Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 2 | For example my dad 's brother Omega which you could n't find in Switzerland |
| 3 | When she woke she found her hand covered with blood which she could not wash off until she went to church to confess to the priest . |
| 4 | What persuaded him were two bits of Temple 's mind which he could not mistake . |
| 5 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 6 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 7 | We have formulated an ideal piece of research which we could never hope to carry out with our own ( almost certainly ) limited money , time and personnel . |
| 8 | Your whole attention must be directed to balancing the need to produce the best result which you could personally produce , and the one which gives the subordinate a chance to learn through practical experience . |
| 9 | The second is that the pain or distress which we could probably relieve by crying , is so powerful , so overwhelming , that it becomes too deep for tears . |
| 10 | Otherwise , your hospital physiotherapist may be willing to see the specialist with you , for guidance which she can then put into practice herself . |
| 11 | She is talking about an enemy which you can not see or hear or smell . ’ |
| 12 | Because the European Commission is making a number of funds available to develop those links , the overture fund , the knowhow fund funded by the Foreign Office , the fund , the enterprise fund , the fur fund , the tempest fund , all these are in the reportback which I 'll gratefully give to the press and also the opposition if they 'll bother to read it . |
| 13 | Early English pop was riddled with homosexuality and that sensibility which we would now call camp — partly this was due to homosexual familiarity with those areas of human activity which were now being exploited , and partly to the early music industry 's seedy beginnings on the fringes of established showbusiness . |
| 14 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |
| 15 | He felt a vague disappointment which he could n't put into words . |
| 16 | Moreover , you know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I can not bear [ the flute ] . |
| 17 | It got a roar of appreciation which I can still hear , and afterwards Stephen Sondheim came over to ask me if I 'd had the dress made to go with the remark . |
| 18 | Any loss which he could reasonably have avoided will be deducted from his damages . |
| 19 | These data were supplemented by the radar ‘ looking ’ sideways at the surface , a rather subtle technique which I shall not describe . |
| 20 | I looked over towards the Pasanggrahan Hotel , and the balcony from which we had longingly watched so many prahus which we could not sail aboard . |
| 21 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 22 | It says simply ‘ Places Of Horror Which We Must Never Forget ’ and then lists ten concentration camps from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen . |
| 23 | In his book , Operational Review , Ken Impey , former head of internal audit at Reed International , sets out the typical broad headings under which an organisation could classify its different risks : ‘ disastrous ’ ( threatening damage which it could not expect to survive ) , ‘ seriously damaging ’ ( materially weakening it but from which it could expect to recover ) and ‘ unlikely to be material ’ . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) The following classes of cases are usually not subject to the doctrine : ( a ) those which include a restraint which does not involve the convenantor in giving up a freedom which he would otherwise have enjoyed unless the restraint creates a positive duty to do something which restricts his freedom during the period of its operation ; ( b ) those which , under contemporary conditions , may be found to have passed into the accepted and normal currency of commercial or contractual or conveyancing relations ; and ( c ) those in which the purpose and nature of the restraint is coterminous with the purpose of the contract . |
| 25 | The defendants argued that : ( a ) The proviso quoted above came within the first test enunciated by Lord Reid in the Esso case ( see p 7 above ) ie that it did not deprive the plaintiff of any freedom which he would otherwise have had ; accordingly that it did not operate as a restraint of trade and therefore that it was effective on the admitted facts to terminate the plaintiff 's entitlement to commission . |
| 26 | The effect of the proviso was that if the plaintiff were to recover post-termination commission he would be required to give up some freedom which he would otherwise have had , namely the freedom to take employment in whichever field he wished . |
| 27 | Equally , you might use ambiguous words which your superiors treat as a resignation which they will not allow you to retract . |
| 28 | There 's a move to legalise lifting , a change which I would wholeheartedly endorse . |
| 29 | One can only assume that your club committee have the welfare of both the fishery and your fish at heart which we should not knock . |
| 30 | I have also sent you a catalogue of Greenpeace merchandise so that you may choose from it , and may I draw special attention to the Greenpeace enamel dove badge which we would particularly like you , as a new supporter , to purchase and wear . |