Example sentences of "which [vb -s] [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Underlying all the problems is the urge to exploit , which has poisoned both the cultural ethos and the natural environment . |
2 | Recently , this full-length terracotta Madonna 127 cm high , was sent for conservation and the discovery that it was by the great sculptor Jacopo della Quercia was made , which has caused all the more excitement because it was completely unexpected . |
3 | The ACPO in Scotland , as also in England and Wales , has made a policy decision about sponsored events which has brought about the above situation . |
4 | The Nutcracker suite in this charming 17th-century inn is so called because the low-ceilinged doorway has an exposed beam which has caught out the unwary and cracked a few heads in its time . |
5 | However , the diplomats said that neither Unita , enjoying success on the battlefield , or the Angolan government , which wants to win back the lost ground , appeared ready for serious peace negotiations . |
6 | So that 's very , very important because it can be very misleading and you could be fooled into thinking that there 's nothing wrong with the baby , then there 'll also be swelling of the hands , feet and the eyelids might swell up , the medical word for that is oedema which you may well see in books , which means swelling occasionally the overlying skin is |
7 | In social symptoms like these we have evidence of one of the most basic and dangerous erosions of all — that of the basic psychological restraints against the war of all against all ( and especially of sons against fathers ) which threatens to erupt once the fundamental processes of socialization begin to break down . |
8 | As I was saying earlier on , it is a contract a legally binding contract , which does lay down the actual contractual position , but as in every business we do n't stick rigidly to the lettering of the policy , so erm in practice I think if you take the policy purely as it is erm it probably gives not as good effect of the policy as it actually is . |
9 | Unfortunately , the particular division most often invoked in contemporary political rhetoric concerning private and public property is misleading with regard to this issue , since the concept of private property suggests a close relationship between person and thing , whilst in practice private property is an institution which works to produce precisely the opposite effect . |