Example sentences of "which [verb] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an iterative process which involves trawling through the design space of possible configurations until the optimal solution is found . |
| 2 | Such metalwork and fabric may have been decorated in a way which conveyed meaning to the wearer and the viewer , but all of the artefacts whose technology we have considered had , first and foremost a function to their owners . |
| 3 | MK Trafford Holdings failed in a takeover bid for Manchester United , which failed to float on the stock market as well as the pitch . |
| 4 | although through speculating about the role of the unobservable ‘ anticipated reactions ’ of one actor to another or considering the values and interests which failed to emerge in the policy making process , it may entertain the possibility of hidden power processes its main weakness may be that it is a description rather than an analysis of power relationships . |
| 5 | ‘ They did the same to the glass industry , which became based on the island of Murano . ’ |
| 6 | The IHT deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267 do not apply to determine the settlor 's domicile for the purposes of this provision ( nor do they apply in respect of moving trust property abroad ) in relation to property which became comprised in the settlement before 10 December 1974 . |
| 7 | His major work , however , which became known as The Scale of Perfection was extremely popular in his own time . |
| 8 | The eventual results were the creation of a new degree in natural science in 1850 , and the building of a new scientific teaching centre , which became known as the University Museum . |
| 9 | He continued in words which became known as the Kilmuir rules : |
| 10 | A great ramp of rock was built up to its mouth which became known as the Thriddle Incline — a conspicuous present day feature . |
| 11 | A second committee , headed by the Williamite Whig , John Somers , and which contained sixteen Whigs to only six Tories , deliberately removed the radical proposals found in the Heads of Grievances , reducing it to the much more conservative document which became known as the Declaration of Rights . |
| 12 | In order to destroy all domestic opposition , he began , with the help of the CIA and the Israeli secret service Mossad , to build a formidable secret police , which became known by the acronym SAVAK ( from its Iranian name , Sazeman-e-Ettle " to va Amniyat-e Keshvar , which means National Intelligence and Security Organization ) . |
| 13 | Extracting this sort of consolation prize from the Bourbon candidate was the first stage of Britain 's advance into the Mediterranean , which in the nineteenth century was followed by a series of acquisitions which led to control of the route to the east . |
| 14 | This dissonance is one of the most characteristic sounds of Bulgarian women 's traditional singing ; other striking features are the high-pitched yips which punctuate singing from the Shop and Pirin regions , and Pirin songs also feature strikingly beautiful na visoko ( high ) voices . |
| 15 | This may be true , and many advertisers of these categories of goods — which tend to account for the majority of advertisements appearing on TV and in major national newspapers and magazines — behave as if they believe it . |
| 16 | Unlike conventional football books , which tend to skim across the surface of disappointment in chapters entitled ‘ The Lean Years ’ , Hampden Babylon finds a certain self-mocking delight in disappointment . |
| 17 | In August the Young Republicans set up a front organisation , the People 's Action League , which planned to campaign on the issue of high-rise flats , and picketed the Guildhall , calling for an extension of the city boundary and , on another occasion , at the siting of a new Michelin factory at Ballymena in County Antrim instead of Derry . |
| 18 | The questions which arose turned on the construction of the then rules concerning leave to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction : Rousou 's Trustee v. Rousou [ 1955 ] 1 W.L.R. 545 and , later , [ 1955 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 19 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 20 | Our grandchildren were playing with some large pinecones which got chattered around the garden . |
| 21 | They angered their EC colleagues , who were first persuaded to back the Greek argument and then had to wriggle out of it , and the United Nations , which got hauled into the dispute . |
| 22 | There are only a few species of plants which grow floating on the water surface and are considered as useful for the heated aquarium . |
| 23 | Two of them do reach results which appear to conflict with the wording , and for which no good reason can be found other than the one they give themselves : that this was the testator 's intention . |
| 24 | The risks are thought to be very small : ( 1 ) because the balance of the natural environment is primarily controlled by the species already present which appear to operate to the detriment of new introductions ; and ( 2 ) because in new releases of microorganisms to date , all very closely monitored , there has been no evidence of any of them getting out of control or adversely affecting the environment . |
| 25 | If we are outside , we shall not enjoy the advantages of a single currency or have the investment in this country of those companies — our own and overseas firms — which want to invest in the core of Europe and enjoy full access to all that goes on in Europe . |
| 26 | Thus , children in our classroom practice sample spent a high proportion of their time working when they were engaged in tasks which involved talking to the class , talking to the teacher , construction , listening or collaboration . |
| 27 | However , the cost of the palace was almost negligible compared with the funds ‘ invested ’ in arbitrary economic projects and the rebuilding of all the major cities in Romania , and with what Ceauşescu intended to spend on ‘ rural systematization ’ ( which involved halving of the number of villages in Romania and constructing 558 ‘ agro-industrial ’ complexes ) . |
| 28 | Any medical personnel found to have the virus were immediately banned from performing surgery which involved working inside the body , said the spokesman . |
| 29 | Much of the controversy which has raged over the issue of AID ( Artificial Insemination by Donor ) revolves around this issue . |
| 30 | The number of visitors to Redcar has fallen dramatically according to latest figures and Langbaurgh councillors blame its ‘ invisible ’ tourist information office , which has moved from the seafront to Dundas Street . |