Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | In Western civilization this has generally been considered to be Christianity , as this is the religion which has most powerfully moulded the values and beliefs on which society is based , just as in a Muslim country for example the religion to be handed on would be Islam . |
2 | Study of the religious story shows that it has always been organised religion which has eventually retreated before the inexorable advance of science , and religious leaders should acknowledge that this retreat provides the living proof of the falsity of their position . |
3 | Listening : a text is dictated at a speed which allows only key words to be noted . |
4 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
5 | Their preferred description of it has been overinclusive thinking which has frequently been used to explain certain forms of thought disorder seen in psychotic patients , such as the tendency to cognitive ‘ slippage ’ , loosely associated ideation , and difficulty in maintaining a tight boundary for abstract concepts . |
6 | And there is a long tradition in sociological thinking which makes precisely this distinction . |
7 | Playbus said about a horse which goes slowly . |
8 | A naturally placid horse will show signs of nervousness if it is brought up in a rough home , while a naturally nervous horse which has always experienced a sympathetic and secure home will be quite placid . |
9 | A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic ; whereas an overfed horse which has too little exercise , especially if it is fed grain , is likely to be over-excited and silly . |
10 | Photo two is an example of a horse which has unusually high tushes . |
11 | Any horse which works hard , particularly in the summer months , or which sweats a lot at any time in the year , may be suffering from electrolyte loss . |
12 | ‘ Rodeo is to the United States what bullfight is to Europe : a ludicrous and cruel exploitation of animals which honours neither those who watch nor those who take part in such buffoonery , ’ she wrote to the mayor , Domninique Baudis. — Reuter |
13 | More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league . |
14 | Jones , younger brother of Wrexham 's teenage defender Kevin , takes a midfield berth in the side which shows just one change from last weekend 's defeat by Ruthin . |
15 | With a Midland High Interest Cheque Account ( HICA ) you have the perfect combination of high interest and ready access plus a HICA card which offers even greater flexibility , 24 hours a day . |
16 | Or a card which contains only notes from Monk 's book The Sublime : a Study of Critical Theories in Eighteenth-Century England . |
17 | There is a song in the repertoire of Scottish football fans which reflects unkindly on the character of those gallant heroes who have made untold sacrifices to represent their country . |
18 | This confirms the analogy which has often been drawn between the founding treaties of the European Communities and a written constitution in a sovereign state . |
19 | They come amid rumblings of new strikes in several key sectors , after disruption which has already cost 5 million lost working days this year , and production shortfalls of billions of roubles . |
20 | There is widespread recognition that nearly all discussions of international peace and security over the last 45 years , and of policy implications for the UK , have been informed by the protracted global confrontation between the superpowers which has only recently , and so dramatically , crumbled . |
21 | At the Tate Gallery there is another all-women decorative piece by Walker which deals quite specifically with a classical subject . |
22 | There are also numerous problems arising out of the broader political situation : as of 1990 these include the possibility of reintegrating all or some of the homelands into a national education system ; the outcome of the bid for national political status by the Natal-based Inkatha movement , with attendant violence which has severely disrupted life in the Transvaal as well as Natal ; and the length of time it takes to dismantle the apartheid system completely . |
23 | Here , in the tangle of islands and fjords that is Patagonia , the volcanic chain becomes established on the South American continent with Mt Burney , an obscure , almost unknown volcano which has only once been visited by a geologist , in 1911 . |
24 | Violations — poaching in another household 's area — is referred to a special council of eunuchs from all over India and Pakistan which meets once a year . |
25 | In some measure at least , the immutability of parties and party systems seems to be an illusion which results simply from taking an unhistorical view . |
26 | New refrigeration and air conditioning plants utilise HCFC22 refrigerant which has only 5% of the ozone depleting potential of other commonly-used CFCs . |
27 | It is the auditory-vestibular nerve which serves both hearing and balance . |
28 | What will be of greater value is a partial characterization which mentions only those features ( 9 , 5 , 8 , 7 , in order of appearance in the partial characterization ) which will be of most importance in what follows immediately . |
29 | In a disagreeable episode which remains very obscure , Green in 1803 became involved with a woman called Agnes Brathwaite , on whose ‘ abominable perjuries ’ he was committed to Kendal jail on 24th August . |
30 | A closest match algorithm would be of use here , or some combination of the highest rated character candidates which contains frequently occurring sequences . |