Example sentences of "which [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . |
| 2 | Buffalo , zebra , wildebeest , topi , and Thomson 's gazelle live together in huge groups which together make up some 90% of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti . |
| 3 | Also in this group are ‘ safe to work ’ systems which physically lock out mechanical parts or electrical power supplies preventing them being inadvertently used while cleaning is in progress . |
| 4 | They will also want to see 2,500 voting papers from another NUS election which mysteriously turned up seven years after they should have been destroyed . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if ‘ rent reserved ’ has a more specific and discriminatory meaning it is not a phrase which instantly yields up that meaning to a Scots lawyer , untrained in the techniques of English conveyancing . |
| 6 | Smith has a way of merging pragmatism with logic that prevents the escape of a lot of the hot air which inevitably hypes up these occasions . |
| 7 | Some significant advances have been made in removing the colonial view of history and society which virtually blotted out all history and culture , apart from that of Europe and European settlers in Africa . |
| 8 | Solicitors ' firms large and small have come to realise that at a time when competition is intense and growth is seen as essential in order to meet increased overheads and maintain profit levels ( let alone to increase them ) any policy which irrevocably rules out fundamental reorganisation of their practices is likely to prove short-sighted . |
| 9 | Porybny , a director of Florenc ( the party-owned and latterly state-owned company which published Rude Pravo ) , had founded a joint-stock company , Borgis , which then took over Rude Pravo . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) Pituitary gland produces hormones which initially bring about sexual maturation , maintain activity of the gonads ( testes in men , ovaries in women ) and control the menstrual cycle . |
| 11 | There is an amusing passage from a skit by Max Beerbohm , the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the decadent " nineties and the early years of this century , which neatly points out this danger . |
| 12 | Sir I would just , I think it would help the panel if you will refer to table seventeen of erm N Y six which actually sets out these sites . |
| 13 | He also hopes to woo companies like GEC Plc and Alcatel SA , which currently carry out similar work in-house . |