Example sentences of "which [vb base] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both pavements have examples of a four-petalled flower " with long , broad leaves which curve to a fine tip , ( pls. 1 and 5b ) . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most important point to be made about postverbals is to distinguish them from the adjectives in the last remaining position , the extraclausal adjectives , which occur in an identical sequence of syntactic elements , but which correspond to a different surface structure as in : ( 45 ) the two reformers persevered undaunted two stagehands appeared , breathless They have the different intensional structure : |
| 3 | However , only those which deviate to a lesser extent can be separated by fractional distillation . |
| 4 | In the new scheme , worldwide sales are divided into three regions each of which report to a new vice-president of worldwide sales . |
| 5 | Another form of fascination is to concentrate on the hypnotic spiral , which is a large disc bearing black lines which disappear to a single central point . |
| 6 | These changes , which amount to a substantial achievement , are due to the courage and maturity of the Waterford workforce , who have demonstrated their determination to make sacrifices in order to preserve jobs and save manufacturing in Waterford . |
| 7 | Surviving copies are very faint , distinctly telephonic in quality , and start with an appalling wow because the cutter was engaged before the wax was up to speed ; but an account in the Illustrated London News ( 13 ) shows the disposition of the microphones and the apparatus , which amount to a full recording system in the modern sense . |
| 8 | The present day Public Health Act 1936 and the Public Health ( Recurring Nuisances ) Act 1969 give local authorities acting through their environmental health officers , and in certain circumstances an individual , limited powers to control odour emissions which amount to a statutory nuisance , as defined by s.92(1) of the 1936 Act , reproduced below : |
| 9 | Failure to take formal action under the relevant legislation or unjustifiable delay in doing so , in respect of obnoxious odours which amount to a statutory nuisance or for breach of a condition attached to a site licence for waste disposal , may be deemed to amount to maladministration if they cause injustice such as injury to health or depreciation in the value of property . |
| 10 | The typical finding of a left hemifield superiority in facial recognition is , however , consistent with other findings reviewed in this chapter which point to a relative dominance of the right hemisphere in dealing with non-verbal events in general and visuo-spatial processes in particular . |
| 11 | The result has been to reward the biggest airlines , which incidentally go to the most attractive places for leisure travel , and to destroy the small carriers which go to a limited number of places . |
| 12 | It is followed by a section on specific entry requirements and then by a section for each of our eight faculties giving a description of the courses offered and of any special arrangements which apply to a particular faculty . |
| 13 | I do , however , keep giving the actors directions which belong to a five-week rehearsal period and then have to tell them to forget what I 've just said . |
| 14 | Just as linguistics is not primarily concerned with individual utterances ( parole ) but with the language system as a whole ( langue ) , the structuralist proposal is that individual works should be regarded as instances of parole informed by rules which belong to a general literary langue . |
| 15 | This option enables you to obtain an alphabetical listing of all Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) which relate to a specified range of module names ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 16 | This option enables you to obtain an alphabetical listing of all Software Status Reports ( SSRs ) which relate to a specified range of module names ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 17 | However despite the great variety of demi-caractère ballets staged since 1789 there appear to be only three main sources of gesture which contribute to a particular style for a particular ballet . |
| 18 | Ten pitches long , the route starts as easy angled slabs which lead to a vertical section and an overhanging finish in a tremendous , exposed position . |
| 19 | A method for representing the logical combinations of various states which lead to a particular outcome ( top event ) ( Reference 5 ) . |
| 20 | There may be a variety of social sanctions which lead to a high level of participation . |