Example sentences of "which [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status .
2 In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed .
3 Thus Housman satisfies those provisions for " Englishing " which demand respect for the original content and the supplying of a prosody which at least conveys the organisation of the source poem and something of its interpersonal accent .
4 Mr McNamara said the bombing was in complete disregard of the Geneva Convention , which demanded respect for the wounded and sick .
5 The monitoring and evaluation completes the course of action for that year ; it also begins to produce fresh information on which to base action for the following years , and so the cycle can begin again .
6 The second was the rhythm of the war itself , which gave time for the detailed discussion of post-war policy .
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