Example sentences of "which [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J. M. Lee in his essay ‘ Modern Stamford ’ published in The Making of Stamford says , ‘ A real university , if it came , would at least release Stamford from a fate which for such a long time remained a burden upon its political development , that the borough , as the guide books would say ‘ is only of historical interest . |
| 2 | In part this reflects a reluctance to let outsiders interfere with the job of policing , as well as a suspicion about soci — ology , which for many policemen sounds too much like the word ‘ socialist ’ ; social work suffers from the same association . |
| 3 | This expectation has rather been confirmed than otherwise by the superimposition in the last two years of an element of graduation in the contribution , the additional yield of which for many years to come will mainly help to finance the standard pension but which creates a right to additions to it which will gradually build up over the next forty years on an actuarial basis . |
| 4 | The second half of the book shows that this is also so for the State , a concept which for many , especially Hegel , was no less holy and fundamental than the family . |
| 5 | This is not to underestimate the Club 's previous social calendar which for many years included successful dinner dances and club socials . |
| 6 | Next door , at eleven o'clock , stood a fine Edwardian house which for many years was called Quetta . |
| 7 | The Location of Offices Bureau , which for many years had been attempting to move commercial development out of London , was given the task of promoting office employment within the cities , including London itself . |
| 8 | The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living . |
| 9 | This will result in limited choice for the consumer and a lack of innovation ( eg British Telecom phone equipment , which for many years was severely limited whilst it was part of the public sector ) . |
| 10 | There was a period during which lighting , which for many years had been provided by gas mantles , was starting to be provided by electricity . |
| 11 | Instead of being perceived simply as agents of the shareholders the board of directors came to be viewed as an organ of the company which for many purposes could be treated as the company . |
| 12 | Le Monde de l'Art , established a few months ago in Hippolyte Boulanger 's former ceramics factory , which for many years housed the poster museum , the Musée de l'Affiche , is a place devoted to art and spectacle . |
| 13 | A little further north is the small village of Conisholme which for many years has been famous for its Appleby 's Ice Cream establishment . |
| 14 | My advice extended to a number of important legal technicalities and in particular to the operation of any necessary changes in the prevailing system of rent control — which for many years served to support social stability in this country to an extent rarely recognised . |
| 15 | These proposals are , however , made much more complex by the existence of old long-stay wards in hospitals whose main function , quite clearly , is social care , yet which for many years are going to be run by the Health Service . |
| 16 | His 500-page Modern Gas Producers , which for many years was the standard work on the gasification of solid fuels in a fixed bed with a mixed blast of air and steam , was published in 1923 . |
| 17 | A child-centred philosophy which for many free schools in an earlier period , was part of the justification for an alternative educational provision has been transformed . |
| 18 | Ostensibly objective textual scholarship adopted editorial policies which for many years worked to ensure the above assumptions could be confirmed . |
| 19 | The vote had the effect of removing from the top of the political agenda , if only temporarily , an issue which for many months had caused divisive debate in the country at large , and had threatened to overshadow Pope John Paul II 's visit to his homeland , due in June . |
| 20 | Separate Audit and Remuneration Committees under the Chairmanship of have been constituted to formally replace the Committee of Non-Executive Directors which for many years has provided the Executive Chairman with independent advice on matters concerning the appointment and remuneration of Executive Directors and senior executives and on audit . |
| 21 | It follows the success of last year 's visit to Holland which for many was their first experience of the continent . |
| 22 | Exactly the same model as the Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat , which for many years served Donaghadee , and which is now on display in the town , the 38-year-old Isles of Scilly lifeboat had an illustrious record of saving lives before her retirement in 1981 . |
| 23 | He introduced his team , designer Chloe Obolensky ; Marius Constant , who , in distilling Debussy 's score , had realised the two-piano version with which for many years Debussy had entertained his friends ; representatives of Brook 's three casts , and three of four pianists . |
| 24 | TWO residential homes which for many years have cared for young people and the elderly are being closed by the Salvation Army . |
| 25 | Most of the book is arranged in the form of a week of prayer in which for each day there is an order of Adoration , Confession of Sin , a Prayer for Grace , a Confession of Faith and an Intercession . |
| 26 | Thus social workers can help family and residential carers to understand this continuum , which for each person takes place against the background of previous memory , personality and life style . |
| 27 | The spins of the two protons are measured along axes which for each proton on each occasion are selected at random from the possible choices unc Sometimes both protons have their spins measured in the same directions ( both o , say ) , sometimes they are in different directions ( one A one y , say ) . |
| 28 | The basis of his theory of democracy is a theory of capitalist enterprise , and Schumpeter emphasizes the connection not only by discussing the historical relation between capitalism and democracy , but by treating political parties as analogous to business concerns engaged in a competitive struggle ( for power in one case , profits in the other ) the aim of which for each party/enterprise is to increase its share of the market ( constituted by voters or consumers ) . |
| 29 | The poorwill is a North American nightjar which for much of the year catches insects through the twilight hours of dawn and dusk . |
| 30 | It was based on dioceses which for much of the kingdom were the ecclesiastical counterparts of the civitates , with which they were coterminous . |