Example sentences of "which be [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As can be seen from table 6.6 , the proportion of all families with dependent children which are headed by a single parent increased from just over 8 per cent in 1971 to just under 12 per cent in 1981 . |
| 2 | The book comprises five chapters and a Postscript which are bound into a cohesive whole with the aid of the image of an intercontinental flight that functions " as a sustaining narrative device " ( p. xii ) . |
| 3 | Awards which are developed on a national basis and meet the criteria outlined below will be designated as NATIONAL AWARDS . |
| 4 | This is all the more true because of a trend towards bigger finance houses , which are chewing into a shrinking cake . |
| 5 | Prominent in the worldwide development of wind power , WEG is currently working on a range of advanced wind turbine designs — from 300 kW to multi-megawatt size — which are supported by a comprehensive R&D programme that includes work on aerodynamics , fatigue , adaptive control systems , transmission and materials testing . |
| 6 | ‘ The presentations of new language are lively and there is plenty of practice work in both the Classbook and the Resource Book , which are packed with a wide variety of useful and stimulating material . ’ |
| 7 | In addition to discussion of management problems , these sessions can be used to tackle some of the tensions and frustrations that can arise in teams of this kind , which are dealing with a rapid turnover of patients with acute problems , or problems that sometimes seem intractable , and where drop-out rates may be high . |
| 8 | All of the entries contain details of location , times of opening , admission prices , some of which are illustrated with a small map showing the exact location of the facilities , which when in a strange land will prove to be very helpful . |
| 9 | Each topic introduces a maximum of 15 new words which are listed in a clear alphabetical index at the back of the dictionary . |
| 10 | Various explanations have been offered as to how they function but attachment probably depends on the fact that the structures concerned are covered with tubular tenent hairs , the apices of which are moistened by a glandular secretion ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 11 | These monopolies are jealously guarded : the Law Society has prosecuted unqualified individuals for performing services which are defined as a legal monopoly of the law profession . |
| 12 | standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis . |
| 13 | The range of software products includes conveyancing and fee-earner support systems , investment management , debt recovery and a client and contact database , all of which are integrated to a powerful report generator . |
| 14 | In this area he builds first a small depression by removing mouthfuls of sand and then produces a nest from weeds which are coated with a sticky substance so that they can be moulded with his snout . |
| 15 | The questions which are asked about a still image tell us a great deal about the narrative interest in that image . |
| 16 | They will be likely to have positive NPVs if they enhance product order-winning criteria which are related to a thorough analysis of competitive strengths and industry attractiveness — preferably using a clear model of the industry such as Porter ( 1985 ) proposes . |
| 17 | We should rather refer to economic processes which are constituted in a particular place , which of course does not make them local . |
| 18 | In all , 838 post-1976 imprints were identified , and in 814 instances ( 97% ) the method of acquisition was determined ; in the remaining cases , which principally concerned newspapers and serials — types of publication which are stamped in a different way from monographs — the method of acquisition could not be established in the time available . |
| 19 | If you look carefully you may see a date and the maker 's initials on one of the canes , which are covered with a clear glass weight . |
| 20 | These are governed by an often unwritten series of transformations , creating homologies which reaffirm operational practice and which are determined by a definitive , but rarely acknowledged rationale . |
| 21 | The German researchers took a crystal of tungsten diselenide and cleaved it to expose a layer of tungsten atoms which are arranged in a triangular pattern . |
| 22 | It is unnecessary to add much to what has been said already about the horn , except to point out that owing to its conical mouthpiece and bore it is unable to produce such a loud and brilliant tone as the trumpets and trombones , which are played with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and have a cylindrical bore over the greater part of their length . |
| 23 | These are subatomic particles that are similar to the more familiar pi-mesons , but which are made from a different combination of quarks , the fundamental building blocks of matter . |
| 24 | Traditional Japanese cooking does not have three or four courses as we do , but rather has five distinctive types of dishes — raw , grilled , simmered , stewed or fried — which are presented in a customary order . |
| 25 | ‘ See ’ references are generally used to link two terms which represent similar concepts , but which are presented in a different form . |
| 26 | These considerations have been used to help explain the prevalence of multi-employer ( association ) bargaining in non-manufacturing industries in the USA such as trucking , construction and retailing which are characterised by a large number of small- and medium-sized firms operating within highly competitive and often localised markets — conditions which favour common settlements . |
| 27 | First , it is relative to the conditions which are imposed on a particular empirical enquiry . |
| 28 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 29 | A lift serves the roomy bedrooms which are furnished in a simple , modern style with balcony . |
| 30 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |