Example sentences of "[prep] which [pers pn] will not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Shadow environment secretary Jack Staw said : ‘ This was an historic betrayal by the Liberals for which they will not long , nor lightly , be forgiven . ’ |
2 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
3 | There something terrible has happened to them of which they will not speak : ‘ A darkness lies behind us … and we have turned our backs on it ’ ( p. 141 ) . |
4 | I know there is something in your past of which you will not speak . |
5 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |
6 | Should not he announce that he will withdraw those parts of the Bill and give people seeking political asylum the same rights to legal advice as anyone else would have , rather than introduce this appalling system under which they will not have the same equality before the law ? |
7 | The mushroom polyps are ( by coral standards ) among the easiest coelenterates to maintain in the aquarium ( though there are various situations in which they will not thrive ) . |
8 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
9 | Many IT applications required standards without which they will not work , eg , electronic data interchange . |
10 | He said : ‘ He knows perfectly well how to hit the headlines and there seem to be no depths to which he will not plummet . |