Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [prep] which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that day the invitation was sent to William of Orange , James 's nephew and son-in-law , in response to which he landed in England to restore its liberties . |
| 2 | His decision was prompted by Mrs Thatcher 's vehemently expressed opposition to proposals for monetary union at a recent European Community summit in Rome and a strident populist performance in Parliament in which she displayed considerable hostility to the idea of European integration . |
| 3 | Bradford 's scientific contribution to the programme will be in the development of photocatalytic particles of high activity , in addition to which it will fulfill the management role of Project Coordination between the partners and with the E.C . |
| 4 | In Sussex William Earnley was the son of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; in contrast to most of his colleagues , who had at least £40 a year with an average of £100 , he had only £26 produced by a medley of very small properties , in addition to which he leased Cakehan manor from the bishop of Chichester . |
| 5 | An act is ‘ in furtherance ’ of a trade dispute when the doer genuinely believes it will assist the cause in support of which it is done : the House of Lords has emphatically rejected the addition of any requirement that the act be ‘ not too remote ’ or ‘ reasonably likely to succeed . ’ |
| 6 | And all this merely supplements and whets the appetite for the serious nourishment of hot dogs and beer , in search of which you must leave your seat and descend below the stands . |
| 7 | What they need is a purgative period in opposition in which they have time to think once more and sort themselves out . ’ |
| 8 | Ron died in the early hours of Saturday 15 February following illness which he had fought with characteristic resilience , striving to maintain his involvement in the many spheres in sport to which he had brought such positive influence . |
| 9 | So far as possible the particulars of the charge shall be stated in simple terms , but they shall also show the precise offence in law with which he is charged . |
| 10 | The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was a public-trust authority which was becoming rapidly insolvent , yet there was no way in law in which it could go into liquidation . |
| 11 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 12 | While the consortium had offered to put up £2,500 million in private capital the project would also have involved ERL taking over a £1,000 million government loan already allocated to BR to improve commuter services along the route , a further £400 million investment by BR ( in exchange for which it would have had a 50 per cent stake in commuter services along the route ) and a government " capital grant " of £500 million . |
| 13 | It is known in the House that the reality is a choice between many hours in Committee characterised by filibuster and slow progress , and a number of hours in Committee in which we make reasonable progress . |
| 14 | Fourth , many participants frankly admitted that they had very low expectations at the outset : specifically that the course was simply designed to punish them , in return for which they would give the minimum amount of attention possible . |
| 15 | The basic social contract , whereby citizens enjoy certain rights — including health care , decent education and housing and a job — in return for which they observe the rule of law , was breaking down . |
| 16 | Club members can provide help with Front of House , Bar and Foyer duties in return for which they receive a free ticket to the show . |
| 17 | They would chat and flirt with the legionnaires , making them buy champagne and other expensive drinks , in return for which they would provide female company and , if they found the legionnaire attractive , they would sleep with them . |
| 18 | For over fifty years selected local bus operators have been given monopoly rights on their routes in return for which they are subject to fares control and expected to plough back any profits from good services to maintain loss-making routes . |
| 19 | The slave-owning aristocracy of the Southern United States , the estancieros of Argentina , the great wool-ranchers of Australia , were as enthusiastically devoted to free trade and foreign enterprise as the British , on whom they depended , since their incomes depended exclusively on the free sale of the produce of their estates , in return for which they were more than ready to accept any non-agricultural products which their customers exported . |
| 20 | He took all my clothes , my underpants , my toothbrush and razor , in return for which I received a clean set of fatigues , underwear and a wash kit . |
| 21 | He asked his players for their loyalty to him , in return for which he would do his best to improve their conditions . |
| 22 | Since then , in an action for ‘ Wrongful interference with goods ’ the defendant is entitled to show , in accordance with Rules of Court , that a third party has a better right than the plaintiff as respects all or any part of the interest claimed by the plaintiff or in right of which he sues . |
| 23 | In chains he tells the Sanhedrin itself about the one name in heaven by which we must be saved . |
| 24 | He was forever in demand , in spite of which he remained affable and good-tempered . |
| 25 | At the words ‘ lovely pictures ’ , Amaranth remembered the ‘ spread ’ in Penthouse for which she had received –500 all that time ago . |
| 26 | To correct the curve it was necessary to stretch the concavity and contract the convexity — in furtherance of which he spent a good deal of his time moving across the floor in a peculiar creeping posture , which Doctor Staples referred to as ‘ Klapp 's crawl ’ . |
| 27 | The only occasion upon which they appear to have been considered by this court was in Reg. v. McNiff [ 1986 ] Crim.L.R. 57 , in respect of which we have been helpfully provided with a transcript of the judgment . |
| 28 | Although this is not a matter in respect of which we are asked to grant any relief , I believe that Lautro should reconsider its practice in this respect , and consider deferring the issue of a press notice until after the person affected has had the opportunity to apply for the notice to be rescinded and to make representations to that effect , and Lautro 's board have ruled in the application . |
| 29 | We will pay to you such sum as may be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case in respect of work performed by you under this order prior to cancellation , and in respect of which we have received the benefit . |
| 30 | Whenever we compare two or more people , we can discover a variety of attributes in respect of which they may be equal or unequal . |