Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere which is evoked in the reading of the poem is one of hopelessness , of resignation , of dark depression and sadness alleviated only by the concluding couplet through which we understand that although oncoming death seems to ‘ take away ’ everything from him , his beloved still remains and can see the glimmers of life through desolation . |
| 2 | Like the faith for which they argue , the best books are there not to collect dust but to stretch minds and to shed light . |
| 3 | However , he thought that this meaning had evolved from the original word for a straight track , via the clearing of the woodland through which it passed , to the more common present-day meaning . |
| 4 | There is a one-day familiarisation course during which they are introduced to their supervisors , other staff members and postgraduates already on the course . |
| 5 | By introducing a programme for the training of drawing teachers in 1871 , the school opened up a vocation to women : a vocation through which they could attempt to have more secure incomes . |
| 6 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 7 | Does it not add to the reasons for which they have to act , and to the considerations which may justify their authority ? |
| 8 | Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring . |
| 9 | We would ask the reader to bear in mind from the outset , however , that we write from the viewpoint of the English urban sub-culture , in which we are not only fieldworkers and observers but life members ; nevertheless , we believe that the English and American complexes of parental experience show very many points of coincidence , both historically and contemporaneously , both in the things that parents do and in the reasons for which they do them : and that , therefore , a discussion in these terms will have a validity for parent-child behaviour on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 10 | I now set out the reasons for which I agreed that the appeal should be allowed . |
| 11 | The reasons for which it is drawn influence the way it is drawn . |
| 12 | It 's an inset problem , and therefore one is looking inevitably at the reasons for which you can moved an inset boundary , supposing that one already exists , which it does n't , but let us suppose it does . |
| 13 | By his own account , after much expenditure of charcoal and years of failure , he discovered a powder through which he made a successful projection of sufficient gold to pay off his creditors . |
| 14 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 15 | The general election will be the opportunity for which we have waited . |
| 16 | Problems with a terminal or page printer would be considered a lower level problem than a problem with the disk units or processor for which we have no spares . |
| 17 | These examples gave the journalists the story for which they were looking , and they used them in headlines to show that our Report was against the teaching of grammar and ‘ correct ’ English , and that we favoured a policy of ‘ anything goes ’ . |
| 18 | These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the survey did not ask them if they sold the products about which they said they had received insufficient training . |
| 20 | It was not enough to have modern weapons and ‘ the best of young Irishmen ’ if the people did not understand the nature of the freedom for which they were fighting and that |
| 21 | She knew the part for which she was cast was that of the self-sacrificing heroine , encouraging the man she loved in his spiritual aspirations ; but she withheld the words of sympathy and understanding . |
| 22 | The alternative name for a close relation , Hamburg parsley , is turnip-rooted , the root being the part for which it is grown , and ordinary parsley tends to follow the same root pattern . |
| 23 | The second and third albums , ‘ Freewheelin ’ ( 1962 ) and ‘ The Times They are a Changin ’ ( 1963 ) , established him as a real and original talent , as both singer and songwriter , with a message that seemed as arresting and vital as the times through which he was fortunate to be living . |
| 24 | Dr ‘ Bothwell ’ Because we 're so over-burdened by relative trivia and social problems , we can not utilise the skills for which we 're trained … we 're trained to treat medical problems … |
| 25 | Instead of employing the skills for which he is well paid , he passed to an offside Mo Johnston . |
| 26 | But what is peculiar to the doctor is that the successful action , the save , is seen to be brought about through the use of the esoteric skills for which he trained and which , by and large , remain untested and unused . |
| 27 | It is in this area that more clinical research might most profitably be done , for these are complex psychological phenomena about which we have little certainty . |
| 28 | Accordingly , the proposed Second Banking and Investment Services Directives prohibit member states from subjecting firms from other member states which wish to set up branches or provide cross-border services in their jurisdiction to their own authorisation requirements in the case of activities for which they are already authorised by their home member state . |
| 29 | ‘ A system to convert data from internal and external sources into information and to communicate that information , in an appropriate form , to managers at all levels in all functions to enable them to make timely and effective decisions for planning , directing and controlling the activities for which they are responsible . ’ |
| 30 | In addition to their knowledge and expertise in the activities for which they are currently employed , many have additional relevant experience ( botanical , geological , horticultural ) gained from previous employ or personal endeavour . |