | ‘ New Courses ’ comprise combinations of units either developed nationally or locally to create a new course , i.e. one which leads to a qualification which is substantially different from existing provision but which meets a defined local or national need . |
| 10 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 11 | Once the income which is the property of the trust deed is to be deemed the income of Mr Astor ( that is , is to be treated for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts in all respects as if it were the property of Mr Astor ) , it automatically becomes impossible for the purposes of those Acts to say that he receives anything which springs from a right of action against the trustee in respect of his income . |