Example sentences of "which [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other ‘ road ’ had been developed when in Avon Finance v Bridger [ 1985 ] 2 A11 ER 281 the court envisaged the extension of the protection previously given to wives to elderly parents , and in the present case Scott LJ saw no reason why the ‘ protection ’ should not extend to all cases where the relationship between the surety and debtor was one in which influence by the debtor over the surety and reliance by the surety on the debtor were natural and probable . |
| 2 | And they would , I think , conclude that , if a protected class is to continue to be recognised , the class ought , logically , to include all cases in which the relationship between the surety and the debtor is one in which influence by the debtor over the surety and reliance by the surety on the debtor are natural and probable features of the relationship . |
| 3 | No new procedure is without technical problems , which account for the phenomenon of the learning curve that occurs with all new technical treatments . |
| 4 | Can you think of reasons in others which account for the way you react as you do ? |
| 5 | Although the lines are exceedingly fine ( ie , just resolved ) at this distance , increasing the separation between source and observer can produce very strong lines which account for the glare I have noticed . |
| 6 | There is a richness of musical resources — many previously unavailable to a mass audience — and an excitement about new technological possibilities , new social relations and new kinds of musical behaviour which account for the fact that cultural struggle could take place here within musical production itself . |
| 7 | One can compare the passage just quoted , which insists on the unknowability of the real world , with some of her subsequent remarks ; as , for instance , when she refers to her argument ‘ that literature represents the myths and imaginary versions of real social relationships ’ , and claims that ‘ a form of criticism which refuses to reproduce the pseudo-knowledge offered by the text provides a real knowledge of the work of literature ’ , or says that ‘ the task of criticism , then , is … to produce a real knowledge of history . ’ |
| 8 | In a discipline like psychology , which insists on the specificity of its vocabulary , procedures and concerns , feminist initiatives which stay close to the traditional discipline are valuable . |
| 9 | There is also more overlapping , of a kind which insists on the notion of depth : a despairing woman on the far side of the statue from which the lesser Ajax is about to drag Cassandra to rape her ; hidden faces ( Priam 's and Aeneas 's — he is shown at one end , escaping with his father and son ) . |
| 10 | It is often easier to locate the leak with the water in , or by marking the water level at which to search for the leak , unless of course the fault is in the bottom of the pool . |
| 11 | As such it is located between geography and soil science , which Bridges visualizes as concerned more with the biology , chemistry and physics of soil all of which converge on the study of soil fertility and crop production . |
| 12 | This oracle speaks of a brother as the instrument of death , which fits with the case as it is yet known . |
| 13 | You can only clean the read/write heads of the floppy disk drives with a special cleaning kit which fits into the drive in the same way as a normal floppy disk . |
| 14 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |
| 15 | There is a collar component , plus a nose band which fits across the bridge of the nose . |
| 16 | A condom ( rubber , sheath , johnnie , French letter ) is a thin rubber sheath which fits over the man 's penis so that semen does not penetrate the woman 's vagina or anus during penetrative sex . |
| 17 | The Drayton Drain Easy kit consists of a stopper which fits into the cold feed pipe outlet of a cistern and a plug which fits over the end of the open vent pipe to allow , say , a radiator to be removed from a central heating system without draining down the whole central heating system , which could well mean losing all your corrosion inhibitor . |
| 18 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 19 | Would you like a scrupulously faithful ‘ photographic ’ likeness or something which delves into the soul of the subject ? |
| 20 | There are also a number of projects which concentrate on the production of materials and resources for educational use . |
| 21 | Despite grand plans for the ‘ informationisation of society ’ , the partnership of government and industry which operated under the government of Valery Giscard d'Estaing left the French information-technology industry in a mess — at least compared with American or Japanese firms . |
| 22 | All three National governments , which operated under the premiership of J. Ramsay MacDonald ( 1931–5 ) , Stanley Baldwin ( 1935–37 ) and Neville Chamberlain ( 1937–40 ) , displayed increasing respect for the trade unions in the 1930s . |
| 23 | Sitcoms like Love Thy Neighbour , Till Death Us Do Part and Mind Your Language were stuffed to bursting with gags which operated on the principle that differences of colour or culture were an endless source of easy laughs . |
| 24 | This scheme has replaced transitional relief which operated in the year 1990–91 . |
| 25 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 26 | It seems , then , that , for the most part , black parents are not interested in sport and have no role to play in generating and sustaining their children 's involvement which intensifies despite the lack of parental support . |
| 27 | Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades is behind the TV-oriented scheme — which flies in the face of FA policy — to be considered by chairmen of the 22 clubs at a meeting in London . |
| 28 | The ganglion cells are the neurons which communicate with the brain by propagating impulses up their axons , while their dendrites detect patterns of excitation in the photoreceptors , to which they connect through intermediate cells . |
| 29 | The advanced technology of Ticene means that any grease splashes which land on the inside of the oven , spread themselves over a large area and burn away at normal cooking temperatures . |
| 30 | The Dalmatians from Ragusa represented the most important of the outside influences which penetrated into the heart of the Balkans . |