Example sentences of "which explains [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a difference which explains why Britain alone has privatised most of her industry , whereas her neighbours have not ; and why she spends 1.1 per cent of her gross national product on industrial subsidies while her partners spend 3 to 4 per cent of theirs . |
| 2 | Which explains why actors Greta Stoddart , Allison Cologna and Catherine Marmier are hanging out to dry . |
| 3 | Dealings with touts will attract a premium , which explains why London concierges always look forward to Wimbledon fortnight and Cup Final Saturday . |
| 4 | Most part-timers are women , which explains why women have fared better in this recession than men . |
| 5 | The situation is quite similar therefore to that with the verbs of perception , which explains why Kruisinga and Erades ( 1960 : 366 ) have pointed out that " the perception or causing is thought of as happening simultaneously with what is perceived or caused " . |
| 6 | Nippon , Ville de Paris and Il Moro di Venezia have all been more innovative in the shaping and cutting of their sails , which explains why Farr is getting more involved in the New Zealand sail programme himself . |
| 7 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
| 8 | ‘ Plum ’ consequently became a blanket term for dried fruit , which explains why plum pudding does not actually contain any . |
| 9 | With rectangular Cartesian coordinates in Euclidean space the distinction between vector and covector components disappears , which explains why covector components are not usually used in Newtonian mechanics . |
| 10 | It is this relatively more subtle classification system which explains why policemen and women were so concerned from the very beginning with the field-worker 's background , schooling , area of residence , affiliations , political opinions , and so on , even those visited on only a few occasions . |
| 11 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 12 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 13 | By its very nature , the organic content in a fertile soil constitutes a reservoir , a bank balance that will stand withdrawals for some time with little or nothing going in , which explains why fertility can often be maintained for a while by replacing lost nutrients with straight chemicals . |