Example sentences of "which [det] of [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We insist on an area of personal moral sovereignty within which each of us may prefer the interests of family and friends and devote himself to projects that are selfish , however grand . |
| 2 | In contrast to this , according to the emotivist thesis , the typical cause and effect of a statement like ‘ Personal affection is a great good ’ is not any kind of genuine belief , which could be true or false , but an emotional attitude of favouring personal affection , which each of us may find ourselves either sharing or otherwise , but which we can not properly call true or false ; it therefore has primarily an emotive rather than a descriptive meaning . |
| 3 | ‘ This is one way in which each of us can make a difference now ’ |
| 4 | P. T. Geach , Mental Acts , refers to the Cartesian idea ‘ that introspection can give the word ‘ I ’ a special sense , which each of us can learn on his own account' . |
| 5 | God 's warning to the Israelites as they embarked on their conquest of the Promised Land can be applied easily to the renewal of mind which each of us should experience . |
| 6 | But there remained one crucial detail , not covered by protocol , which neither of them could remember : had Sir Denis accompanied her to Buckingham Palace when she kissed hands with the Queen ? |
| 7 | We must make the best of an occasion which has overtaken us but which neither of us would want , given the choice . ’ |
| 8 | Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it . |
| 9 | Well , if we had been a little more realistic , we would have included another item in the expenditure side — wasted time , which some of you may have included under the heading private study ! |
| 10 | One gentleman I ought to mention to you in this connection — my friend Mr. Michael Barry tells me — is the writer in ‘ Property and Finance ’ , which some of you may have read . |
| 11 | We were proud to participate in the CCPR Wembley Festivals of Movement and Dance in 1955 , 1958 and 1963 , which some of you will remember , and so it was with particular pleasure we accepted the invitation to join in the celebrations to be held on 20th April at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 12 | There is , erm , within London , in the next fours years or so , a major initiative that 's being operated under under the erm , A C E N V O , Association of Chief Executives and National Voluntary Organisations which some of you will know about . |
| 13 | On the other hand there is nothing in the Labour amendment which many of them would oppose anyway . |
| 14 | Their habitations would be huts , which they would have to build themselves , in desert land away from the few cities ; their diet would be healthy and sustaining but it would be monotonous , and they would have to do without delicacies which many of them might have become used to in the Diaspora . |
| 15 | However , far from benefiting from this measure , the people of the south-east of England will also suffer at the hands of Chancellor Norman Lamont through increased fuel bills which many of them will have difficulty in paying as , contrary to popular myth , the south-east does not consist entirely of rich people . |
| 16 | Fear of death means that the most dangerous activity which many of us will contemplate is crossing the road ; while others , no less afraid of death , will canoe down dangerous rapids , explore the wildest of jungles , or whizz around motorcycle tracks . |
| 17 | Congress , there 's a very familiar phrase which is often used in the English language , a phrase which many of you may have used yourselves from time to time . |
| 18 | Yes one of the er sad things about Harlow youth theatre which many of you will remember er was sole run so successfully by Roger over a number of years . |
| 19 | There is another thing which I know you were thinking about a great deal , which all of us must think about . |
| 20 | Unrealistic prices not related to the long-term supply price of any energy source lead inevitably to excessive and inefficient consumption while rational pricing policies are one of the most important elements in making users accommodate to the harsh realities of the high energy cost environment in which all of us must live . |
| 21 | This led to a vast number of prosecutions , usually in the magistrates ' court , because the authorities were quite careful about alleging that less damage had occurred than would give the protesters the option of having a jury trial , something for which most of them would have very happily volunteered . |
| 22 | In the American state of California , people have a life-style which most of us would envy . |
| 23 | Which most of us will have a mortgage protected against death , I E , the sum assured is released to repay the loan , what happens if we get a critical illness , heart attack , stroke , etcetera , and ca n't work . |