Example sentences of "which [vb -s] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a view which goes back a long way , at least as far as the time of the Radcliffe Report in 1960 . |
| 2 | These terms are all very descriptive , since the material which accumulates around a Strombolian vent does indeed look rather like boiler slag , but it is more correctly called scoria , and the cones which build up around the vent scoria cones . |
| 3 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 4 | An outstanding example of this type of narrative is Vargas Llosa 's Conversation in the Cathedral , which pivots around a four-hour conversation between two characters , the whole novel being made up of dialogue and narrative units generated in waves by the central conversation , as the two men 's review of their past lives sparks off inner thoughts and recollections and conjures up other conversations and dramatized episodes . |
| 5 | A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction but remains chemically unchanged at the end of that reaction . |
| 6 | The robot will roam nuclear-weapons facilities , scouring concrete surfaces with a gadget like a sand blaster which shoots out a pressurised stream of dry-ice pellets . |
| 7 | However , we can illustrate the most important features by considering just two types of motion , each of which occurs over a significant sub-range . |
| 8 | The poetic purpose of Genette 's Narrative Discourse is curiously complemented by his study of Proust 's A la recherche du temps perdu which takes up a good portion of the book . |
| 9 | Body language is with us night and day but something else which takes up a fair amount of time in our lives is travel . |
| 10 | For this reason , adultery should be seen for what it has become , an act of sexual conduct which takes on a symbolic character if offensive to the other partner . |
| 11 | It can perform flow injection analysis ( FIA ) and segmented continuous flow analysis ( SFA ) independently or can combine the techniques on a single test allowing automatic sample pretreatment such as dilution , concentration and/or filtration on-line , The Super Cartridge is a two part heater consisting of a spool of polymeric tubing which droops over a cone-shaped heater . |
| 12 | What would happen if there was a revolution and the monarchy was overthrown , Parliament dissolved and all its members imprisoned , and new elections held to a Constitutional Convention which draws up a new constitution with a presidential system of government and a single chamber assembly ? |
| 13 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 14 | Trying out various ideas they eventually settled on the use of a Ring Modulator , which sets up a low frequency hum breaking up speech patterns into juddery , intermittent tones . |
| 15 | At the other end of the rod is a transducer which sets up a controlled vibration within the sapphire . |
| 16 | The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen . |
| 17 | I commend the book God is Green by Ian Bradley which sets out a useful outline of Christian thought on this subject . |
| 18 | These include a macro lens at the touch of a button — great for capturing details of flowers — and a fully automatic built in flash which gives out a pre-flash emission to minimise ‘ red eye ’ . |
| 19 | This is a good place , too , for the mat-like camomile ‘ Treneague ’ , which gives off a strong aroma as you tread it underfoot . |
| 20 | Which brings back a curious memory , of canvassing a young man in a tracksuit in Cromford , Derbyshire , who stood before me arguing about education , with what John Major would call a very considerable erection . |