Example sentences of "[prep] which be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least fifty per cent of which is documented historical fact , you claim that yourself at the beginning of the book . ’ |
| 2 | It has a Legislative Committee , one of the chief functions of which is to negotiate parliamentary endorsement for such measures . |
| 3 | The grant is awarded to pay toward the costs of a series of three workshops , the purpose of which is to disseminate 16-19 Initiative findings . |
| 4 | It appears that the unemployed are segmented into two groups each of which is accorded different treatment : those who have been unemployed for more than six months and those who have not . |
| 5 | In particular , Vol. 2 provides site accounts for individual sites , within many of which is included botanical information . |
| 6 | In other animals there is behaviour which benefits another individual , and moreover there is behaviour the end of which is to benefit another individual , in a sense of ‘ end ’ which requires a lot of work to make clear , but which is uncontentiously illustrated by behaviour the end of which is that the animal should take in food . |
| 7 | The British Museum 's collection , much of which was collected last century or in the early half of this century , was shown by TL to contain some twenty forgeries , most of which had , in recent years , been suspected to be modern . |
| 8 | As de Groot ( 1983 ) reports , 90 per cent of the lad area was declared a national park in 1959 and the Charles Darwin Research Station was established in 1960 on Santa Cruz Island , the aim of which was to undertake scientific research and to begin a programme of goat eradication . |
| 9 | This type of inspection chamber may also be fitted with a ventilator with a hinged mica flap — the idea of which was to let fresh air into the drains but not let foul air out . |
| 10 | The LCAC advice was produced in April , the effect of which was to reject any extension for rights of audience for the CPS and other employed lawyers and the Advisory Committee concluded that the Law Society 's application was inadequate in certain respects . |
| 11 | There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished . |
| 12 | The present pattern of Business Studies degrees , in many respects , reflects the state of thinking of commerce degrees of the late 30s , most of which had disappeared by or soon after 1950 , in favour of a more discipline-oriented approach in which there were substantial new elements , with the appearance of sociology and politics , both of which were to acquire greater prominence . |
| 13 | It follows the company 's 1.6″ high 0663 , 250,000 of which were shipped last year according to IBM . |
| 14 | One pair of blue jeans , faded , American label , in the pockets of which were found two cinema tickets , one wallet , brown leather with a red painted design , containing … ’ |
| 15 | Like all Mercantile and General-owned farms , two of which were sold last year and a fourth is also under offer , it had been well-maintained . |
| 16 | Commissioned by Chapman & Hall , not as a novel but as the letterpress for a series of comic designs by Robert Seymour , 4 of which were to appear each month , about a club of sporting characters ; at that date novels were not published in monthly parts , a form commonly used for illustrated works . |
| 17 | Whole flies ( 100 to 200 mg ) were crushed in 1 ml of extraction buffer ( Tris 10mM pH 7.8 , NaCl 60 mM , EDTA 10mM ) at 0–5°C to which was added 1 volume of lyse buffer ( Tris 300 mM , pH 9 , EDTA 100 mM , DEPC 0.8% ) , SDS 1% , Proteinase K 100µg/ml and incubated 1 h at 65°C . |
| 18 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 19 | broken pieces of old ships on which is found certain spume or froth , which in time breedeth into shells , and the fish which is hatched therefrom is in shape and habit like a bird … |
| 20 | At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers . |
| 21 | According to an early eighteenth-century edition of an early Han source , it was reported of the emperor Wen that he ‘ acquired a drinking cup of jade , on which was carved this inscription : ‘ Master of Mankind , may Thy Life be prolonged to the great delight of this world ! |
| 22 | There can be little doubt that liberalization ( by which is meant effective restriction of the colonial trade to a larger number of Spanish merchants than under the old system ) greatly increased the volume and the proportion of Spanish goods in the legal trade , and therefore acted as a direct stimulant to industrial and commercial revival . |