Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [indef pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In my opinion euthanasia is a crime against humanity which one should never consent or cooperate with . |
| 2 | ( A friend of my youth held that his main aim in life was to become a dirty old man : an aim which one can now see was almost enlightened ! ) |
| 3 | However , one inexpensive precaution is to apply self-adhesive warning stickers on the glass at eye level : for example , on a patio door which someone might inadvertently walk or run into while their attention is fixed on the garden beyond . |
| 4 | All the great religions affirm that at the heart of religion lies Mystery which nothing can adequately express : all religious forms of expression have the character of pointing towards this Mystery , and not describing it . |
| 5 | That there have occurred changes which may be described as permissive is not doubted : ‘ We have experienced a change in standards of conduct which one might also describe by reversing Caxton 's quotation . |
| 6 | Noël Coward 's Cavalcade , for example , though Jack could see its merit , struck him as fundamentally cheap , ‘ a mere brutal assault on one 's emotions , using material which one ca n't help feeling intensely . |
| 7 | If one wanted to meet someone in London who is in fact elsewhere and had to spend a morning travelling which one could pleasantly have spent in bed , then the desire to travel can be faulted . |
| 8 | Of what value after all is a power which one could never use , or at any rate did not know how to use ? |