Example sentences of "which [verb] [pron] [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which drew its support from the Hawiye clan of central Somalia , launched an offensive in late December , while the largest rebel group , the northern-based Somali National Movement ( SNM ) , dismissed as " futile " a government announcement on Dec. 26 that political parties had been legalized with immediate effect . |
| 2 | Junius ended this particular outburst with a threat , which drew its force from the common knowledge that the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts . |
| 3 | All worked prodigious hours ( ‘ Charles , eez 's nairver at 'ome ’ was the frequent complaint of Powell 's sprightly Italian wife ) , which reinforced their remoteness from the rest of the world . |
| 4 | The Wilder Kaiser is very comfortable gasthof , which takes its name from the magnificent mountain range that rises behind Scheffau . |
| 5 | Many of these are arranged through a voluntary organisation called Crossroads ( address on page 143 ) which takes its name from the television series because of the attention it focussed on the needs of disabled people . |
| 6 | And once again there is a mood of optimism in the village which takes its name from the troop garrison established there by King William in 1681 . |
| 7 | Finally , there 's a headphone socket which takes its signal from the Power Tool 's own amplifier and so has to be controlled by a level pot which sits alongside . |
| 8 | With this in mind , the Zipper Club , which gets its name from the distinctive scar left after surgery , aims to help people before , as well as during and after treatment . |
| 9 | This elongated , rocky finger , which gets its name from the ancient word for dragon , is said to resemble the creature at rest . |
| 10 | It 's a common condition which gets its name from the carpal bones that form a circle at the wrist . |
| 11 | He had come to think of the attack as a living creature which derived its nourishment from the speed of its progress . |
| 12 | He ended a remarkable Maiden Speech on 29 May 1992 , which preceded his abstention from the vote on the Maastricht Bill , thus : |
| 13 | Appeals from decisions in more serious cases ( heard originally by the Crown Court ) go to the Court of Appeal ( criminal division ) , which draws its members from the Lord Chief Justice , the Lords Justices of Appeal and the judges of the High Court . |
| 14 | In this section we set out one broad school of thought — the instrumentalist explanation — which draws its inspiration from the early writings of Marx . |
| 15 | Customers of the rival Lambeth Water Company , which took its water from the upriver source of Thames Ditton and which served houses in the same London streets , suffered only a sixth of their risk . |
| 16 | These terraces grew into the village we know today as Middleton St George , which took its name from the ancient parish in which it was situated . |
| 17 | For example , anywhere which derives its existence from the sea is likely to be good to draw — marine architecture , quaysides , boats , fishing — all the complicated mass of detail and shape which surround the activity of going to sea . |
| 18 | Etak , which derives its name from the Polynesian word for navigation , was founded by Stan Honey . |
| 19 | This technique , which derives its name from the Fast , Low angle , single-Shot method , provides images in about 500 ms , fast enough to resolve peristaltic motion . |
| 20 | First , because the defendants being an emanation of the Crown , which is the source and fountain of justice , are in my opinion bound to maintain the highest standards of probity and fair dealing , comparable to those which the courts , which derive their authority from the same source and fountain , impose on the officers under their control : see In re Tyler [ 1907 ] 1 K.B . |
| 21 | Assigns acquire their meaning through association with other signs or words and so are more complicated than signs , which derive their meaning from the direct experience of the individual ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 22 | Yet it was not the message of saintly benevolence but the jarring note of conflict , belligerence , and confrontation which marked her style from the outset . |
| 23 | after discussion with their Course Tutor they are able to select a programme of units which satisfies their needs from the elective programme . |
| 24 | Marxism has no psychology of experience , an omission which warped its radicalism from the outset . |
| 25 | It also allowed him to include a wide range of ‘ non-sacred ’ ideas and images which colour our lives from the cradle to the grave , not least those of loving and sexuality . |
| 26 | as if that were not enough , the Department of Trade and Industry is still trying to have him disqualified as a company director for his role in the collapse of Homes Assured — a move which forced his resignation from the chairmanship of Lonrho in 1991 . |
| 27 | Entitled ‘ La Pasión Criolla ’ ( ‘ Creole Passion ’ ) , the recording consists of twelve songs which take their inspiration from the scenes and activities of ordinary daily life in Argentina . |
| 28 | The longer wavelengths reflected by , for example , the leaves of trees in autumn , appear to us as reds and oranges , while the shorter wavelengths which reach our eyes from the ocean we see as greens and blues . |