Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the imperfections of the documents , he felt to the full his responsibility to preserve and hand over intact to his successor all the rights , privileges , and possessions of which he was the divinely constituted guardian . |
| 2 | But just as the overall form of our body remains the same , despite the constant replacement of the atoms and molecules of which it is made , so is the overall form of nature maintained as identifiably the same old physical universe , though the pattern may alter markedly over the course of time . |
| 3 | An Oxford graduate , he had moved into general management in manufacturing and then into international construction and consultancy from which he had been headhunted by Richard Addis , now one of his senior partners . |
| 4 | One of the national museums and galleries for which I have responsibility , the Tate , is making great efforts , by setting up galleries in , for example , Liverpool and shortly in St. Ives , to make others of its collections regularly available for view in the north-west or the south-west . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend puts his finger on a crucial point : the total income of the museums and galleries for which I am responsible , outside their grant in aid , is £48 million — up by £20 million from the figures for three years ago . |
| 6 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 7 | In any argument you develop , we have suggested that it is important to distinguish between views you are taking for granted , views you are directly asserting and views with which you disagree . |
| 8 | The only drinking in which he took part was to have the occasional gin and tonic to which he kept adding more and more tonic . |
| 9 | Let us take as reasonably authoritative pronouncements the address by MacGregor and Howell to which we have already referred and the recommendations of the Speaker 's Commission to the National Curriculum Council . |
| 10 | How much more difficult when that old person is of a different race or culture from one 's own , has a lifetime of tradition and experience of which we know nothing and has been subjected to hostile experiences , whether the horror of the Holocaust or consistent denigration by virtue of skin colour ? |
| 11 | We have already established that conflict is best handled not by clever lips for healthy friendships , but by self-understanding , well-practised interpersonal skills for listening and the resolving of differences , and the careful application of God 's principles for the specific areas of life and experience in which we find ourselves . |
| 12 | Done in the Jamesian manner , Jim would doubtless find himself credited with psychological subtleties and complexities of which he is quite unaware ; but still one might hope that the writer would succeed in suggesting the highly distinctive flavour of his talk , his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote leisurely and with a modicum of circumlocution , from which in due time the point of the story is sure to emerge . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes again and saw a vision of the land of milk and honey to which he and a small band of pioneers led by their Rabbi had for so long planned to emigrate . |
| 14 | The annoyances , injustices , and setbacks from which it suffered seem small in retrospect , but they preyed on the minds of its members at the time . |
| 15 | Possibly this will mean changes in behaviour ( such as the role of the man in housework ) which violate the norms and values into which they were socialised . |
| 16 | It has often and justly been observed that real indoctrination goes undetected except by those who for other reasons have cause to question the content of the beliefs and values into which they are being pushed . |
| 17 | That was the measure of affection and esteem in which he was held . |
| 18 | Following the example of George Müller [ q.v. ] , and his own highly original survival training in Hull , he lived by the principles of faith and prayer on which he later built his mission : never appealing for funds except to God , and administering all gifts with scrupulous stewardship . |
| 19 | As children 's worlds expand , the home — through the people , animals , and objects of which it is composed — provides educational opportunities . |
| 20 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 21 | Acting upon information received while sleeping , she draws up her invincible battle plans , foils the conspiracies of assassins , learns of the infidelities and corruptions for which she blackmails both her loyalists ( to ensure their support ) and her opponents ( to ensure theirs ) . |
| 22 | By concretion I mean the parables , the stories and the history , the images , symbols and metaphors by which it is carried . |
| 23 | The survivors are shown in Figure 5.2 ( along with certain isotopes of H , C and N to which I shall turn in the next section ) . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | To put all this another way , Chicago represented for its sociologists an ideal case study area in which to test the grand theories of sociology ; the changing social relations resulting from a shift from a pre-industrial to an industrial society , the effects this had on the individual and what Goffman was later to call the ‘ moral careers ’ of people as they managed ( or indeed failed to manage ) with the circumstances and institutions in which they were caught up . |
| 26 | The cynicism which grows out of not having her tender feelings acknowledged and valued replaces the openness and tenderness with which she first entered into the partnership . |
| 27 | Libyan police forces were of various kinds ( municipal , traffic , frontier , uniformed public security , plainclothes detective , and secret ) , but they shared one characteristic : the policemen usually lived in their own homes , in the towns and oases in which they had rights to land . |
| 28 | The cities I had seen in England and France left me unmoved ; their crowds had no interest for me : they lacked the colour and variety for which I craved . |
| 29 | And it was suggested that their participation in the decision-making process , coupled with scrupulous adherence to principles of openness and fairness in that process , may persuade them to accept decisions and policies with which they do not agree . |
| 30 | A speaker who asked questions expecting the answer ‘ True ’ sometimes incorporated an elaborated irony by which he attacked the revolution for its failure to uphold principles and policies to which he was , and was known to be , utterly opposed . |