Example sentences of "[prep] which [verb] its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company was organized in approximately ten areas of business , each of which had its own board of directors and its own CEO , but all of which were wholly owned by the parent company . |
| 2 | To arrive at this viewpoint Miliband argued that society was stratified by a number of elites — social , economy ( including managers and not just owners ) , bureaucratic and political — each of which had its own basis of power . |
| 3 | This meant that , instead of being composed entirely of separate infantry , cavalry , motorized , engineering , supplies and medical units , it also contained battalions each of which had its own infantry , cavalry , motorized , etc. sections . |
| 4 | They do not refer to the 130 parishes in the diocese , each of which operates its own finances . |
| 5 | Indian patronage was further divided by the intended destination in India , for military cadets were not appointed for service in India at large , but to a particular presidency , each of which maintained its own army . |
| 6 | She was heard to pause before going into the bathroom , the latch of which gave its distinctive click . |
| 7 | It must be enough here to point to four main areas of debate , each of which has its political , economic , medical , and moral ramifications . |
| 8 | The painting has been described as the ‘ masterpiece of Modigliani 's Cubist adventures … [ the ] small head is divided into two clearly defined zones , each of which has its own viewpoint ’ . |
| 9 | One of the main problems is that there is a clear separation between the various specialties , each of which has its own payment for a case . |
| 10 | There are a number of different types of retail outlet in most countries of the West , Far East and Australasia , each of which has its own slightly different set of advantages and disadvantages for the prospective buyer . |
| 11 | Fieldwork was conducted in two of the three regions , each of which has its own particular administrative structure . |
| 12 | Just as different sites or forms of racism have their own conditions of existence and articulation , so they require specific modes of analysis and intervention , each of which has its own criteria of efficacy . |
| 13 | Israel presents a bill-cum-claim for £13 billion ; the Turks have already been more than vigilant and need recompense ; Egypt is already forgiven its £7 billion arms debt but needs more ; Syria has had its funds unblocked by the EC ; the US is getting its war subsidies ; the Soviet Union is tied by its need for help ; the air is thick with pay-offs and promises , massive promises every one of which has its own complex politics contradicting most or all of the others . |
| 14 | The Czech and Slovak Federative Republic is a parliamentary federal republic consisting of the Czech and Slovak republics , each of which has its own government . |
| 15 | The Czech and Slovak Federative Republic ( known until March 1990 as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic ) consists of the Czech and Slovak Republics , each of which has its own government . |
| 16 | The FSM has four constituent states — Chuuk ( formerly Truk ) , Kosrae , Pohnpei and Yap — each of which has its own government . |
| 17 | New Caledonia is divided into three provinces ( North , South and Loyalty Islands ) each of which has its own directly elected assembly ( consisting of 32 , 15 and seven members respectively ) elected for up to six years . |
| 18 | Despite the changing circumstances within which the press now operates and much evidence with which to discredit its own claims to legitimacy as ‘ the fourth estate ’ , there has been no serious attempt to reconsider the theories of the press and the media generally as they relate to the remaining decade of this century . |
| 19 | I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation . |
| 20 | However a third party may find itself without any available forum in which to present its substantive claims . |
| 21 | Those proponents of Producers ' Co-operation who ‘ wanted each factory to be established as a separate profit-sharing society ’ were right in principle : for only thus could it escape from the dominant consumer interest , only thus secure the ground from which to mount its own advance towards the more important objective of Co-operative aspiration . |
| 22 | Put under this pressure and without an isolated adversary on which to concentrate its lethal strike , the snake usually does its best to beat a rapid retreat . |
| 23 | The Workers ' Party conference had also confirmed the continued existence of the Official Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) , which ceased its campaign in Northern Ireland in 1972 , at which time its political wing , Official Sinn Féin , changed its name to the Workers ' Party . |