Example sentences of "[verb] which [vb base] a " in BNC.

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1 Although it is not clear that subjective risk can be biased in this way theories of driving which stress a schematic or conceptual representation of the environment ( e.g. Dubois , 1991 ; Fleury , Mazet & Dubois , 1988 ; Groeger , 1988 , 1989 ; Riemersma , 1988 ) might suggest that biases in the perception of the environment would indirectly lead to biases in subjective risk , either because risk is an important aspect of such schemata or because subjective risk would result from the inconsistency between the environment and pre-existing schemata .
2 But what is required now is not more research , but sustainable alternatives for harvesting the oceans ' bountiful resources — methods such as squid jigging or tuna trolling which have a negligible effect on non-target species .
3 It stresses that government projects should only be undertaken which produce a favourable trade , in the collective judgment of the community , of current for future expenditure .
4 Powers of witty innovation have to be developed which enable a fan to change the whole nature of a social situation .
5 When the semantic net is built , connections may be made which have a secondary significance .
6 Soon a scrum developed which bore a greater resemblance to that other American game than to the former game of Redcoat rounders being played below , and Denis had to pile in beside his uncle to the great detriment of his new coat and the loss of one trilby .
7 Rumours may circulate which present a licensed dealer in a too optimistic light .
8 To date , five species are known which contain a group I intron at an identical position of the mtLSUrRNA ( Fig. 3 ) : the four ascomycetes P.anserina ( intron ri2 ) , N.crassa ( intron ri1 ) , A.nidulans ( intron ri1 ) , S.cerevisiae ( intron ri1 ) and P.wickerhamii ( intron ri1 ) ( references are given in the legend of Fig. 3 ) .
9 The two groups of cases discussed above reflect different answers to that question , and Lord Esher 's analysis simply reiterates ex post that divergence ; the analysis does not provide us with an ex ante tool with which to determine which group a case should fall into .
10 This specimen is 15 cm long , but roots have been found which attain a length of 14 metres !
11 Indeed , some verbs seem to have no lexical content beyond one which is aimed at providing some kind of reservation about applicability of the adjectival property , examples being become and turn which place a temporal restriction on the adjective 's applicability ; the subordinate property only holds after the time indicated by the tense of the verb .
12 In real life she went round clubs measuring men 's dicks to see if you could tell which club a man frequented by the size of his dick . ’
13 As a result , a number of multi-national companies have emerged which control a large number of foreign subsidiaries .
14 Other viewpoints may be defined which occupy an intermediate location between these two , and there are also schools of thought which are not readily assimilable to the dimension suggested , for example those which put emphasis on a radical definition of ‘ children 's rights ’ .
15 This eases the problem , because a number of circuits exist which give a complete null at one frequency .
16 ‘ Visible forms ’ , he wrote , ‘ are to edify , either by understanding , or when by affection the minds of the congregation are stirred up with that reverence , devotion , attention and due regard which in that case seemeth requisite , especially means which make a deep and strong impression on the eye . ’
17 These great ships are now cruise liners and are the only passenger ships left which continue a stately form of travel where , as one enthusiast put it , ‘ there is nothing to do but be ’ .
18 This was because there are so many old Spanish customs within the company and rigidities of thinking which take a hell of a lot of changing when you 're talking about people .
19 Although the sea is a much more stable environment than the air and the habitat enjoyed by land animals , fluctuations occur which have a special influence on the shore , where the extremes are greater , and cold air temperatures can influence the fauna in winter , and the concentrated rays of the sun can make some pools uninhabitable during the summer .
20 This supplies varying impedances , in the same way that working speakers do — unlike ordinary power soaks which supply a fixed impedance .
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