Example sentences of "which [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The P-bridge is the very essence of simplicity , being a face-mounted plate of thin chrome-plated steel , upon which sit a pair of saddle barrels , each carrying two strings and offering intonation adjustment via two , tail-mounted screws , and height adjustment via threaded adjusters . |
| 32 | In the corner farthest from the camera are propped lengths of beading with , to the right , a bracketed shelf on which sit a bottle and stone jars containing french polish . |
| 33 | On higher levels of instruction , geography departments should develop courses which stress a core of basic thermodynamics and hydrodynamics and their relation to the environmental envelope of relevance to mankind . |
| 34 | However , it may also be consistent with more recent approaches which stress a more cognitive view of driver behaviour . |
| 35 | Although it is not clear that subjective risk can be biased in this way theories of driving which stress a schematic or conceptual representation of the environment ( e.g. Dubois , 1991 ; Fleury , Mazet & Dubois , 1988 ; Groeger , 1988 , 1989 ; Riemersma , 1988 ) might suggest that biases in the perception of the environment would indirectly lead to biases in subjective risk , either because risk is an important aspect of such schemata or because subjective risk would result from the inconsistency between the environment and pre-existing schemata . |
| 36 | Even more spectacular was the fate of Town & Country , the 19th largest society , which declare a whopping £43m loss after provisions of £58m last year . |
| 37 | Elite theorists have always been fascinated by the phenomenon of political leadership , an orientation already reflected in their accounts of modern input politics which accord a primary role to political entrepreneurs in building up lobby groups or social movements , and to party leaders in shaping the development of mass ‘ public opinion ’ . |
| 38 | Discussions will involve representatives from supply and end-user companies which gain a competitive edge from the use of advanced information technology in their products . |
| 39 | MR UNIVERSE will gird up his loins in briefs which bring a new meaning to the term bikini line , clip his diamond ear-stud into place and take the rattler from his Guildford home to Luton this week to begin his reign by promoting a new range of office furniture . |
| 40 | Instead , the narrative is shaped by internal rhythms , by a dynamic of mood and tone and by an unseen control of pace in which tension is slackened , sometimes by a particularly close attention to detail , sometimes by the interpolation of dialogue into the account of the movements and actions of certain individuals , sometimes by one of those exuberant lists of objects which Masefield clearly enjoyed compiling and which bring a peculiarly droll , unexpected quirkiness to relieve the enumeration of dangers from wind and water . |
| 41 | Future cooperation seems more unlikely , particularly in view of the recent changes which bring an element of privatisation to all sectors of training and hence lead to greater competition . |
| 42 | Very similar in appearance to the Giraffe , there are three members to this species , all of which remain a much more manageable size , reaching only about 8in ( 20cm ) . |
| 43 | Despite the excitement over Flash memory , SGS Thomson is not convinced that it will replace EPROMs , which remain a cheaper alternative . |
| 44 | The quaint 17th century patrician and merchant houses line the canals with their elegant facades and variety of gables which remain a striking characteristic of Amsterdam . |
| 45 | This has also been a way of escaping from the serious clashes which historically have taken place between different Christian groups involved in education and which remain a distinct possibility in the multi-faith situation . |
| 46 | ZNF proteins contain ‘ finger ’ motifs consisting of approximately 30 amino acids which coordinate a zinc ion , and were first described in the Xenopus transcription factor IIIA ( 6,7 ) , but have been shown to be present in species as diverse as Drosophila and man . |
| 47 | The tags can have meaningful names like HEADING or BULLET which hide a very complex list of typographic controls . |
| 48 | There are many other groups which suffer a similar fate to women . |
| 49 | The dissociation between severe left neglect and intact figure-ground segregation strongly supports recent models of normal visual function , which postulate a preattentive segregation stage providing candidate objects to a subsequent attentional stage . |
| 50 | Two sets of regulations have been laid before Parliament which make a number of changes to Income Support , Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit . |
| 51 | I hope that the reconciliation achieved by the cross will provide the basis for us all to say that we have no grounds for making fresh divisions which make a witness to a needy world more difficult than it is already . |
| 52 | Some of the Champagne houses which make a point of declaring they never use vins de taille in their own products have purchased ready-made Champagnes from the very houses to which they sold their vins de taille in the first place . |
| 53 | In general , the buildings in Funchal are of a modest simplicity which make a contrast with the luxuriance of the vegetation . |
| 54 | The reco-reco consists of pieces of wood on a string which make a sound rather like someone playing the washboard . |
| 55 | Insofar as good credit scoring systems weigh up an individual 's characteristics and background in a way which truly and accurately does reflect wide experience of similar characteristics and background , these systems can discriminate between good and bad risks more reliably than non-scoring systems which make a more partial and subjective stab at the same target . |
| 56 | In 1915 , for example , Catherine Marshall condemned socialist ideas of class struggle as ‘ pure militarism ’ and , responding to events in Russia in 1917 , Helena Swanwick confided her belief that ‘ no real building can come out of revolutions which make a dust and a mess and bitterness and reaction . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Visible forms ’ , he wrote , ‘ are to edify , either by understanding , or when by affection the minds of the congregation are stirred up with that reverence , devotion , attention and due regard which in that case seemeth requisite , especially means which make a deep and strong impression on the eye . ’ |
| 58 | Is it therefore possible to separate out those aspects of ‘ Motherese ’ which make a positive contribution to language learning from those which are merely incidental and possibly those which are actually detrimental ? |
| 59 | The claim that individuals are the proper locus of explanation because they could do otherwise , and the claim that their actions are indeed important independent variables which make a substantial difference to the course of events are precisely the claims that must be argued for , rather than merely stated . |
| 60 | Bedroom with twin single beds , which make a double bed . |