Example sentences of "which [verb] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 2 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 3 | The group 's book printing business had performed well , he said , increasing market share in hardbacks , which had compensated for a fall in demand for mass market paperbacks during the six months . |
| 4 | Fields , he learned , owned a ‘ paper ’ airline , British Atlantic , which had applied for a licence to fly from Gatwick to Newark airport , New York , on an air ‘ frequency ’ which had been vacant since the collapse of Laker Airways two years before . |
| 5 | The proposals fall short of demands made by Scottish Natural Heritage and environment groups , which have called for a ban on tanker traffic in the Fair Isle Straits . |
| 6 | His has been the strongest and most resonant of the voices which have called for a change of priorities . |