Example sentences of "which [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a whirlwind ride which rarely lingers for more than a minute on individual songs until we reach the '90s and the Zoo TV extravaganza . |
| 2 | All records were of single birds which rarely stayed for more than a day . |
| 3 | In the rigid and uncompromising structure of a society which constantly looked for negative , rather than positive factors , the faintest rumour was elevated to probable truth and doubt became a definite accusation . |
| 4 | The situation was particularly disturbing in the state of Bihar , which alone accounted for three-quarters of the latter group . |
| 5 | Certainly its application within the large domestic market of the United States , which alone accounts for some 40 per cent of world air travel , can hardly be considered an unqualified success . |
| 6 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 's NTT Mobile Communications Network is to split itself into nine regional units : its present headquarters in Tokyo will become the group 's parent company , which will wholly own the equity of the eight subsidiaries , and the move is intended to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the fight with its biggest domestic rival Daini Denden Inc , which has no unit in Tokyo and Tokai area , which together account for half the population . |
| 7 | Some large companies and local authorities provide pre-retirement courses , either by inviting specialist lecturers in , or by sending the employees on courses which usually last for one or two days . |
| 8 | Toshiba has not specified the size of the reduction in the half-yearly bonus , which traditionally accounts for 50 p.c. of total pay . |
| 9 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 10 | a new definition of incapacity which also caters for partial and fluctuating capacity |
| 11 | Besides , this putting together of two letters which also stand for other sounds inevitably causes ambiguities — bishop and mishap — while the letters th actually have two different digraphic uses as well as their separate values , as seen in the sentence ‘ Thy thigh is waist-high . ’ |
| 12 | These schemes , which originally ran for one year , have now been extended to two years . |
| 13 | A report by the Compassion in World Farming ( CIWF ) group on fish farming in Britain--a growth industry which now accounts for some 10 per cent of the country 's total fish consumption--has highlighted some of the practices associated with raising fish in captivity . |
| 14 | Letters from the Iraqi government in May , which reportedly called for direct talks with Iran , apparently elicited some initial positive responses in Iran , but the initiative was overtaken by renewed controversy following the Arab League summit on May 28-30 in Baghdad , the Iraqi capital [ see p. 37473 ] . |
| 15 | Where the great rivers of molten lava had flowed in the distant past was now a jumbled mass of solidified rock-like structures which sometimes stretched for many kilometres . |
| 16 | For large-enough r-values ( r } 312 ) there is a stable symmetric periodic orbit which winds just once around the Z-axis and which then persists for all larger r-values ( Fig. 6.9c ) . |
| 17 | It is possible , however , that the search which then began for communal standards was prompted not only by this evident nadir of design , but by a wish to re-establish contact between the house and the community . |
| 18 | As well as giving Howden access to new markets such as Scandinavia and the Far East , the acquisition increases Howden 's reliance on the fan business , which previously accounted for one-third of the group 's £300 million turnover . |
| 19 | The proportion of broadleaved trees , which currently account for 46 per cent of new plantings , is planned to increase , partly as a result of financial incentives for the private sector under the woodland grant scheme . |