Example sentences of "[conj] which [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simulation of geographical systems is not necessarily motivated by considerations of cost or avoidance of hazard , but more by the desire to experiment on systems that are either too slow-acting relative to the human life-span or which present ethical problems to the would-be experimenter . |
| 2 | Once , it was a pop cliche that the records which mattered most to you were the ones which marked your earliest sexual encounters or which signposted key events in your adolescence . |
| 3 | However the tests applied are sufficiently broad to catch material which encourages the use of dangerous drugs or which advocates criminal violence . |
| 4 | Electronics designers will need to follow some rules of thumb , many of which will be familiar , such as mains filtration , adopting a sensible grounding policy , minimising ground impedance , minimising cable lengths , screening cables which are carrying high frequency , large magnitude signals or which contain sensitive signals , and grouping cables to separate the sensitive from the interfering . |
| 5 | More difficult to assess is the toxic reaction of an odour , that is an effect ‘ which may influence survival or which produces unfavourable changes in the gross and microscopic appearance of organs or tissues or in the entire organism ’ . |
| 6 | The race was only open to vehicles which ran on unorthodox fuels , or which had internal combustion engines modified for greater energy efficiency . |
| 7 | There is close co-operation with other departments in the Faculty , so that research which involves international or European law , or other branches of law , or which has theoretical dimensions , may also be pursued . |
| 8 | Thorndyke inserted another statement further on in the passage which was either neutral with respect to possible inferences or which supported particular inferences . |
| 9 | Certain medical conditions , such as being HIV positive , or which need particular kinds of medication , may make breastfeeding inadvisable . |
| 10 | VARIABLES — Characteristics , attributes or qualities that can vary in magnitude among individual cases or which have different categories are referred to as variables in statistical analyses where , usually , their relationship ( for example , between education of mothers and the number of children ever born to them ) is studied . |
| 11 | For what he means by Religion , as he points out , is that which underlies all religions . |
| 12 | We shall join them in trying to root out open and covert subsidies on the Continent which work against the principle of the single market and which put British firms at a disadvantage . ’ |
| 13 | This awareness has driven us to evolve new systems that can be tailored to local needs and which reflect current advances in auditing techniques . ’ |
| 14 | Health authorities are encouraged to arrange for the services which ethnic minority communities need and which reflect cultural differences . |
| 15 | The 1950s resembled the 1920s experience with a roughly equal balance of public and private construction , almost all of which was suburbanization by addition and which produced 3732 dwellings . |
| 16 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
| 17 | The final selection was slanted towards books with a strong social content and which explored political issues . |
| 18 | Some experts argue that the solution lies in exploiting the country 's aquifers , which they claim are as yet largely untapped , and which contain sufficient water to supply the major cities . |
| 19 | One of the most popular programmes on 1OAB was The Fort San Programme which I presented each Sunday at 12.30 noon and which featured 90 minutes of records requested for patients in the tuberculosis sanatorium at Fort Qu'Appelle . |
| 20 | All the pitches were lined with trees under which spectators could sit and which made splendid spots for picnics when no game was going on . |
| 21 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |
| 22 | This comment was made in the context of the dictum of Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton , L.R. 4 H.L. 226 , 249 , which he had previously cited with approval and which presupposed that compulsion had induced the payment . |
| 23 | In 1855 , Boy 's Own Magazine appeared , followed by Boy 's Own Paper and Boy 's Penny Magazine , addressed to a new class of boys , and which signalled significant shifts in public attitudes , particularly acting to increase sex segregation and reinforce stereotypes . |
| 24 | A rich combination of women 's cultural activities , featuring performance poetry , dance from Lucia Walker and company , some of the life-size figures from the photographic exhibition ‘ Just the Job ’ and Bea Freeman , who will present her film about ‘ Just the Job ’ in which she also appears and which presents positive role models of Black women and women from other racially minorities , and the work they do . |
| 25 | The judges were impressed by the way the company , based in Newtonmore and which employs 14 people , has increased turnover in the past year from £40,000 to £400,000 and is tackling the European market — even before its Smart Rope , which warns climbers by changing colour when it gets over-stressed and on which world patents are pending — goes into full production later this year . |
| 26 | An individual 's personality is the sum total of those traits which define his or her individuality , and which cause one person to be different from another . |
| 27 | Disabled and able-bodied children can enrol on the course , which lasts for two hours each Saturday for six weeks and which offers expert tuition . |
| 28 | Despite archaeological discoveries which are still being made year by year and which throw more light upon the Etruscan civilisation , knowledge of these people , their origins , their way of life is still far from complete . |
| 29 | There are a number of processes which reproduce themselves through time and which keep poor farmers in perpetual poverty and force them to use their natural environment in non-sustainable ways . |
| 30 | She was however obliged to heed the advice of a task force she appointed to examine the AGO 's operations , and which recommended increased support . |