Example sentences of "which [verb] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lower slopes , which descend at a lesser incline to a height of 110 metres , also produce fine wines , although not quite the same exalted standard as the rest of this village . |
| 2 | Also , the amalgamation of unions which occurred at a rapid pace throughout the inter-war years greatly improved the organization and effectiveness of the trade union movement as the years progressed . |
| 3 | One notable effect the alternative social format contained lay in the assault upon the senses which occurred at a pragmatic level . |
| 4 | The Select Committee 's examination of the four options which looks at a wide range of technical , economic , social and environmental factors and recommends the government to choose the Channel Tunnel Group proposal . |
| 5 | ‘ MEETING JESUS ’ by Leighton Ford contains 13 studies each of which looks at a different aspect of who Jesus is . |
| 6 | An operant is a piece of behaviour which has a spontaneous nature which occurs at a predetermined frequency . |
| 7 | Corporate audits , which look at a complete business and measure it against legislation and company environmental policy . |
| 8 | A group is a lesser thing than a team , which performs at a higher level of cohesion than a mere group needs to ( see Teams on page 161 ) . |
| 9 | Gone , maybe , are the famed histrionics but in their place is an assuredness which hints at a new maturity . |
| 10 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 11 | Voluntary organisations which operate at a regional level would be severely disadvantaged by the proposals in the White Paper . |
| 12 | Surely there were many which went at a slow tempo , such as the first Beethoven Modlinger Dance I mentioned in my original article , the rapid-fire tattoos of its French horns ensuring a slow pace . |
| 13 | Most chemical reactions which proceed at a measurable rate are believed to take place in a series of simple steps . |
| 14 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 15 | The TEC LM100 is a corded gun which operates at a lower temperature ( almost 70° lower is claimed by the manufacturers ) than most models , making possible the bonding of heat-sensitive materials such as polystyrene foam , fabrics and thin film material . |
| 16 | You play against the computer which operates at a chosen skill level so you could have a chance of winning . |
| 17 | By measuring the trace amounts of radioactive carbon in coral skeletons , which decays at a known rate , he could work out the ages of the corals at different depths in his boreholes . |
| 18 | Yet Lord Burghley , Master of the Wards from 1561 to 1598 , made no attempt to exploit this revenue to the full : his period of control witnessed an immediate fall in the court 's income , which remained at a low level until his son took over . |
| 19 | I shall update you with any changes which occur at a later date . |
| 20 | An advantage of this slender branch byway , which runs at a higher level than the main road , is the splendid panorama it affords of the encircling hills : across the valley the distant double-topped Frostrow merges in the long whaleback skyline of Rise Hill ; at the head is Great Knoutberry Hill carrying the railway ; rising to the left are the lower slopes of Whernside , succeeded by Great Coum beyond the gap of Deepdale , and finally Middleton Fell closes the horizon . |