Example sentences of "in [noun] [noun] which [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 This difference of perspective and lack of immediate concern with definitions of power and with empiricist rigour result in research methods which may appear to be more approximate in their conclusions than are the pluralists , at least as far as the distribution of power is concerned .
2 As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible .
3 Her weight shot up during both pregnancies , first to 16 then to 18 stone and her doctor worried about the risk of pre-eclampsia , a sudden rise in blood pressure which can lead to babies being born prematurely and cause complications for the prospective mother , too .
4 A simple but far-reaching reform in libel law which would enhance freedom of expression would be to reverse this burden : to oblige the plaintiff to prove , on balance , the falsity or unfairness of the criticism .
5 There is an inbuilt discontinuity in parent power which may mean that the most influential voices on the governing body suddenly fall silent .
6 Multifactorial assessment of risks and patient education are of special importance in this age group , with an emphasis on patient education , smoking , body weight , and blood cholesterol control in management plans which should include exercise programmes and reduction in dietary fat .
7 There is evidence around the country particularly in , in , in , in Milton Keynes where that sort of arrangement applies and I think we as a County Council as the waste er as the Disposal Authority must make sure that we put in place arrangements which will encourage that sort of thing to happen .
8 Dr Hughes , who said UKOOA would urgently seek views of members on the detailed impact of the moves , pointed out that the changes could mean the industry as a whole losing from £300 million to £400 million in cash flow which could have been used for reinvestment over each of the next two years .
9 If we move to oil well our oil business obviously operates in a cycle different to our publishing businesses and er , at the end of the first half it had record sales and profits fifteen percent ahead in dollar terms ten percent ahead in , in sterling terms which may surprise you slightly , but I think James probably will talk about that later .
10 At the level of the individual , efforts have been made to promote practices in residential and , to a lesser extent , in community care which will enhance old people 's rights to greater control over their own lives .
11 More subtle than corruption , but just as damaging to the judicial process , were variations in court procedure which must have seemed arbitrary to many Sri Lankans .
12 The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts .
13 Instead of investing money in education programmes which might help counteract rising crime , politicians prefer to hold up the death penalty as evidence that they are doing something tough about crime .
14 Group production reached a new peak , encouraging oil and gas discoveries were made , new fields were brought on stream and material progress was made in development activities which will add further to production in the short and medium term .
15 Sometime after her American tour in 1910 her Russian protector , Victor Dandré , appears to have become involved in some financial scandal in St Petersburg which may have influenced Pavlova 's decision in 1912 to buy Ivy House in Golders Green , London .
16 Some blamed the government for ineffective support for their interests and conceived of an oligarchic assembly in St Petersburg which would reinforce the bonds between Tsar and nobility .
17 Microwave cooking creates potentially dangerous substances in baby milk which may damage the brain , liver and kidneys , doctors said .
18 MICROWAVE cooking creates potentially dangerous substances in baby milk which may damage the brain , liver and kidneys , doctors said yesterday .
19 Some analysts pointed to a further fall of 13,000 in manufacturing jobs which could indicate the overall fall may be due to problems with seasonal adjustments , and expect the upward trend to resume in March .
20 Normally referred to as ‘ incident reporting systems ’ , the basic reasoning is that incidents warn of shortcomings in aviation practice which will develop into possible accidents and loss of life or injury if preventive action is not taken .
21 The whole problem of gainers and losers has been complicated in the early 1990s by the fall in property prices which may cause many to feel that they are paying too much tax , as a result of being placed in an unduly high ‘ band ’ .
22 It expressed particular concern over the debts arising from investments in east Germany which will absorb an extra Dm180 billion ( £63 billion ) this year , a rise of 30 p.c. over 1991 .
23 The famine simply must end today if Koppelaar 's team are to hold down a crucial fourth slot in Pool A which would keep alive their chances of reaching hockey 's premier event for only the third time .
24 Pensioners ' groups also demanded the cancellation of the energy price rises , arguing that they would lead to increases in food prices which would cancel out the benefits of recent improvements to pensions .
25 Like Franck 's music , Ashton 's dance flows onwards in simple lines and phrases , each one is of equal value to the whole , neither pianist , nor orchestra , nor dancers indulge in virtuoso passages which would destroy the solemn serenity of the design .
26 What Franco failed to take into account , however , was , first , that Germany had its own designs on French Morocco ; second , that Hitler did not want to provoke Free French/Allied resistance in North Africa which would oblige him to open a new military front far away from what was then his principal concern , namely the invasion of the British Isles ; and , third , that Hitler was not convinced of the need or utility of Spanish military help .
27 There were , however , no suitable premises available in north London which could house the company and there were other problems associated with its existing locations .
28 It does strike me though as a that A that one of the basic points is that if this is going in as structure plan guidance then we have to be satisfied that these are in fact criteria which can operate at the strategic level .
29 And hopes weakened of a long-awaited cut in interest rates which would give a real boost to the Government 's election prospects .
30 The firm application of market methods of control would have yielded a rise in interest rates which would have provided , albeit more slowly , the allocative mechanism rather than the banks having to discriminate against one customer in favour of another .
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