Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] which [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 However , were this the extent of his case then , for reasons which we have seen , his examples would be curiously ill-chosen .
2 But this would be to simplify things for , as I have argued , black kids generally come from the kind of family backgrounds which are not suited for their own educational needs — for reasons which I spelled out in the last chapter , but will summarize as ‘ neglect ’ or ‘ unattainable goals ’ .
3 I have left the paper for reasons which I think have been fairly clear .
4 For reasons which I do not claim to understand , Australia has seen a number of cases of scandalising the court in recent years .
5 As we know , this agreeable stasis did not continue ; the synthesis started to come apart for reasons which I have tried to explain .
6 As I had come to know a number of rectors and vicars in the course of my journeys , for reasons which I have mentioned , Eliot questioned me about what he felt might he a mounting danger , namely that the Church might seek to increase by chauvinism what it appeared to be losing in spirituality : and indeed the vicar of my own village had been upbraided by a group of parishioners for not preaching sermons directly furthering the war effort , which Eliot said was tantamount to making him into an unpaid official of the MOI .
7 He also considered an argument based on freedom of speech , but rejected it for reasons which I consider in the next section of this judgment .
8 The rule is firmly established that we may not look at Hansard and in general I agree with it , for reasons which I gave last year in Beswick v. Beswick .
9 Similarly , it was intended that the voluntary bodies would have a duty to consult with appropriate LEAs about activities which they planned to undertake .
10 Some stand quite close to him but are unhappy about this or that emphasis or point of detail , or about tendencies which they see running through his work ; others differ from him so radically on the nature and basis of theology itself that they in effect reject his approach wholesale .
11 These days more and more of us are going for names we can trust — household names like Matchbox for instance which we remember from our own childhood .
12 I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the illegal .
13 I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the er illegal .
14 LABOUR were furious yesterday over the Government 's refusal to come clean about plans which they suspect could cut the number of people entitled to invalidity benefit .
15 Nathalie Sarraute has consistently defended the narrative structures of her texts as the only possible means of representing , in fictional form , the psychological interactions between consciousnesses which she describes as ‘ tropisms ’ — the depiction of subtle intersubjective activity involves the creation of a more fluid narrative discourse .
16 Opponents of the Government have criticised the policy because it makes unions responsible for disruption which they have not organised and in some cases may oppose .
17 She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it .
18 For what I have done I will answer , but not for murder which I have not done . ’
19 The intense demand for labour which it generated both tended to depress the profit rate directly by dragging up product wages and provided the backdrop to other contributory factors such as difficulties of work organization and wages explosions ( chapter 12 ) .
20 On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history .
21 This was seen by some as an attempt to improve his image abroad after remarks which he had made during the presidential election campaign to the effect that he was " untainted " with Jewishness .
22 Count Raymond dared not risk battle against Richard 's massive army ; nor did the pleas for help which he sent to King Philip meet with any response .
23 I am concerned that I have recently received from the National Westminster Bank an invoice for £10.58 which they have debited from the Parish Council account for ‘ Audit Certificate Fee ’ , apparently on your instructions .
24 Boswell employs over a thousand words to describe the Monboddo visit , which began around mid-day , and ended when they had to leave for Aberdeen which they did not reach until late that night .
25 Some lenders were already refusing to give money for areas which they thought might eventually be included in the list .
26 May the merciful God hold his hand over us so that we are guided in his way and seek for peace which he has prepared for us .
27 Also available is a file for metal and a rasp for wood which we found very useful for shaping and smoothing these materials .
28 On the other hand , she reflected , it would fit well with all that she knew of Miss Coldharbour 's habits if she had fed Wheeler with information about Gray which he 'd used to bully Gray with .
29 Many people use them to build up a tax-free fund for youngsters which they get at 18 or 21 , although you are restricted to one scheme per person .
30 But then maybe there is something different about Scotland which we need to cling on to .
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