Example sentences of "which [be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While recent developments in Zambia must be welcomed as the first occasion on which an African Commonwealth head of state has left office because of the ballot box , are there not all too many countries in Africa which are not moving towards democracy ? |
| 2 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 3 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 4 | Most refugees go to neighbouring countries , which are often living at subsistence levels themselves . |
| 5 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 6 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 7 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 8 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 9 | The clearest pattern was that for local history and archaeology ( both counted among ‘ Social Studies ’ ) which were rapidly gaining in popularity , with 58 courses between them in 1957–58 compared to only 26 four years earlier . |
| 10 | That beer swilling , tattooed , sexist monstrosity which is fast heading into extinction anyway . |
| 11 | ‘ I remain Chairman of a large company , Harrison and Crosfield , Chairman of the Dover Harbour Board , which is also looking towards privatisation , and I 've got a number of charities I 'm involved in . |
| 12 | ( Much in evidence is the M79 grenade-launcher which is curiously missing from Platoon . ) |
| 13 | She shows that unequal access to cash is a source of friction , and that rows about money are a common cause of the domestic violence which is now coming to light ( Pahl , 1983 , 1985 ; see also Brannen and Wilson , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | But Hunting has invested £10m of its own money in BAe 's new Jetstream 41 which is now going into production . |
| 15 | If ‘ story ’ suggests a narrative sequence towards which Double Or Nothing is gesturing , Federman it the same time questions each fictional possibility so thoroughly that the only reliable sequence becomes the narrative voice which is constantly shifting in person and tone . |
| 16 | Unlike conquering a major peak , it is an inescapable truth that crevasses are a negative factor in the mountains , the avoidance of which is totally lacking in glamour or dinner party kudos . |
| 17 | He took Coleman several times through Sami Jafaar 's part in the Fawaz Younis affair and the circumstances of Jafaar 's subsequent posting to Switzerland for Operation polar Cap , which was just getting under way as the debriefing took place . |
| 18 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 19 | ‘ He was extremely drunk and in a stupor when he attempted the crime — which was never going to work . |