Example sentences of "[noun pl] which be [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had engaged soldiers for a year , but had been deprived by the truce of most of the ransoms which were to pay the troops ' wages for the second half of the year . |
| 2 | The influences which are changing the practice of hearing children read come from several sources , but probably the most important is the effect of psycholinguistics , leading to a changed concept of the reading process . |
| 3 | This school of thought emerges from the low numbers of cichlid fry which are found in the mouths of cichlids which are incubating the Synodontis . |
| 4 | Participation by developing nations which are expanding the use of gill-nets in their coastal waters will be a key feature of the workshop , scheduled for October 1990 . |
| 5 | That 's why I am afraid of these hysterical demands which are dominating the discussion in our press and among those who want radical economic reform all at once . |
| 6 | In fact it was the sediment particles attached to the shells which were producing the TL . |
| 7 | Because of this , foreign currency mortgages , which are being sold very heavily at the moment by financial intermediaries ( linked to banks and other financial institutions which are providing the funds ) , are only for the financially sophisticated . |
| 8 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 9 | The leaders promised to co-operate in ending the civil wars and the conflicts between states which were hindering the continent 's development , in particular the border conflict between Mauritania and Senegal , the subject of an OAU commission report presented during the summit , and the civil war in Liberia [ see pp. 37601-02 ] . |
| 10 | By 1987 , 57 local authorities were requested to submit Inner Area Programmes which were to outline the objectives of Urban Programme funding , and to indicate how other funding programmes dovetailed into Urban Programme activities ( DoE , 1989 ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps everyone who works with such old people needs a period of physical disability ( real or ‘ pretend ’ ) to see just what effort goes into the daily round and the strategies which are adopted the better to cope and to preserve independence . |
| 12 | Most of Eurotunnel 's shares are held and traded on the Paris market these days and there is fear that the company will end up issuing shares as full or part payment to Transmanche Link , the group of 10 contractors which are building the tunnel . |
| 13 | these are the areas which are reaching the final stages of the demographic cycle in which , as a result of migration of the child-bearing age-groups , the residual population is unable to maintain , let alone increase , its own level by means of natural growth . |
| 14 | ‘ There is a growing feeling of alienation in loyalist areas which is boosting the ranks of the paramilitaries . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a growing feeling of alienation in loyalist areas which is boosting the ranks of the paramilitaries . |
| 16 | For example , they associate liberal democracy with the core countries , arguing that such a system is only sustainable over substantial periods in countries which are exploiting the entire world-system , and can ‘ buy-off ’ popular demands from their own residents because of the wealth that is being appropriated from other countries . |
| 17 | On the contrary , none of the nations wanted war , and ‘ ever new progressive and democratic forces ’ had appeared in the capitalist countries which were strengthening the common struggle for peace . |
| 18 | And while the hierarchy of the Roman Church dictated the texts which were to become the canonical New Testament , the monasteries in Egypt embraced a much more diverse body of teaching , exemplified by the Gospel of Thomas and by the other texts found at Nag Hammadi . |
| 19 | It was in cities such as Rome , Venice , Florence and Verona that the Renaissance started — the re-awakening of the arts , new directions in painting and architecture — movements which were to span the continents and leave a legacy of culture unequalled anywhere in the world . |
| 20 | In 1944 representatives of every allied government met in Chicago and drew up a convention containing ninety-six articles which were to provide the framework upon which civil aviation could be rebuilt after the end of the Second World War . |
| 21 | But it was also the beginning of the split between law-abiders and law-breakers which was to cripple the movement within a few years and lead to its decline . |
| 22 | During 1905 , work was commenced on the various lines which were to form the South Metropolitan system , starting first on the Selby Road ‘ Robin Hood ’ Penge High Street section , then the Mitcham Light Railways . |
| 23 | However that may be , the striking point is that it is not the law of trusts which is leading the way to generous interpretation here , but instead the civil law . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the issues which created the divide during the Exclusion Crisis were not new ; concerns about the prospect of a popish successor , the growth of popery and arbitrary government , and the nature of government in both Church and State , had been creating tensions long before Titus Oates made the revelations which were to precipitate the political crisis at the end of Charles II 's reign . |
| 25 | However , it is an irony , that may referees are blowing up the ruck and maul situation much earlier than before , with the consequence of a plethora of scrummages which is killing the flow of play , and presumably increasing the chances of injury . |
| 26 | The remaining jobs , cleaning or semi-skilled work in small factories which are surviving the recession , pay pin-money wages that assume that someone else , a man , is the breadwinner . |
| 27 | Two major Royal Commissions dealing with the issues produced reports in the early war years which were to provide the blueprints for post-war planning . |
| 28 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 29 | In 1979 the Conservative Government was elected with a clear mandate to tackle the problem of excessive Union powers which was destroying the employment and the livelihood of thousands of people every week . |
| 30 | His will is an eloquent testimony of how conventional he was in his views — requiring Requiem Masses and prayers in perpetual memory of himself and of his family — and of how little he foresaw ( for how could he ? ) the changes which were to affect the church — and his bequests — during the next century with the coming of the Reformation . |