Example sentences of "which [be] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the image of an ice cream cone or a hamburger is good or bad is not too big an issue but when it comes to nuclear weapons and political events which affect not only the happiness of countless people but which are also a matter of life and death , does it help to avoid value judgements ? |
| 2 | The same could be said of most of these awards , which are simply a perk of the post , along with the £60,000 or £70,000 salary , retirement at sixty , and an index-linked pension thereafter . |
| 3 | Interestingly , anti-racist proposals very often assume whites suffer from a cultural deficit , i.e. from racist attitudes which are simply a legacy from imperialism and colonialism ( Swann Report , 1985 ) ; an unfortunate ignorance which schools can remedy . |
| 4 | The single philosophic-religious poem is 146 : While we can easily relate this sonnet to the meditative tradition , or to Stoic-Christian mortification patterns , it is an outsider in the Sonnets , which are otherwise a collection of love-poems . |
| 5 | The systematic answers reveal that love is essentially in the inner heart of man not in works , which are merely a sign of love , though it is true that " luf wil noght be ydel : it es wirkand som gude evermare " ( 111.96 – 7 ) . |
| 6 | Learned behaviour in any particular society includes those ideas , techniques and habits which are passed on by one generation to another — in a sense , a social heritage — and which are virtually a set of solutions to problems that , in the course of time , others have met and solved before . |
| 7 | The latter quality is expressed by the precision of the design with its almost hard , linear effects , which are quite a contrast to Ramsay 's later use of sfumato . |
| 8 | Allowing for unseen problems , which are always a factor in the unstable Middle East , it is likely to be 10–14 years before the power is switched on . |
| 9 | All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast-paced , deadline-packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink . |
| 10 | That the view of the judge 's role as declaratory is inadequate can be seen if one considers that the reason many cases come to court ( which are only a minority of the cases that are actually started ) is because there is genuine doubt as to what the law is . |
| 11 | Herein you will see a series or medley of events , pictures and scenes ( not what the butler saw which was rather mundane ) which are only a part of my memory store . |
| 12 | In Setting up a closed.loop Stepping motor control the choice of appropriate points for deceleration initiation can be very difficult , because the load torque characteristics , which are usually a function of speed , may be ill-defined or may be expected to vary over the life expectancy of the system . |
| 13 | The enlightened proprietor provided social services for his workers which were already a model for future generations of employers . |
| 14 | ( 5 ) Setting limits on future punitive and compensatory damages on a sliding scale according to the size of the company , and empowering juries to decide the appropriate damages within these limits ( which were also a subject of compromise between the White House and Danforth bill supporters ) . |
| 15 | This obviously includes late-night services , which were also a concern of the Hon. Member for Maryhill . |
| 16 | This deterioration reflected exceptional items of £994 million ( £888 million after tax ) , which were mainly a result of the provisions for employee severance costs and asset write-downs announced at the half year . |
| 17 | At the same time diplomatic archives , inevitably growing in size , became better organised , as did some of the libraries which were now a part of all major foreign offices . |
| 18 | José Berardo has just finished restoring the almost derelict Monte Palace Hotel as a private home , together with the restoration of the lake , with its waterfalls , fountains and water cannons which were once a feature of this Victorian hotel . |
| 19 | That can , of course , literally be satisfied by the Unit General Manager ( UGM ) preparing a piece of paper which is simply a statement of intent . |
| 20 | Reference may be made to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 3 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) although it has to be said that that paragraph is not , in the author 's view , well drafted since it fails to indicate with sufficient clarity the difference between disclosing personal pecuniary interests ( failure to comply being a serious criminal offence ) and disclosing other interests ( which is simply a matter of prudence , but involves no breach of law ) . |
| 21 | In hotel and catering accounts , the sales day book is replaced by the visitors ' tabular ledger , which is simply a form of analysed or columnar book-keeping . |
| 22 | In addition , there are some ideas about further changes that should be made to deal with poverty in old age , which is largely a problem for women . |
| 23 | We are committed to improving it further as a result of increased traffic , which is largely a consequence of the success of the east coast ports . |
| 24 | And , it would not work because the arrangement 2x + y does not provide a means of bringing accountability to bear on the performance of management : for it is highly improbable that a group of people which is primarily a derivative from two opposed and irreconcilable interests can effectively be called to account by either ; and the addition of a third group accountable to no one further confounds the confusion . |
| 25 | And , finally , a party which had seen itself as being part of a process of international socialist revolution , linked with the Russian revolution of nineteen seventeen , becomes a party which is primarily a party of Chinese nationalism . |
| 26 | Finally , the budgets are collected into one Master Budget , which is effectively a statement of budgeted Profit and Loss together with a projected Balance Sheet . |
| 27 | Reading Mary Bailey 's article this month , which is both a celebration of seven years of service to the hobby , and a cry from the heart to help her to help you , I thought it was time I promoted , explained and outlined our superb readers ' query service . |
| 28 | The reason for this , according to the attitudinist , is the distinction between belief , which sets out to represent how things are , and attitude , which is rather a matter of how one wishes ( not merely idly , but in a way which can produce appropriate action ) them to be . |
| 29 | The comfort of the mattress is determined by the number of springs , which is generally a minimum of 900 , while luxury styles may have two layers of springs and some 2000 springs in all . |
| 30 | It votes on policies for the ensuing year and elects a National Executive , which is also a board of directors , for CAMRA is a company limited by guarantee . |