Example sentences of "[prep] which [verb] a long " in BNC.

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1 A short continuous crisis , the origins and consequences of which cover a long period , seems to be the double requirement of tragedy and its double relationship to time .
2 To illustrate , let us consider the case of a word overlapping with two other candidates , the first of which has a long definition and the second has a short definition .
3 He admitted that this would involve ‘ a change in mentalities , ways of thinking and prejudices , all of which have a long history ’ .
4 Feminist thinking does not , of course , exist in a vacuum , and in thinking about women 's autonomy , feminists have drawn on different ( and conflicting ) approaches to questions about the human self , some of which have a long history .
5 Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet .
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