Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] which [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Oxford graduate , he had moved into general management in manufacturing and then into international construction and consultancy from which he had been headhunted by Richard Addis , now one of his senior partners . |
| 2 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 3 | The only drinking in which he took part was to have the occasional gin and tonic to which he kept adding more and more tonic . |
| 4 | How much more difficult when that old person is of a different race or culture from one 's own , has a lifetime of tradition and experience of which we know nothing and has been subjected to hostile experiences , whether the horror of the Holocaust or consistent denigration by virtue of skin colour ? |
| 5 | We have already established that conflict is best handled not by clever lips for healthy friendships , but by self-understanding , well-practised interpersonal skills for listening and the resolving of differences , and the careful application of God 's principles for the specific areas of life and experience in which we find ourselves . |
| 6 | The cities I had seen in England and France left me unmoved ; their crowds had no interest for me : they lacked the colour and variety for which I craved . |
| 7 | But Exodus 1.8 read , ‘ Now there arose a new king over Egypt , who did not know Joseph , ’ and then began the story of Egyptian brutality and oppression to which we have already referred , and after that we are back with the tales of the Israelites ' stubborn complaining in the wilderness with which we have become so familiar . |
| 8 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 9 | The 32 guests enjoyed roast turkey with roast potatoes and other vegetables followed by sponge pudding and custard for which they paid the going rate . |
| 10 | Whatever the outcome , the UK financial sector has entered a period of increasing risk and uncertainty in which it remains to be seen whether the deregulation of the 1980s has provided it with competitive advantages . |
| 11 | The problem is not that people change but the ease and rapidity with which they change . |
| 12 | People would be required to enter their own wealth holdings , and wealth from which they benefit or may benefit , which is held in family trusts . |
| 13 | Robyn looks up from the copy of North and South from which she has been reading this passage , and surveys her audience with her cool , grey-green eyes . |
| 14 | This seems more than a simple displacement of the fear and anxiety with which we contemplate our own old age . |
| 15 | Across the room , nursing the remnants of his coffee , warming himself , the tall , thin creep was greatly impressed by the delicacy and decorum with which she had reacted to the West Indian 's vulgar demonstration of how to ruin a piece of pie . |
| 16 | It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseen circumstances , not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally . |
| 17 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 18 | Truman 's work focused more explicitly upon organised groups , the increasing number and importance of which he regarded as a result of governmental growth : the ‘ trend towards all increasing diversity of groups functionally attached to the institutions of government is a reflection of the characteristics and needs , to use a somewhat ambiguous term , of a complex society ’ . |
| 19 | Griffiths far instance , only came across Lewis 's power of imaginative invention and insight of which I had no conception before . |
| 20 | Now , that when you arrange your sling in the first place , it 's crucial to the success and ease of which you finalize the bit round the elbow . |
| 21 | Thus the term irony is used in something approaching its usual acceptance when Brooks associates it with Yeats 's appeal to the Greek sages in ‘ Sailing to That Yeats should speak of the ‘ artifice of eternity ’ evidently undermines in a sense the appearance of passion and sincerity with which he invokes the Greek sages , and thus can be said to bring about a kind of ironic reconciliation between his aspiration of a life free from Nature , and his rational awareness of his human limitations ( Brooks 1949 : 173 ) . |
| 22 | The poem 's language has also advanced from the darkness and dullness in which it began to a more pleasant and brighter world with words like , ‘ white ’ , ‘ light ’ and ‘ elate ’ , bringing forth a totally new mood . |
| 23 | Few things in the history of the eighteenth century , indeed , are more significant than the unquestioning support which the Russian monarchy continued to receive from its subjects in spite of the wild vicissitudes of intrigue and revolution through which it passed . |
| 24 | When we opened the door , they looked furtively around them and hurried inside with grimy bundles of sacking and newspaper from which they proceeded to unpack superb Chinese porcelain . |
| 25 | It was Robert who padded solemnly across the little bridge , waded into the pond to the culvert 's egress , and wrenched the grating from its mouth , setting free a rush of mud and water from which he lifted out , first , Nicandra 's dog ( exhausted and bleeding but quite ready to bite ) , then Lally , every stitch she wore soaked and clinging close as a swimsuit to her solid child-size body . |
| 26 | A ‘ church ’ in this context really means an organisation which has acquired , in addition to the trappings of ritual and mysticism with which it seeks to impress its followers , all the nature of a corporate business with all the appurtenances , paid staff , premises and property which is appropriate to a public company . |
| 27 | At both the Annual General Meeting , and the Council Meeting earlier that day , tributes were paid to Mr Flemington for the energy and commitment with which he had presided over the Institute and promoted its work . |
| 28 | The satisfied reader , rejoicing in Marryat 's broad humour , his acceptance of and delight in the vagaries of mankind , his shrewdness and his talent for controlling the varied pace of his stories , may well decide that his greatest virtue could be the sheer confidence of the man , his assurance that the hierarchies and authority in which he has been trained and which form the basis of his novels are essential to the well-being of his country and its navy . |
| 29 | The speed and efficiency with which it had been delivered was impressive , and suggested strongly that Kirov had also worked largely upon intuition . |
| 30 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |