Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived in 264 houses which averages 5.36 persons to a household . |
| 2 | There are three main natural regions in Switzerland , the Jura in the north with an average altitude of 750 metres and a swathe of coniferous forest ; the Swiss Plateau which averages 580 metres , holds most of the Swiss population and its cities and extends from Switzerland 's largest lake , Geneva , to Lake Constance in the East ; then there is the Swiss Alps which cover 60% of the country 's land area , have an average altitude of 1,700 metres with more than 100 summits topping the 4,000 metre mark . |
| 3 | Basil Bunting the poet wrote a poem called Briggflatts which , although it is not an easy piece to read , has a cragged beauty which fits these dales and fells . |
| 4 | For such reasons , one may argue that there is a continuity of comic tone between the Miller 's and Reeve 's Tales which counteracts such contrasts as may be produced by cold moral calculation . |
| 5 | He had hoped to see the opening of the ‘ Ballymurphy Seven ’ trial , which involves alleged attacks on security forces , but said the trial date had been postponed . |
| 6 | The Nobel citation praised Mitchell for his contribution to a deeper understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of his theory , which involves charged particles ( protons ) being driven across membranes within cells . |
| 7 | Marriages of persons over that age , but under 18 , are completely valid ; and the only check on such marriages without the consent of parents or guardians is the difficulty of getting them celebrated by the clergyman or proper officer without making a false declaration , which involves penal consequences . |
| 8 | Paasi then investigates what he terms the ‘ institutionalization of regions ’ , the process by which they are created , which involves four stages in the formation of ‘ structures of expectations ’ that embrace both the physical and the cultural characteristics of a region . |
| 9 | Although a number of researchers have argued that the only relevant research in eyewitness testimony is that which involves actual crimes ( Clifford , 1978 ; Lindsay & Wells , 1983 ; Malpass & Devine , 1980 ) , there are major difficulties with carrying out such research . |
| 10 | A full-length performance , which premiered at The Place Threatre 's Indian Summer Festival in London , which involves young dancers from London and Oxford in some pieces . |
| 11 | GAMBIT : an opening which involves planned sacrifices . |
| 12 | The same is true of voluntary work , much of which involves concrete skills such as typing , driving , accountancy or teaching others technical skills . |
| 13 | This is mainly due to the complexity of the AP response , which involves several tissues with possible feed-back loops . |
| 14 | Hazards were taken to be simple , which include a single damaging element such as wind , rain , floodwater or earth tremor ; compound , which involves several elements acting together above their respective damage thresholds such as the wind , hail and lightning of a severe storm ; and multiple , when elements of different kinds coincide accidentally or follow one another as a hurricane may be succeeded by landslides and floods . |
| 15 | Less commonly , there is the team appraisal approach which involves several colleagues . |
| 16 | Pigs , grain , potatoes and some breeding sheep were also sold through the system , which involves potential buyers bidding from computer terminals in their own offices for livestock , grain , etc. which have been described in detail to them . |
| 17 | This is Ireland 's first official participation in the prestigious competition which involves 24 nations , and they are naturally hoping to find some sort of coordination and rhythm in the run-up to the World Cup Sevens in Edinburgh on April 16–18 . ’ |
| 18 | Any analytic approach in linguistics which involves contextual considerations , necessarily belongs to that area of language study called pragmatics . |
| 19 | Cawson defines corporatism as a process ‘ in which organizations representing monopolistic functional interests engage in political exchange with state agencies over public policy outputs which involves those organizations in a role that combines interest representation and policy implementation through delegated self-enforcement ’ ( 1985a , p. 8 ) . |
| 20 | The programme , which involves aerial surveys , DNA-fingerprinting , and photo-identification , will be a joint research effort between New Zealand and US scientists . |
| 21 | He maintains that capitalist enterprises and the modern nation state require a ‘ rational ’ bureaucratic administration which involves large numbers of administrators and clerical staff . |
| 22 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 23 | And in tha in our statement we say , that we are talking about a process which involves both governments , all parties , and what we 're talking about is agreement among the divided people to which all sections can give their loyalty . |
| 24 | Of course , it will remain open to the court to list any appeal which involves important points before a court of three or more judges . |
| 25 | The relationship of underachievement with employability is constructed through an assumption that it is the lack of academic achievement which renders black students unemployable ( Scarman , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional . |
| 27 | It is their very complexity and ambiguity of meaning which renders literary classics re-readable and thus classics . |
| 28 | A manager can also take the initial foundation course which tackles those issues that may be relevant to any manager , whether inside or outside the CAB . |
| 29 | The decision might be explained as an attempt to remedy the absence of an offence which penalizes such voyeurs . |
| 30 | Lucidly , for instance , he explains how to counteract the ‘ around the next corner ’ syndrome which bugs all painter-travellers ; that will o' the wisp that tempts us all to go on ad infinitum , seeking the ‘ perfect ’ view , leaving us dispirited and fruitless . |