Example sentences of "which [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why was it , Sally-Anne thought when she went forward to take it , that this pitiful sum seemed more precious to her than her huge allowance which she could claim any day she wished ? |
| 32 | And the dear , good man had designed Almsmead , in the centre of a green field ; had surrounded it with a rose-garden ; given her apple trees and a lily-pond ; a trellised , covered walk down to the river with its clear , clean water in which she could see smooth pebbles and little silvery fishes instead of the slime and gas bubbles and dead cats one saw — if one had the stomach to look — in Frizingley 's canal . |
| 33 | This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles . |
| 34 | Given information represents the common ground between speaker and hearer and gives the latter a reference point to which s/he can relate new information . |
| 35 | Developmental norms are an attempt to provide an indication of the ages at which one might expect ordinary children to show evidence of certain skills or abilities . |
| 36 | There are many possible ways in which one may incur tortious liability through the instrumentality of an animal under one 's control , but the fact that the agent happens to be animate rather than inanimate is immaterial , for while the common law , like other legal systems , developed special or additional rules of liability for animals , it did not deny the applicability to them of the general law . |
| 37 | But if time is not too desperately important it is one way of seeing a vast stretch of surprising and magnificent country , some interesting and unspoiled old towns , perhaps even of discovering some village in the heart of the still primitive agricultural Auvergne , some little-known hotel where one would like to stay instead of hurrying on , to which one would return another year . |
| 38 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 39 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 40 | The differences between disciplines to which Taylor refers mean that the discussion will to some extent be an abstract one , moving at a level at which one can identify general ideas , characteristics and trends . |
| 41 | One makes one 's reputation , and one 's reputation enables one to achieve the conditions in which one can do good work . ’ |
| 42 | The record in a profile can contain inputs spanning more than a hundred years , and under favourable circumstances it can be used to chart oscillations in recharge , from which one can infer climatic history . |
| 43 | Because trying to meet this criterion has occupied so much of my research time in the past two decades it is worth spelling out again that to adopt a reductionist methodology in research strategy — that is , to try to stabilize the world that one is studying by manipulating one variable at a time , holding everything else as constant as possible — is generally the only way to do experiments from which one can draw clear conclusions . |
| 44 | At the same time , it has permitted the formation of a more precise theory of relationships from which we may deduce evolutionary pathways . |
| 45 | This is achieved by sound nutrition , adequate exercise , fresh air and sunshine , and above all , by seeking the ways in which we may find inner contentment . |
| 46 | Not least the new abilities by which we may see human existence anew — relativistically , that is , each person imprisoned in his own umwelt , his own conceptual universe . ’ |
| 47 | In some ways we should consider ourselves lucky if we get these types of responses to stress , because for others , unfortunately , there are other responses to stress that may also occur , such as ulcers and heart disease , from which we may get less warning . |
| 48 | Rather , an enlightened dualist will search for some significance , which we may call STYLISTIC VALUE , in a writer 's choice to express his sense in this rather than that way . |
| 49 | The second reason why I feel that gradualism is the only means by which we shall achieve any kind of new vision for society and for the natural world has everything to do with the workings of democracy . |
| 50 | This was most clearly shown by Paul Dirac 's formulation of the general principles of quantum theory , of which we shall give some account in the following chapter . |
| 51 | This is the situation to which we shall give fullest consideration ( Section 22.5 ) . |
| 52 | I am sure that this will not be the last occasion on which we shall debate this issue . |
| 53 | Certainly this policy is not intended in any way to erm prevent what P P G seven actually seeks er to promote in in the open countryside , ie outside the areas which we would expect most development to take place in . |
| 54 | We can explain that they come from an age when theology and the natural sciences were not divorced from one another , when God was held directly responsible for disasters we would now call ‘ natural ’ , and for which we would have scientific explanations to hand that did not mention God at all . |
| 55 | Most of the weekend exercises started off with a para drop on to a drop zone somewhere in the British Isles , after which we would spend two days marching with large packs , practising attacks and fieldcraft . |
| 56 | We can all think of examples to which we would apply these descriptions and be willing to give reasons . |
| 57 | However , although he says this , partly to emphasise that the truth of the matter is quite independent of the question whether we know it , it would seem reasonable to expect that , if there is a real truth here into which we might have rational insight , careful attention to just what is at issue will bring about convergence . |
| 58 | Another angle from which we might attempt conceptual clarification of the issues is to ask : what are the goals of a pragmatic theory ? |
| 59 | These are the sort of avenues by which we should approach proper research as to the quality of the environment as perceived by the animal , proper use of education to disseminate that knowledge and minimal legislation where necessary . |
| 60 | In other words , there are no revenues included against which we must charge future expenses and there are no expenses against which we must match future revenues : there are no hidden liabilities but at the same time there are no hidden windfalls . |