Example sentences of "which [vb base] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , those firms with in-house architects , which insist on a standard formula without consideration of local conditions . |
| 2 | Methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which relay on a single channel of communication . |
| 3 | We studied the operations required by those dominant data-types which act on a complete word : fixed and floating-point binary arithmetic , and logical values . |
| 4 | This may be no more than a judgement of which line on a graduated scale a movable needle is nearest to . |
| 5 | In the past year the CGR has developed a number of new applications of transgenic and genome technology which focus on a small number of areas of interest . |
| 6 | The more micro-based studies , which focus on a particular expenditure programme or transfer policy , often offer a more tractable research problem , but these are inevitably open to the criticism that they are very partial in nature , giving no real insight into whether government intervention is narrowing or widening the extent of overall economic inequality ( assuming we can agree how to measure it ! ) . |
| 7 | Blaise Pascal , of Pascal 's triangle , extended the theorem to : If a hexagon is inscribed in a circle , the pairs of opposite sides intersect , respectively , in three points which lie on a straight line . |
| 8 | An example of one category of UFO , which some researchers have pinpointed , is of objects with an ovoid shape from 1 to 3 metres in diameter , which rotate on a vertical axis , close to the ground , and which appear to emit a wide range of electromagnetic radiation . |
| 9 | The Commission have more recently proposed a Directive on establishing European works councils that provides for informing and consulting employees within certain sized undertakings which operate on a Community-wide scale [ see pp. 45–6 ] . |
| 10 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 11 | Nevertheless teaching methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which rely on a single channel of communication . |
| 12 | In comparison with the other two passages , this one has a rather low frequency of nouns ( 4 ) ; moreover , over half of these nouns are abstract ( 20 ) , referring to entities which exist on a social or psychological plane : effort , subject , terms , money , feelings and aristocracy all occur in the first sentence . |
| 13 | It may , however , be a useful tool where certain establishments ( e.g. a local club or bar ) hold overcrowded late-night ‘ parties ’ which occur on a regular basis and are a nuisance to occupiers in the residential area where the establishment is situated . |