Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good illustration is North Sea gas which consisting of 96 per cent . |
| 2 | We followed them through the marsh , which smelled of dying plants . |
| 3 | Strip index — This is a frame into which strips of stiff card can be inserted . |
| 4 | Researchers in Britain have drawn up data on climate change which warns of massive disruption to agriculture and loss of vital eco-systems in China . |
| 5 | The IBM Corp share price has been floating around in the mid-$50s range as the memory of the ghastly fourth quarter begins to fade and odd bits of encouraging news come out — but the first quarter figures will soon begin to loom , and evidence that they will not be too jolly comes from BMC Software Inc , which warns of continuing weakness in international sales , and that customers are delaying purchases to study alternatives to mainframes , which are falling out of favour . |
| 6 | There are a number of petrochemical plants in my constituency , as well as the Rechem International plant , which disposes of toxic waste , where Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution and the local district authority carry out extensive monitoring . |
| 7 | It is an ingenious construction , which disposes of all the problems of the principle of benefit . |
| 8 | He commanded the government troops in Eritrea , and chaired the court martial in 1989 which disposed of 12 of his fellow-generals for plotting an anti-Mengistu coup . |
| 9 | This is an important programme which smacks of major investment and very careful planning . |
| 10 | The data also show that at the thicket stage in coniferous plantations the ground flora is much less diverse and dense than in control sites of similar age which consist of semi-natural mixed oak ( Quercus spp. ) stands . |
| 11 | The exemption covers advertisements which consist of verbatim extracts from any announcement or any extract from such an announcement , made in accordance with the rules of the exchange . |
| 12 | We are not suggesting , of course , that it is not legitimate to study the comprehension of sentences , or of passages which consist of discrete sentences . |
| 13 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 14 | Sir yes , I represent the County Council with respect to these objections sir , and I shall be calling Mrs to give the evidence , and she will produce a proof and a bundle of appendices which consist of two plans . |
| 15 | Easily Accessible : The Coach House lies on the edge of the Ford and Etal estates which consist of 20,000 acres of beautiful countryside , ruined castles , pretty villages and a network of footpaths ideal for walking . |
| 16 | Most of the sex in the original text survives but the producers are aware that fictional nipples are being counted by the kind of heaving bodies which consist of several men in suits . |
| 17 | Miescher studied lymphocytes , which consist of large nuclei and little else . |
| 18 | It was a shoddy disreputable town which stank of open sewers and rotting vegetables . |
| 19 | The average monthly output is seen to be about 196.5 tons , which consisted of 72 parcels of various weights , copper percentages , and therefore values , ranging from £2 : 5s. : 1¾d. to £14 : 10s. : 9¾d. a ton ; rates being determined by the fluctuating Cornish Standard . |
| 20 | There followed a pause of 1min before the tetanic stimulation which consisted of five trains , each of 20 shocks at 100Hz , repeated at 15s intervals . |
| 21 | A small crowd of the young , together with a party of celebrities were waiting for the band , which consisted of five yobs and an amplifier , to take up their position on the rostrum . |
| 22 | Of course it would be possible to have a religion which was largely abstract , which consisted of philosophical formulations and moral maxims . |
| 23 | One gang , which consisted of four coachmakers and two labourers , prepared and placed all timber , panels and other materials on the spot where it was required , and no man who was engaged on actual repairs was required to leave the job to look up any material . |
| 24 | At Loreto , we spent three days exploring the network of muddy paths through the forest around the village , crossing small streams on logs and one larger river on a suspension bridge which consisted of four rusting steel cables and a few loose planks . |
| 25 | 3rd Armoured Field Ambulance were tasked to provide medical support to the British military contingent , Which consisted of 1,500 servicemen and servicewomen from the Army and the Royal Air Force . |
| 26 | He owned Ranlodden Estate , which consisted of all thirty-nine square miles of the moor . |
| 27 | Low clouds and squalls of driving rain concealed all but the local terrain , which consisted of rocky crags and gulleys . |
| 28 | To obtain additional internal volume and a satisfactory relationship between new floor levels and existing or modified window openings , the original ground floor , which consisted of two panels of suspended timber construction under the areas formerly accommodating pews , separated and flanked by strips of tiled floor on a solid base where the gangways ran , was removed to give a further 400mm ( 16in ) of height . |
| 29 | I was accepted as part of the family , which consisted of two daughters and a grandfather , ; the husband had died many years before . |
| 30 | Martha set confidently to work in Grace 's galley , which consisted of two gas rings in the bows connected to a Calor cylinder , and a brass sink . |