Example sentences of "which [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the application of good marine logic — tasting the water and finding it salty , then making sure the ebb — and flood-tides were of equal strength ( both tests which argued against this body of water being a river ) they realized that they had , indeed , discovered the way through . |
| 2 | One definition of function often found in present-day texts is : " A function is a rule which associates with each element of some set A a single element of a second set B. |
| 3 | Thus there is a group of genes — mouse genes — which recombine with each other , but not with genes from unrelated animals . |
| 4 | ‘ It is just a country festival , which goes on all night . |
| 5 | They work as two separate writing teams Baddiel and Newman , Punt and Dennis before they collectively decide the material which goes into each show . |
| 6 | However , the aim would also appear to be to attempt to override the case law of the European Court which goes beyond this principle . |
| 7 | For the sake of individual autonomy , liberals attempt to establish a political system which defers to each person 's chosen way of life rather than one which imposes a conception of the virtuous life upon everyone . |
| 8 | One is represented by the Biblical ‘ power to heal sickness and cast out devils ’ ( Mark 3 : 15 ) … the other is represented by the Hippocratic oath … which refers to that ability of healing and that mastery over death which no profession save medicine can claim . |
| 9 | He showed that it was possible , starting with a uniform concentration of chemicals which interacted with each other , for the system to develop differences in the concentration of the chemicals , which he called morphogens , such that there would be chemical waves with peaks and troughs of concentration of the morphogens . |
| 10 | In the background to this central theme in his thought lie two major influences upon him which interacted with each other and with the impulses derived from Kant . |
| 11 | Also , in the meantime , a military revolt had taken place in the Spanish army , lead by General Franco , and it soon became clear the division of the contending sides were , on the one side , The Nationalists who were strongly supported by Italy , Germany and Portugal , and on The other side , the government forces , supported by Communist Russia , which led to that side being referred to as ‘ Republicans ’ . |
| 12 | This dismal monumentalism is the apotheosis of impersonality , a confirmation rather than a denial of the mindset which led to such slaughter in the first place , though the architect intended no irony . |
| 13 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 14 | Verdicts were , however , subject to ‘ review ’ by the Supreme Court on six rather ill-defined grounds , a procedure which led to much confusion . |
| 15 | Goals from John Morrissey , John Aldridge and Neil McNab put paid to Southend in front of 5,870 fans , but there was a slack spell in the second half which led to some booing . |
| 16 | He was a conscientious and hard worker , filled with a sense of mission which led to some misinterpretation by the Whig-Liberal group . |
| 17 | The demonstration ( which led to some violence ) was organised by the " Stop State Snooping " committee , whose members included representatives of the Social Democratic Party , one of the four governing coalition parties . |
| 18 | Significantly , it was the consul with a Greek surname , Q. Publilius Philo , who was entrusted with the drive into Campania which led to this pact in 326 . |
| 19 | While admitting that it was originally the understatement of German earnings which led to this move by the German analysts , in this we nevertheless have a model on which to work . |
| 20 | The drug squads discovered more cases of drug use , which led to more police manpower and money being invested , which led to more discovery . |
| 21 | They 'd gone down a narrow alleyway — up North they 're called ‘ ginnels ’ but do n't ask me why ; I just observe , I do n't translate — which led to another alley at right-angles . |
| 22 | , mill manager at that time , is pictured third from left , front row , immediately in front of ( wearing glasses ) of which owned at that time . |
| 23 | The final element of the geography of the South which contributes to this chapter 's paradox concerns its growth as a major manufacturing region of the United States since about 1960 . |
| 24 | Teaching and particularly a scheme of one-to-one tutoring and counselling has to encourage a response from each student which testifies to that student 's commitment to thorough enquiry , hard thinking , self-scrutiny and honesty of purpose , all set within a context of the daily practicalities of management . |
| 25 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 26 | A fierce and often unscrupulous controversy arose over the relative merits of vaccination and inoculation , which persists to this day in demography journals . |
| 27 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 28 | Some of the defended sites which remain outside this network could be considered an extension of this system . |
| 29 | Recent reports following scandals and appalling practice have made recommendations on how to improve the service , most of which remain in some minister 's waste bin . |
| 30 | In contrast , bidders competed for uncleaned and fresher works such as Lord Leighton 's ‘ The Antique Juggling Girl ’ at Sotheby 's bought by a telephone bidder at £400,000 ( $600,000 ) ( estimate £400–600,000 ) , and Valentine Cameron Prinsep 's evocative ‘ Home from Gleaning , ’ also at Sotheby 's which sold to another telephone bidder for £50,000 ( $75,000 ; also healthily estimated at £50–70,000 ) . |