Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 What is more , introducing PRP for nurses has added anything up to a billion dollars to administrative costs in the US public sector — a figure which may send shudders down the spine of Britain 's cost-conscious NHS .
2 If the process persists too intensely and for too long , ever more desperate and damaging controls need to be applied , controls which may involve abuses of the body , of food , drink and drugs , and of other people .
3 This is to avoid the type of criticism which may have repercussions on the team member 's status or salary .
4 In practical terms this concern is relevant only where supervising and senior staff in the agency may learn about a pollution ; by definition these are cases which the agency regards as important , in particular , those which may have implications for the agency 's public reputation .
5 We saw that this term was used very generally to describe various sorts of tension which arise in social practices , or between them , and which may provoke changes in the structure of society .
6 If the proposed Directive is adopted , this additional information can no longer be required ; this removes potential competitive disadvantages to which UK companies may otherwise be subject and which may constitute barriers to the right of establishment .
7 A characteristic which he stresses , and which should give managers in the formal sector pause for thought , is its ‘ enormous flexibility ’ .
8 The level at which stamp duty is imposed has been lifted to £60,000 , which should save homebuyers at the lower end of the market an average £600 .
9 A team of cancer specialists is pioneering a new type of laser treatment which should help sufferers without the need for major surgery .
10 The scheme requires schools to produce a self-evaluation report which must cover aspects of the school laid out in a set of guidelines .
11 Acting as a sensitive film emulsion , the polymer recorded a phenomenon which must involve factors outside the normal concept of space/time dimensions .
12 Finally to add a bit of orange or red colours to the tank , and rather than include the aggressive C. citrinellum or C. labiatum , which might cause problems for the beginner , you could add the orange-yellow form of Petenia splendida which , while not being a Cichlasoma , would make a good addition to the community tank as they are very peaceful despite their large size .
13 As abolitionist ambitions widened in geographical scope the ability of reformers to effect them declined in respect both to an informed public opinion able to be mobilised and on finding policies which could bring results through the use of practical methods .
14 PLANS for a water bottling plant which could bring jobs to the Llangernyw area of Clwyd are likely to go ahead .
15 In this case , these were interpreted mainly as the high cost of land and premises , which could affect companies through the high housing and travel costs ( and therefore possibly wages ) for their workers ( pp. 74–8 ) , and the relative congestion and age of building in cities .
16 Following such an incident , a Board of Trade enquiry ruled that the cars should be fitted with massive bumpers , which would protect passengers on the rear steps .
17 On the other hand , when assets are economically independent , integration would bring in outside control which would dilute incentives in the division being controlled .
18 Regardless of all the toing and froing in Christian periodicals regarding women in leadership roles , no one has ever come up with anything remotely convincing which would relieve husbands from the responsibility for the direction of their families .
19 The Royal Commission on Legal Services considered a suitors ’ fund which would indemnify litigants against the additional costs resulting from a successful appeal , the death or illness of a trial judge and the determination of an unsettled point of law of public importance .
20 Democratic autonomy , which would specify conditions for the active participation of citizens in decisions which affect them , is Held 's Ideal .
21 At the meeting the 41-member council recommended constitutional and party statute amendments which would delete references to the party as the " ruling political force of society and of the state " .
22 In a town where the politics of two great interests clashed , it was essential to make the best possible use of any means of influence and to have a deputy functioning in the regality court in a way which would make friends for the duke 's interest rather than enemies .
23 As a result of a two day debate at Westminster and the publication of a White Paper " The Northern Ireland Constitution " the Westminster government decided that a Constitutional Convention should be elected which would make proposals regarding the way in which the people of Northern Ireland themselves wished to be governed .
24 The new constitution , which was based on that of the NCCL , emphasised the association 's character as a body which would make representations on the broad issues of civil liberties and would also take up individual cases of discrimination and ill-treatment .
25 All that remains now is for the draw , which will be made in the Rome Sports Palace late this afternoon , to avoid such minor irritations as Holland joining England in Sardinia , thereby doubling the security problem ; Scotland renewing hostilities with Uruguay , whom they have refused to meet in friendlies since the 1986 World Cup ; and Austria playing West Germany , which would revive memories of the cynical conspiracy in 1982 which froze Algeria out of the second phase .
26 Some models of development had been proposed which would require changes in the Charter and Statutes , but since there was no evidence that the government wished to see any change in the basic role ‘ of the Council or in the status of institutions in the maintained sector ’ , the Council had given priority in the shorter term to developments within the existing Charter and Statutes .
27 Until now nobody knew how the parasites were killed , but if Clark 's idea is correct , and can be shown to operate in humans , a new generation of anti-malarials could be made which would kill parasites inside the red blood cells by local production of free radicals .
28 The report spells out a series of options , and leans towards a plan which would put men on the Moon in 2001 to build a base there as a springboard for the Martian expedition 10 years later .
29 It is possible , nevertheless , to take quite a different view of the relationship between the binary policy and perceptions of the universities — a view which would have resonances in the developing higher education systems of many other countries .
30 Frans Andriessen , the EC Commissioner responsible for foreign relations , favoured " affiliate membership " for Europe 's " orphan countries " , which would have members in the European Parliament , observer status at the Commission , participation in the EC 's single internal market and links to the EC 's planned single currency .
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