Example sentences of "which end [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That convergence is the concluding point of Animal Farm , which ends on a sudden vision of a resemblance , even an identity , between the warring representatives of two dictatorial orders : ‘ … already it was impossible to say which was which ’ . |
| 2 | Never mind that this idea destroys the fundamental premise of J. M. Barrie 's story , which ends with a vision of Wendy 's descendants continuing to visit the Neverland with an eternally youthful Peter ‘ so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless ’ ; nor yet that Captain James Hook has somehow escaped from the jaws of the ticking crocodile to dream of a return engagement with the leader of the Lost Boys . |
| 3 | Never mind that this idea destroys the fundamental premise of J. M. Barrie 's story , which ends with a vision of Wendy 's descendants continuing to visit the Neverland with an eternally youthful Peter ‘ so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless ’ ; nor yet that Captain James Hook has somehow escaped from the jaws of the ticking crocodile to dream of a return engagement with the leader of the Lost Boys . |
| 4 | A concise and informative general consideration of ants and their foraging , nesting and domestic life precedes a detailed examination of the villains of the insect world , the army ants , which ends with a welcome plea for protection of their habitats . |
| 5 | He also took part in the final ceremony of initiation into manhood which ends with a mass hugging . |
| 6 | The difference is still more striking when it occurs in the same work , e.g. Arnold von Bruck 's ‘ O du armer Judas ’ ( published by Hans Ott of Nuremberg in his collection of 121 newe Lieder , 1534 ) which ends with a Kyrie : |
| 7 | Techniques for handling curved space–time are discussed in Chapter 4 , which ends with a presentation of the Schwarzschild solution for space–time outside a spherically symmetric mass distribution . |
| 8 | The ad , which ends with a gruesome image of an upside-down coffee cup pouring blood , provoked swift retaliation from P&G , Folger 's parent company . |
| 9 | Fee for membership for the coming term , which ends with a concert in the Crescent Arts Centre on December 11 , is £25 . |
| 10 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 11 | A sequence of words which ends at a point where a pause may be made without any detrimental effect to the sense of the utterance . |
| 12 | They are strategically erected in places favoured by migrant birds , such as over stone walls or steep-sided streams , and are often planted with trees and bushes in order to encourage birds into the ‘ tunnel ’ which ends in a glass-fronted catching box . |
| 13 | Mr MacGregor will be told that during the first 12 of the 13 four-week periods of the 1992-93 financial year — which ends in a fortnight — fare income was up 9 per cent on the equivalent periods a year earlier . |
| 14 | The intention had been a fairly short , impressive strike which ended on a note of strength and with the obvious ability to resume at a later date should the government drag its feet on terrorism and law and order . |
| 15 | The Jets responded with a 97-yard drive which ended with a one-yard scoring run by Roger Vick . |
| 16 | At last night 's service , which ended with a piper playing the lament Flowers on the Forest , Father Keegans said : ‘ Quite simply , life can not be the same again … |
| 17 | Koster was recently typing a report , which ended with a section headed ‘ Final outcome ’ . |
| 18 | The haiku was one which ended with a downward cut , followed by a single outward thrust . |
| 19 | Secondly , in October 1911 he faced a charge of obtaining money on false pretences in connection with an abortive land deal in Nottinghamshire , which ended with a twelve-month jail sentence . |
| 20 | The United States space shuttle Discovery deployed the US$740,000,000 Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite ( UARS ) to study the ozone layer during a seven-day mission which ended with a landing in California on Sept. 18 . |
| 21 | After a long game in the kitchen which ended in a draw , they went upstairs and made love . |
| 22 | It had served as a community arts centre which ended in a dreadful financial muddle , with an unsavoury reputation among the town 's staider citizens , and a very popular bar which managed to lose money . |
| 23 | The threat of economic collapse , a government ( Papandreou 's ) which ended in a welter of corruption of the most Balkan variety and a very recent history of dictatorship certainly make Brussels preferable to Athens for many Greeks . |
| 24 | After the match , Baxter allegedly took Puskas on a right royal bender which ended in a flat in Drumchapel , an area not normally associated with high class society . |
| 25 | Cunninghame Graham was , however , correct in observing that the expedition against the Awok ‘ really called for greater nerve than that against the Tulas , which ended in a fight ’ ; and this , as Hastings himself seemed to recognize in recalling first and foremost his ‘ colossal cheek ’ , was surely the point of it all . |
| 26 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 27 | The game between Danbury B and SJP B was another close affair which ended in a 5–5 draw . |
| 28 | He did not appear for the second-half of the match , which ended in a 1-1 draw , raising fears the knee had been badly damaged and that his career would again be threatened . |
| 29 | Under the captaincy of McBride and the coaching skills of his Ballymena colleague Syd Millar , the Lions , with nine Irishmen in tow , won 21 of their 22 games , and were only denied a clean sweep when flanker Fergus Slattery was robbed of a try in the dying minutes of the Fourth and Final Test which ended in a 13–13 draw . |
| 30 | For some reason , William sought to get rid of Adelizia and he began a case against her in the church courts which ended in a declaration by Pope Innocent II that his first contractual marriage was binding . |