Example sentences of "[prep] which we [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were , and still are of course , immense difficulties in the way of quantifying human phenomena , some of which we shall touch on later . |
| 32 | This was our ‘ Marche Képi Blanc ’ , on completion of which we would have passed the tests to become legionnaires . |
| 33 | With many populations we are already aware that the units fall into sub-groups of which we would wish to take account in any sampling . |
| 34 | ‘ We too have nothing , not even the freedom he sings of which we would like . |
| 35 | Nor does he consider that animal behaviour might provide us with prototypes of human understanding on the basis of which we might consider something akin to different language-games , reflecting both the similarities and the differences implicit in the respective cases . |
| 36 | TENSE , the grammatical expression of time , is a source of two distinct kinds of problem , each of which we should consider . |
| 37 | The first of these concerns the attempt to construct a general theoretical framework in terms of which we can answer the ‘ limited ’ particular questions of the second . |
| 38 | The value of the ethological study of apes , monkeys and baboons is what it tells us about apes , monkeys and baboons ; only in very special circumstances , and in a very tentative way , should it be seen as a metaphorical alternative by means of which we can study man himself , as in a mirror . |
| 39 | It is the Spirit who takes the things of God and reveals them to us ( 1 Cor. 2:12 ) , and Paul can rightly say that the very capacity to respond in faith is a gift of God and no man-made attribute of which we can boast ( Eph. 2:8 ) . |
| 40 | We have discovered a connection , they will say , on the basis of which we can predict . |
| 41 | Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods . |
| 42 | Once the field-worker was categorized as conforming to their typification of a ‘ good ’ Catholic ( the meaning of which we will outline elsewhere ) , then her religion was no longer as important as it appears at first sight , although the extent to which it had a residual effect is impossible to estimate . |
| 43 | We have set a target date of 31 December 1987 for all submissions on the basis of which we will construct 12 year implementation programmes . |
| 44 | One was a range of curious vases shaped like birds and animals , amongst which we might include the Myrtos Goddess vase . |
| 45 | That is the background of neglect against which we must realise that the Bill is being introduced . |
| 46 | In other words , there are no revenues included against which we must charge future expenses and there are no expenses against which we must match future revenues : there are no hidden liabilities but at the same time there are no hidden windfalls . |
| 47 | This is the background against which we must see the departure of William Charles Titford for London . |
| 48 | In other words , there are no revenues included against which we must charge future expenses and there are no expenses against which we must match future revenues : there are no hidden liabilities but at the same time there are no hidden windfalls . |
| 49 | This strategy implies that we should have no preconceived ideas about the research we should support and that we should concentrate on deriving the criteria against which we should assess proposals which , on the balance of probabilities might stand the best chance of success . |
| 50 | And they provide part of the norm against which we can evaluate our attempts at organised , careful , refined , precise expression . |
| 51 | We now have an identity for multimedia , a working definition against which we can measure developments and potential impacts . |
| 52 | This is the background against which we can listen to our own suggestions on the tape and change . |
| 53 | This is a conclusion with which we would agree and indeed it provides a rationale for this book . |
| 54 | The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . |
| 55 | Something with which we could go to the customer and say , ‘ This is the sort of thing it is now possible to do . |
| 56 | It is realistic to recognise that there is a significant problem with which we must deal and that it is right to do so . |
| 57 | We need not wait for evil to swoop out of the cosmos or ascend from the depths of hell : it is here now , not incarnate in human form but embodied in the structures and philosophies of our modern culture.l It is this contemporary culture with which we must grapple and fight . |
| 58 | There are other differences in penalties between England and Wales and Scotland with which we should deal . |
| 59 | We find the world nearly empty of images and accounts with which we can prepare ourselves or comfort ourselves , or find a mirror of our exaltation or grief . ’ |
| 60 | Physiological psychology presents a range of major methodological challenges , and how well we meet these challenges affects the ease with which we can interpret the experiments that we carry out . |