Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] [Wh det] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is something primitive about babies which can fill parents with intense feelings of love and hate . |
| 2 | It is not that these initiatives do not contain good educational practice which is being criticised here ( for they do ) , but rather the way in which they are seen by some as panaceas which can succeed without full professional involvement . |
| 3 | Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals . |
| 4 | The hindbrain and midbrain structures , normally associated with relaying sensory information to the cortex , spontaneously generate signals which are responsible for the cortical activation , and are also indistinguishable from signals which would normally have been relayed from the eyes and ears . |
| 5 | The Minister has a statutory duty to consult organisations he considers are representative of interests which will be affected by a proposed regulation and other appropriate persons . |
| 6 | As a result , marine creatures such as molluscs which would normally feed on blue-greens and keep them in check , can not survive . |
| 7 | There are trees such as willows which can be cut and harvested at frequent intervals . |
| 8 | Pupils can be guided to an item ( see Figure 5.1 ) such as SHIPS which will retrieve one record with a task relating to that specific theme and to one or two sources of information . |
| 9 | A class inter is also defined , for elements such as lists which can appear either within or between chunk elements . |
| 10 | On the street , the roof of your car may be at just the right height for you to rest your elbows as you take the shot , and there are all sorts of other items of street furniture such as lamp-posts which can serve as props . |
| 11 | Reorganisation of classes so that they contain children of more than one age range , changes in swimming or peripatetic music provision are typical of matters which can generate a great deal of heat . |
| 12 | The laws relating to taxation may be subject to changes which can not be foreseen . |
| 13 | The laws relating to taxation may be subject to changes which can not be foreseen . |
| 14 | I suspect he was in the Tower not because he could count the days but was privy to secrets which could rock thrones and topple crowns ! ’ |
| 15 | In general , programmed instruction is most useful for tasks which can be comprehensively specified . |
| 16 | It will not escape notice that , first , this question enquires about the verb and the adjective together , not the adjective alone ; and , second , this is precisely the form of question that can be used for a single , unmodified transitive verb : ( 9 ) Lionel shredded the memoranda what did Lionel do to the memoranda ? 5.2 For reasons which will become apparent , we shall call the adjectives in this structure adverbal adjectives . |
| 17 | Its decision reflects its determination to resume the hunting of the relatively numerous minke whales , which it claims are now present in quantities which can be sustainably harvested . |
| 18 | Secondly , the treaty itself embodies the vital principle of ’ subsidiarity ’ , making it clear that the Community should only be involved in decisions which can not more effectively be taken at national level . |
| 19 | Carron Phoenix , the Scottish sink manufacturer , is involved in talks which may produce a bid above the agreed 60p-a-share offer from Bene of France . |
| 20 | Caradon also refused to comment , but has already announced that it was involved in talks which could lead to a bid . |
| 21 | Little assembled a squad of 20 professionals , many on terms which would make Hartlepool blanch . |
| 22 | MSC are opposed to schemes which can be defined by them as political or critical of prevailing government policy — in practice , this leaves courses for women which concentrate on traditional job skills and traditional job expectations — even though those skills are not valued in the present economic climate and the opportunities for women in the labour market are negligible . |
| 23 | People were very impressed by horses which could canter on three legs , and even canter backwards ! |
| 24 | The point is that working people are bound to be concerned about issues which can not be tackled effectively without central government involvement , issues such as mass unemployment , inflation , industrial decline , poverty , the social effects of government expenditure cuts . |
| 25 | Students of cancer had more reason to be interested in chromatin and its role in cell division , but chemical approaches to cancer were predominantly concerned with molecules which could be identified at the time , i.e. with molecular weights under 1000 . |
| 26 | The schools were rightly proud of the contribution made by boarding to the lives of pupils , and especially those from homes which could not provide a stable background . |
| 27 | The second advantage is that such promotions enable the name of your organisation or its brands to be included in the copy , which can be very important in publications which would not normally use such names . |
| 28 | As a result it was accepted by the 1630s that English colonies could take most decisions for themselves , and this meant they developed the institutions which , over the course of time , grew in a way that enabled them to become self-governing and then independent by stages which could be so small as sometimes to be imperceptible . |
| 29 | Differences in results over time may be due to errors which must be attached to judgements of mastery , whether test results or teachers ' judgements or both are used in making the judgement . |
| 30 | Within the year there was money made available for projects which could take the broad skills of a science like genetic manipulation and give them a saleable medical application . |