Example sentences of "which [be] [verb] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Each term is usually given together with terms which are related to it in one of a number of ways . |
2 | It is the ‘ underground spring , so to speak ’ of the properties of a thing which are known to us by our senses . |
3 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
4 | ‘ You have some papers , Fagin , ’ said Mr Brownlow quietly , ‘ which were given to you by Monks to look after . ’ |
5 | There is a chapter which discusses the letters from Germans — ‘ good Germans ’ in the main — which were sent to him in response to his book about the camps . |
6 | It was found among a collection of magazines , news-sheets and leaflets which were sent to us by one of the researchers for our archives on feminism in the 20th century . |
7 | Two letter of thanks were then read — the first from Edith Harlow thanking all the teachers for the lovely handbag , matching gloves and cheque which were presented to her at the Essex Rally together with a jewel box , cheque , flowers and an iced cake all given by Essex teachers and class members . |
8 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
9 | Most of the submissions which were addressed to us by Mr. Persaud took matters no further . |
10 | ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands . |
11 | The first is that welfare is a characteristic of an individual ; it is not something which is given to it by somebody else . |
12 | We are not talking here about natural feelings , but a depth of desire which is given to us by God . |
13 | ( 3 ) The value of a symbolic good depends upon the value which is assigned to it by the relevant consumer community . |
14 | This is so contrary to our general assumptions ( namely that the Holy Spirit , however vaguely we conceive of him , is an internal gift for the faithful , appropriate only to be mentioned in church ) that it is important for us to see the crucial link between the Spirit and mission which is presented to us in the pages of the New Testament . |
15 | All comes from the Bible , which is offered to them as proof of the truth of what they are told , and gives them the impression that both extremes of behaviour are correct and righteous . |
16 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
17 | It may mean ‘ this is a role which was ascribed to me as a woman and which I resented ’ . |
18 | Incidentally , the comedian Des O'Connor owns a guitar which was given to him by Holly , while Buddy was on tour in the UK . |
19 | The drama of the moment was recaptured in Perelandra , the second in the science-fiction trilogy , where Ransom remembers the strength which was given to him in a moment requiring supreme moral courage . |
20 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |
21 | The Jews ' special characteristics derive from the religion which was given to them by Moses , which stressed one God who was invisible and would not allow images of Himself to be made for worship . |
22 | She left with the best wishes of all her colleagues — plus a colour TV which was presented to her by Tom Gorrie , Manager , Taurus . |
23 | Robin Smith has won the England player of the year award which was presented to him in London last night by the sponsors , Cornhill Insurance . |
24 | Although the survey vessel was now travelling at a speed faster than light , its occupants experienced no sense of progress other than that which was fed to them through the navigational telemetry . |
25 | At the time tomato purée for the restaurant was preserved in champagne bottles which were then sterilised — a method which was demonstrated to me by the cook at a pensione in Anacapri where I stayed during the summer of 1952 , and which I described in Italian Food . |
26 | The deal clearly does not work both ways as we learned from the Squidgy tape ( a copy of which was handed to me in that very restaurant some weeks before its contents were published ) . |
27 | Er you 'll be aware from the letter which was circulated to you by Steve , that we had a significant problem with water leakage down the our pipe , which joins the mains water supply at the memorial , war memorial . |
28 | I can hardly forget the story about Devil 's Bridge at Acklam ( Echo March 26 ) which was told to me by my father and handed down to him by his father . |