Example sentences of "[prep] which it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The road bypasses the viaduct , preferring to cross under the railway at a more orthodox bridge a short distance further on , after which it climbs steadily in a barren landscape to the grassy tableland of Newby Head Moss at an elevation of almost 1400 feet . |
| 2 | Using that as a working theory , I 'd say there was some sort of time limit involved — I mean , a time during which it is imperative for people not to know that he 's dead , but a time that comes to an end , after which it does n't matter so much . " |
| 3 | A point which sprang to mind here to complicate the issue surrounds cheese which is made in several places , including the one after which it takes its name . |
| 4 | At the beginning of each new shot , the tape first back-tracks over the last few seconds of the previous recording , after which it reverses and returns back to the edit-point during which the camcorder 's electronics find and lock onto the previously recorded control-pulses . |
| 5 | The youngest of these was a girl of six ; the other 's ranged up to the age of 12 , after which it seems , they were regarded as adult . |
| 6 | In the absence of calcium , InsP 3 has little effect , but becomes increasingly active as the concentration of calcium rises , reaching a maximum at about 300nM , after which it begins to be inhibitory . |
| 7 | Thus while it is young , the vine 's efforts are directed towards extending its root system , after which it concentrates on forming the structure of branches which will bear its flowers and fruit . |
| 8 | If you have a lead rising main , it may well be that you can see it only at the mains stopcock , after which it disappears into the wall to re-emerge in the loft covered with sacking on its way to the cold water cistern . |
| 9 | During ejaculation , the sperm is deposited into the vagina , after which it has to negotiate the cervix and the uterus , from where it enters the Fallopian tube . |
| 10 | We talk about decisions as if there was always a point in time before which the decision was not made arid after which it has been made . |
| 11 | The main point about which the board will resist sideways drift and about which it turns . |
| 12 | This result apparently supports earlier claims that the Earth 's climate system has several stable modes , between which it flips . |
| 13 | Find out how easy it is to get through to the number , the quality of the answers , and the hours during which it operates . |
| 14 | Further , from the time of an announcement of an auction until 28 days after it has been held , the Bank observes a fallow period during which it does not sell stock of a similar type to that being auctioned so as not to be seen to be depressing the price . |
| 15 | The board holds the funds in escrow for five years , during which it releases amounts only for attorney 's fees , and in some cases , for expenses incurred in earning the literary income . |
| 16 | At all stages in the development of armory , and in all the centuries during which it has been in use , there have been two conflicting underlying factors , and it is important that the local historian be aware of them from the outset , so that if false trails are followed they are not followed for long . |
| 17 | We have covered more than 12,000 miles together , during which it has won prizes , howled around Switzerland and Italy , been thrashed at Millbrook , and on race tracks and carried me home to Notting Hill through traffic and rain . |
| 18 | Teesside Women has celebrated its first six months of existence , during which it has provided a wide range of meetings and workshops for any women who live , work or have an interest in the area . |
| 19 | One sees that X ( and Y ) alternates between intervals during which it oscillates about a positive level and ones during which it oscillates about a negative level . |
| 20 | One sees that X ( and Y ) alternates between intervals during which it oscillates about a positive level and ones during which it oscillates about a negative level . |
| 21 | We know that the Trojan War , you know erm , what 's described in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the kiddies and er all these Greek and Greek heroes , we know that war actually happened , but it happened an awful long time before these poems were written and er Freud 's view is that what happens in a culture is there 's some initial traumatic event like the French Revolution or Trojan War , there 's a period of latency during which it seems to be forgotten about and nothing very much happens anyway , and then at a later stage it comes back again , there 's a return of a repressed and er Freud erm Freud quotes one or two other examples , er of the same kind of thing and Mike 's example is a very good one albeit er perhaps it 's good because it 's so recent , so the point you 're making Mike is that are you saying that Freud 's analogy is , is credible where French history and even industrial relations is concerned that there was a trauma , the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine , there were latency periods and then this kept coming back from the repressed time and time again ? |
| 22 | The Danube has a different name in every country through which it flows : in Germany it is the Donau , in Slovakia , Dunaj , when it reaches Budapest it becomes the Duna , at Belgrade it is the Dunav and in Romania it is the Dunarea . |
| 23 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 24 | Here accountability is clearly defined , the routes and paths through which it flows are easily discerned , often articulated and condition the nature , state and integrity of the whole enterprise . |
| 25 | An electric current creates a magnetic field around the wire through which it flows . |
| 26 | With general reduction of the land through which it flows and a decrease in the calibre of the load , the stream is enabled to flow over decreasing gradients . |
| 27 | It is one of the ‘ true ’ whales in that its mouth is furnished with plates of baleen ( whalebone ) through which it filters the water from the shoaling small fish on which it feeds . |
| 28 | It is a strong , resilient , twisted rope to which the baby is attached in the womb , and through which it receives all nourishment until birth , when the cord is severed . |
| 29 | Gears are fitted to the standard 57 h.p. motor , through which it drives the axle . |
| 30 | It serves to hide the professional , that is elite , structure through which it continues to operate by assuming the mantle of the popular for itself . |