Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] which [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I still reserve the right at any time to doubt the solutions furnished by the modulor , keeping intact my freedom which must depend upon my feelings rather than my reason .
2 ‘ Now that I have got a diploma , I have a higher qualification for my job which will help me with my work and future progress ’ she said .
3 I found among my mother 's papers when she died a letter from my grandfather which must have wrung her heart for years after his death : ‘ … ca n't you spare a moment to write to your poor old Dad … ‘
4 She snatched her hands away , conscious of the danger of the acids on her skin which would damage old fabric .
5 But when you spend it when you 're spending your income you 're not accumulating your capital , so this person in five years time , although they 've had their income which may vary between seven and thirteen percent , their ten thousand is still ten thousand pounds , and obviously that would have devalued in real terms against inflation , which is the other problem .
6 Secondly , since the public library is not strictly tied to the educational requirements of a user education programme in , say , a polytechnic or indeed a school , it can introduce some novelty into its programme which will arouse the excitement o f children .
7 Now what I 'm proposing to do is to issue a revised programme in respect of the afternoon session this afternoon , which will take in some of the business that er has has already fell off which would be at the end of the private session this afternoon so we 'll try and get in er rule twenty Regions in their Manage and their Management which will take in three motions , thirty six , thirty seven and forty and then we 'll turn , hopefully , to the Social Security Payments Resolutions , you 'll remember that they fell off , composite two eight three , motions three seven nine , three eight five and three eight six .
8 Women mourn the loss of a breast — ‘ which at 50 has no function other than a psychological one ’ — unlike almost any other part of their body which might have to be removed for health reasons .
9 If writing off paying debts is not an option , then the Banks could reduce the payments in order that debtor countries could concentrate on their development which would give their people food , shelter , education , health services and employment .
10 This complex behaviour requires mechanisms to register the presence of prey or danger and to decide on and make the appropriate response , attacking or contracting into a blob — sensory cells , secretory cells , muscle cells and above all a network of electrically connected cells running right across its surface which can coordinate the hydra 's responses .
11 I think it is quite important to establish whether in fact the County had information at their disposal which would have enabled them to act sooner in this case . ’
12 A horse that has been abused , intimidated , and broken will never have the pride , self-esteem , and affection for its owner which can make a good horse into a great one .
13 21.1 No party shall be liable to any other for non-performance in the event of circumstances occurring outside their control which shall include for the avoidance of doubt strikes material or currency fluctuations .
14 7 NEITHER PARTY shall be liable to the other for non-performance in the event of circumstances occurring outside his , her or its control which shall include for the avoidance of doubt strikes , material currency fluctuations and in the case of the Authors serious illness .
15 20.1 Neither party shall be liable to the other for non-performance in the event of circumstances occurring outside its control which shall include for the avoidance of doubt strikes and material currency fluctuations .
16 Just a few days ago the couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter which will arrive in South Africa in the next week .
17 I know of no animal of its size which can disappear so completely as an otter !
18 Myra told me that , until the previous year , she would have thought that nothing whatsoever had occurred in her childhood which could have caused her revulsion to physical contact .
19 Farmers , concerned about the disappearance of casual labour , built dwellings on their land which would ensure a pool of workers and these houses were known as ‘ tied ’ houses because they were rented from the employer rather than ‘ open ’ houses rented directly from the landowner .
20 These figures take no account of people who have commissioned a registered builder to build their house which would have been zero rated for VAT .
21 Here 's our driver , whom you may never have seen before ; there 's your vehicle plus its load which can add up to a pretty expensive package .
22 ‘ When a site is looted , it is not the loss of the artefacts which is the real tragedy , it is the loss of their context which can tell us everything about those objects .
23 When a site is looted , it is not the loss of the artefacts which is the real tragedy , it is the loss of their context which can tell us everything about those objects .
24 The object was to prevent takeover by a rival paper , or even by a consortium of people opposed to NoS and its politics which might try to build up a majority shareholding .
25 She also found that a lot of her time which could have been used to produce more goods was being taken up selling goods , collecting debts and generally doing administrative work .
26 ‘ Because , ’ I replied , ‘ there was always a danger that Hopkins , who confided in so few people , may have said something to his sister which could have threatened her .
27 JOHN MORRIS , Derbyshire 's 28-year-old vice-captain , has ended speculation about his cricketing future by signing a two-year extension to his contract which will keep him at the Recreation Ground until 1996 .
28 It is a rare but recognised phenomenon that headaches as a result of sexual intercourse might indicate his condition which could have been treated by an operation regularly performed by neurosurgeons . ’
29 However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them .
30 The three largest unions are refusing to vote for his compromise which would let whites belong to a black socialist society .
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