Example sentences of "[det] which [pron] [vb mod] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing , tragedy teaches us to contemplate with equanimity , indeed with serene detachment , that which we can not change and should therefore speedily abandon . |
| 2 | It could be that we are fatally drawn to the mysterious : the water is that which we can not fathom , the unfathomable . |
| 3 | Under other constitutional systems , one can detect a vague principle that a parliament can not do indirectly that which it can not do directly , but there is little authority for such a doctrine here . |
| 4 | In essence the business of this unit is to provide what it sensibly can and to purchase that which it can not provide . |
| 5 | ( Gregory 's slogan was : ‘ That which he could not assume he could not heal . ’ ) |
| 6 | Under this interpretation , actions which originate from ‘ inside ’ the self are those which are seen as in accordance with conscious desires or intentions , and those which originate from ‘ outside ’ the self are those which one would not do if one were not coerced . |
| 7 | The mayor asks them to tell him what has been written because there are several which he can not read . |