Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But because these interests in land were protected by personal and not by the real actions , they developed a set of legal characteristics which caused them to differ from the interests classed as real property . |
| 2 | property thus recoverable developed a set of legal characteristics which caused it to differ considerably from property which was recoverable only by a personal action ; and so , though the real actions have long been abolished , and for a still longer time disused , the differences between real and personal property survived . |
| 3 | The Thatcher group had several characteristics which made them differ from their predecessors . |
| 4 | Spiders have eight hairy legs which enable them to move easily over obstacles and rough territory . |
| 5 | ‘ We always started seriously , usually discussing Louisa and perhaps her problems with her legs which stopped her doing her old-time dancing . ’ |
| 6 | Is it possible to identify the considerations which lead you to believe that these presuppositions do n't need justification or explanation in your essay ? |
| 7 | Polygnotos , it is clear from Pausanias 's description , took two important steps which allowed him to express the classical spirit without the constrictions of the archaic tradition . |
| 8 | The grievances which prompted them tended not to be social , but political , fiscal , or even religious . |
| 9 | He was conscious of being watched by unfriendly eyes which show he felt he was a stranger intruding . |
| 10 | In addition they choose from units which permit them to study those national and regional histories of which they have some prior knowledge , as well as less familiar societies and cultures , and from units in which the emphasis is on a particular aspect of or approach to history , for example , the history of the Origins of Modern Science , of Modern Political Thought or of Mass Communication and Society . |
| 11 | In the second year , students choose from units which permit them to study national and regional histories of which they probably have some prior knowledge , as well as less familiar societies and cultures . |
| 12 | He was in his late twenties with pale skin , prematurely thinning hair and wore a pair of steel-rimmed spectacles which made him look studious . |
| 13 | We invented this game after investigating the latest scientific research into pheromones , the sex hormones which help us find and identify our partners . |
| 14 | Steven continues : ‘ There 's a complete balancing out of all the different musical influences which enables us to write songs that make us sound like no-one else . |
| 15 | Having identified who has joined the church in the past year we need to know what were the main influences which caused them to make their decision . |
| 16 | If the purpose of sex is to have children , then , is there a special sort of casual , slightly illicit sex with near-strangers which has nothing to do with procreation and is also more exciting than the other steady sort ? |
| 17 | Aspects which made him remember an Olvia and mourn the death of that comparative stranger . |
| 18 | Looking back on that visit , as I sometimes do , I find it difficult to reconcile the warm , charming and amusing hostess who spared the time to entertain us that day with the latter-day basso profundo screecher of the House of Commons and the earnest , ingratiating gusher of numerous television interviews ( performances which make me dream wistfully of the old saw , ‘ In the ideal society politics should be as unobtrusive as drains ’ ) . |
| 19 | There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that ! |
| 20 | Er if , if there is a sufficient er indication in these words an indication , a pointer as I say , if there 's a transparency in these words which enables us to see through to the truth then our formulation of it does n't matter all that much . |
| 21 | Gorbachev 's address received lukewarm applause , and in the speeches which followed he found himself sharply under attack by delegates . |
| 22 | We should instead create opportunities which encourage them to seek that information . |
| 23 | The other Girls would talk about their families and homes which made her feel so lonely . |
| 24 | The voices which tell you to let go . |
| 25 | The expectation of falling interest rates and bond yields which underpinned it has been rudely removed . |
| 26 | Nixon claimed that as President he had special executive privileges which allowed him to refuse access to the tapes . |
| 27 | It is the behaviour of the indicators which enables us to unravel the conceptual and definitional ambiguities . |
| 28 | The next step , that of being ‘ participant as an observer ’ , requires observers to adopt roles which enable them to become a member of a group and yet to be able to ask questions without fully disclosing their roles as researchers . |
| 29 | Depositors are issued with cheque books which enable them to spend the money directly without first having to go to the bank and draw the money out in cash . |
| 30 | We have seen a shift from the utopianism of the 1960s to a culture of nostalgia and , as with the more dystopian elements in postmodernism , the exhibition and the books which accompany it look backward in a search for appearances as if they were compensatory fantasies substituting for a forgotten dream . |