Example sentences of "[prep] which [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to imprisonment after which he sought greater freedom in America . |
| 2 | It is in this area that more clinical research might most profitably be done , for these are complex psychological phenomena about which we have little certainty . |
| 3 | Of the pets listed above , the only one about which we have proper information is Julio . |
| 4 | Let's consider first of all the quantitative ground , erm and let's talk about one of the major transitions , one of the major origins about which we have some information , and that is the origin of the mammals from the reptiles. erm we have quite a lot of fossils erm erm from the permian up to the triassic erm of mammals and their reptilian ancestors , and we know pretty well what went on . |
| 5 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 6 | Of course I did study quite a bit of Chopin in my early years , and there was a brief ‘ middle period ’ during which I played one recital in Vienna consisting entirely of Chopin Polonaises and Liszt Rhapsodies ! |
| 7 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 8 | Jack Smith remembers one lecture Minton gave during which he made riveting use of a hip flask , saying ‘ Excuse me one minute ’ as he drank from it . |
| 9 | Ken was effectively a bishop for some five years , during which he showed great zeal for the teaching of the Catechism and the relief of the poor . |
| 10 | Just before she left England for the travels during which she acquired this souvenir , Johnson tore up all her letters in his anger at her marriage with the Italian musician Gabriele Piozzi . |
| 11 | The cultural phenomena through which we glimpse female spirituality in the Middle Ages are undoubtedly important for feminist studies . |
| 12 | Insects who feed off , pollinate or whose lives are otherwise associated with these particular plants have a corresponding detection system in the structure of their antennae , through which they perceive specific patterning in the infrared , just as we perceive what we call ‘ visible ’ light , through our eyes . |
| 13 | It is a strong , resilient , twisted rope to which the baby is attached in the womb , and through which it receives all nourishment until birth , when the cord is severed . |
| 14 | He defined the need for special forces in the area : first as troops for post-occupational duties in captured territories ; second , as ‘ small raiding parties of the thug variety , for which we have L Detachment S.A.S. Brigade and the Special Boat Section ’ ; and finally as raiding parties on a larger scale which was the original purpose in retaining the old Middle East Commando . |
| 15 | David Radcliffe , marketing director for Hogg Robinson 's 206 shops , for which they produced this week the latest edition of a four-volume in-house resort hotel guide to 1750 establishments , points out that his chain is already ‘ segmented on tailor-made , seat-only and bed-only markets ’ . |
| 16 | The whole effect is so convincing that flies not only visit flower after flower , transporting the stapelia 's pollen , but even complete the activity for which they visit real carrion — laying their eggs on the flower just as they do in a carcass . |
| 17 | The directors of these films , tourists in working-class cultures for which they felt little sympathy , saw only what they wanted to see . |
| 18 | While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications . |
| 19 | To discourage them , we pretended that my rifle case contained a machine gun a weapon for which they had considerable respect , having occasionally encountered one when fighting Government troops . |
| 20 | How could I make proposals on social security without mentioning National Insurance for which I had ministerial responsibility ? |
| 21 | This was the only one of the three language efforts for which I received any payment ; in this case an honorarium from the Burma Government of thirty pounds . |
| 22 | My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Burton is a member of the council of Justice — an organisation for which I have great respect and which operates under the presidency of Lord Alexander of Weedon . |
| 23 | I did catch the occasional pike , and to this day there is no fish for which I have such respect . |
| 24 | Sumitomo Bank has stuck with NCR equipment for every generation of its banking systems since the implementation of the First Online system in the 1970s , and the defeat means that NCR now loses its last big customer account and one for which it maintained considerable investment in mainframes — even developing the 9800XL series , last of its mainframes — especially for Sumitomo . |
| 25 | Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence . |
| 26 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 27 | After a while she runs out of things to say , so she says ‘ hold on till we can answer your call ’ , and that is followed by a lengthy silence ( for which you pay more money through your other nostril ) . |
| 28 | Her former Special Adviser , Patrick Cosgrave , recounts how there were only two areas for which she had any respect : |
| 29 | Experts are still attempting to establish what caused the filly to test positive to a banned substance after her 40-length defeat by Indian Quest at Kempton last month , for which she started 6-4 favourite . |
| 30 | E7.93 The European Environmental Bureau : To note that the Director was nominated as the UK EEB members ' representative to an EEB conference on coastal protection development held in Denmark on 1st & 2nd May for which he received European Commission funding . |