Example sentences of "[noun] which [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As things turned out , the seventeenth century saw a total collapse which left both Newbury and Reading only the remnants of their former trade . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He moved with a grace and speed which surprised both Athelstan and his opponents . |
| 5 | Listening : a text is dictated at a speed which allows only key words to be noted . |
| 6 | It was subscriptions from Friends through the Committee for Sufferings which contributed substantially to funding propaganda efforts in Europe in the 1820s and 1830s including the translation of existing materials into various languages and the production of new items for European readers . |
| 7 | Apart from the architecture the other arts which flourished so prodigiously were those of luxury objects : in the exhibition itself were jewel caskets , lustre ware , marble capitals , window screens , carpets , arms and armour and books . |
| 8 | These areas retained the nineteenth-century characteristics which had already focused the reformers ' minds : they were tight-knit , high-density , congested , smoky , dirty and they presented a scene of old and obsolete buildings . |
| 9 | We have noted the importance in Germany of the works council as a bargaining mechanism and there are numerous characteristics which have also distinguished collective bargaining in France . |
| 10 | A benign analysis of black psychology is usually reserved for characteristics which have relatively low status within psychology : for school students ' high self-esteem , for instance , rather than their achievement motivation ; or for supportive family and social relationships . |
| 11 | At the workshop the organisers had managed to unite informed educational opinion throughout Nigeria and to establish a productive working climate in which panels in six areas of the primary school curriculum : cultural and creative art , languages , mathematics , physical and health education , science and social studies met and in the light of the goals set at the 1969 Curriculum Conference expanded and refined objectives in these areas and produced a series of guidelines which have since been used throughout Nigeria at university and state level as a basis for detailed curriculum planning . |
| 12 | He combines wonderful playing and a unique , infinitely flexible voice with elusive songs which flirt sometimes with John Prine , sometimes Leonard Cohen , sometimes just himself . |
| 13 | ON the eve of the second anniversary of the intifada , a row has broken out over two popular Hebrew songs which protest strongly about treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories and Israeli indifference to the situation . |
| 14 | Roseau was the active spokesman of an association which grouped together what are called ‘ pieds noirs ’ in French , literally ‘ black feet ’ . |
| 15 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And there is a long tradition in sociological thinking which makes precisely this distinction . |
| 18 | She had used some silky material to make a skirt which toned exactly with the wool , covered the buttons with the material of the skirt and the whole outfit was therefore beautifully co-ordinated . |
| 19 | Playbus said about a horse which goes slowly . |
| 20 | Sharpe lunged , but Nosey had frightened the Frenchman 's horse which twisted away and so carried the Dragoon out of Sharpe 's reach . |
| 21 | In 1981 , for example , a jockey who had fought back from the depths of cancer partnered a horse which had twice spent months with a hind leg in plaster . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Photo two is an example of a horse which has unusually high tushes . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The country stations also enjoyed a great range of styles , but they escaped the process of repeated renewal which overwhelmed so many large city and town stations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 27 | Birds , snakes , lizards , fish and monkeys are wild animals which adapt badly to a caged life . |
| 28 | Animals which depend more on other senses can avoid eagle-eyed predators by moving about under cover of darkness . |
| 29 | The animals which fought there gave little heed to defence ; they massed around them and tried to engulf them . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 |