Example sentences of "[Wh det] belong [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Switzerland is famous for six cheeses , four of which belong to the semi-hard family , although they are sometimes referred to as hard cheeses . |
| 2 | For many years they were regarded as colonial coelenterates , but it is now certain that they are unrelated to the jellyfish and their allies , and in fact are distant cousins to a small group of tube-dwelling organisms with little fossil record , which belong to the minor phylum Hemichordata . |
| 3 | The origin , heyday , disuse and final dismantling of the inclined plane at Foxton occupied at most thirty-four years , eighteen of which belong to the period of disuse . |
| 4 | The permanent swimmers belong to four main groups : the squids ( which are cephalopods — molluscs — related to the octopuses ) ; the bony fish , most of which belong to the group known as the teleosts ; the sharks — which are quite different from the teleosts , though they are also commonly referred to as fish ; and the cetaceans , which are the whales , dolphins and porpoises and are , of course , mammals . |
| 5 | There are several other bacteria similar to the gonococcus , which belong to the same family , the Neisseriae . |
| 6 | Then comes the brand new world of school where new relationships are formed which belong to the child alone and are not necessarily anything to do with other members of the family . |
| 7 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 8 | Observations of European wild cats , which belong to the same species as the domestic cat , reveal that , far from being kitten-killers , the males sometimes actively participate in rearing the young . |
| 9 | There are , however , four distinct stages in the development of phylloxera , all of which belong to the same Phylloxera vastatrix life-cycle : the sexual , the leaf , the root and the winged form . |
| 10 | The most notable of the small cats , all of which belong to the ‘ true cat ’ genus , Felis , include the jungle cat , Felis chaus , chaus interestingly and oddly being an ancient name for the wildcat of Africa . |
| 11 | " Providence has denied his country the privilege of decking his youthful brow with the chaplets which belong to the sons of victory and of fame , but his deeds can never die . |
| 12 | There were approximately 12,000 travel agent outlets in 1986 , 6,000 of which belong to the trade association ABTA ( of these , the total of separate travel agent firms was 2,500 ) . |
| 13 | In contrast to this emphasis of the New Testament writers , much of the stress on the Spirit today dishonours Jesus , tends to squeeze him out of the picture , and infers that allegiance to Jesus is only the lower reaches of the Christian life , the heights of which belong to the Holy Spirit . |
| 14 | 's ( singular ) or s' ( plural ) as in the boy 's books = the books which belong to the boy and the boys ' books — the books which belong to the boys . |
| 15 | 's ( singular ) or s' ( plural ) as in the boy 's books = the books which belong to the boy and the boys ' books — the books which belong to the boys . |
| 16 | All surfaces — dome , drum , pillars , chancel screen and walls are covered in paintings , some of which belong to the fourteenth century building period ( 232 ) . |
| 17 | The above explanation also allows a clearer view of the relation between know and the other verbs which belong to the conceptual field , and shows why such verbs are all followed by to + infinitive . |
| 18 | ( c ) Books and papers An outgoing partner should be required ( Clause 22.01 ) to deliver up all books and papers in his possession which belong to the firm . |
| 19 | All three of Kane 's categories suffer from implausible assumptions which belong in the realms of racist folklore rather than scientific inquiry . |