Example sentences of "of which [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little to the east of Ardnave Loch a round house was excavated , the wall of which lay against the edge of a foundation cut in the dune , was skilfully constructed of upright slabs interspersed with thin dry stone panels of water worn pebbles . |
| 2 | I travelled the West Somerset from end to end on East Saturday and I attended the ARPS dinner on the Great Central Railway the following weekend , but these events were jollies — the value of which lay in the opportunity of meeting one 's colleagues from other preserved railways and talking with the staff and volunteers of those that we visited . |
| 3 | There was a Gilbertine priory here ( the only purely English monastic order ) , traces of which survive at the south end of the village . |
| 4 | Equally complicated are the Lamento di Zelemi , turca ( ‘ Con occhi belli e fieri ’ ) in 13 sections , four of which consist of an aria repeated as a ritornello , and ‘ Hor che notte guerriera ’ for two sopranos and tenor ( representing Fortuna , Amore , and Amante ) , and two violins ; the latter includes three recitatives , two arias , a duet , and two terzetti as well as three instrumental sinfonie . |
| 5 | Before the end of 1891 there had been strikes against free labour at Aberdeen , Plymouth , Liverpool , Shields , Newcastle , Leith , Hull , Glasgow , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough and Swansea , all of which resulted in a weakening of the union . |
| 6 | In the early part of 1990 there was a run of particularly low tides , one of which resulted in a boatyard in Sant'Elena , on the north-eastern edge of Venice , burning to a cinder because the fire boats had to take a roundabout route . |
| 7 | In Medieval times all the city 's most important public buildings were here , standing in a closed square linked with the rest of the city and reached only through one of six gates or vaults , each of which corresponded to a gate in the old city wall . |
| 8 | In an extensive reshuffle of the Supreme Military Council ( now composed principally of civilians ) on Oct. 14 , 1989 , President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo created three Ministries of State at the Presidency , one of which went to a newcomer to the Council , Alejandro Evuna Asangono . |
| 9 | Lord Greene M.R. 's distinction between purpose and relevancy both of which went to the scope of the discretionary power , and his substantive sense of unreasonableness , are said to be less clear and useful expressions of the same idea . |
| 10 | A well-loved picture dominates the bar , held in almost religious awe : a photograph of the SS Politician , the vessel which ran aground off Eriskay during the Second World War , cargoed with 20,000 cases of whisky ; not all of which went to the bottom when the boat eventually sank . |
| 11 | Now , generally speaking wi I I I 've act what I 've done for the re-sit paper is that I I pooled a load of questions , some of which went to the first paper and some of which went to the ne and some of which went to the re-sit paper so I do n't know which topics are coming up erm on the re-sit paper . |
| 12 | This force is an amalgam of nine smaller units ( Figure 2 ) , some of which went into the melting pot in 1969 . |
| 13 | The result is an argument organized in three categories , all of which connect in the idea that sporting superiority is racially linked . |
| 14 | Craig Luxton , a New Zealand-born scrum-half on the England periphery , rubbed salt into the self-inflicted wounds with a series of tap-penalties and darting thrusts , one of which led to a 90-metre break-out and a second try for Gavin Thompson — one of the game 's few high points . |
| 15 | The classic instance concerns a Swedish hoard of the eighteenth century from Lohe , the examination of which led to the establishment of the principle ( fig. 28 ) , but much the same can be done for other well-documented periods such as seventeenth-century England . |
| 16 | Accusations that one group had stolen ideas from the other were soon flying ; Jones showed notebooks of his investigations going back to 1986 and cited a paper written in 1985 ; for their part Fleischmann and Pons insisted that their effort had begun in 1985 , all of which added to the perception that the fusion claims were important and the patents worth fighting for . |
| 17 | One of the sherds ( fig. 14.33c ) appears to be an arm with the skin of the Nemean lion draped over the shoulder and another sherd ( fig. 14.33b ) shows a hand holding a staff or rod being thrust into a creature only the head of which survives on the sherd . |
| 18 | I 'm to stand in a huge foil-wrapped box , the sides of which collapse in a puff of smoke at the touch of a remote control button held by Jim . |
| 19 | Ta'kwanya and ta'kwakomenae are the two components , or forces , of ta'kwaru , ‘ the life of thoughts ’ , both of which come from the crystal boxes of the gods . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , in your spare time you can write out recipes for a new-angle celebrity cookbook , some of the proceeds of which go to a cause so worthy it makes your eyelids retract . |
| 21 | The orbs themselves were bulging in sunken sockets , criss-crossed by hundreds of tiny red veins , each one of which looked on the point of bursting . |
| 22 | ‘ The Home Office has funded various research projects , one of which looked at the effect of murder on the victims ’ families ; this has enabled local schemes to help victims of the most serious crime . |
| 23 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
| 24 | I listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman 's remarks , the latter part of which related to a court case that has not yet been concluded , so it would be inappropriate and imprudent of me to comment on it now . |
| 25 | The Business Information Unit continued to distribute regular publications such as Pointer and Europointer and during 1989/90 , 610 enquiries were processed , many of which related to the Council 's Scottish Production Industries Register ( SPIR ) . |
| 26 | The Business Information Unit continued to distribute regular publications such as Pointer and during 1990/91 , 605 enquiries were processed , many of which related to the Council 's Scottish Production Industries Register ( SPIR ) . |
| 27 | Another avid audience is made up of the enzymes which add phosphate groups to proteins , some of which help in the production of impulses . |
| 28 | Alternatives to B's " yeah " might be : " I know " , " I know what you mean " , " Exactly " , " I sure do " , etc. — all of which respond to the question form of A's " you know what I mean ? " |
| 29 | In the west it is heavily dissected by the Ribeira da Janela and the Ribeira do Seixal , both of which flow to the north coast . |
| 30 | Building Regulations contain strict fire prevention regulations , some of which refer to the treatment of surfaces to prevent fire spreading too rapidly . |