Example sentences of "which [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an amplified state it is generally referred to as ‘ expanded consciousness ’ — a condition that allows us to process through our nervous system , information from the environment which during a normal state of consciousness is totally inaccessible . |
| 2 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
| 3 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 4 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 5 | Mr is , is , is asking the questions which which for a long time . |
| 6 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
| 7 | Customers would have to pay only the difference between the price of the Series 7000 System and the new-generation system , which for a low-end system would be minimal . |
| 8 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
| 9 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 10 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 11 | Mr Branson has no intention of being a Classic FM , which as a classical-music channel has limited appeal . |
| 12 | And at low levels , bacteria tend to reduce nitrate , useful to plants , to elemental nitrogen , which as a dissolved gas is not available to most aquatic plants . |
| 13 | However early in the novel he has an experience which makes him aware of a significantly different kind of memory , and this is of course the famous incident in which as a young man he dips a small cake , a madeleine , into a cup of tea . |
| 14 | Indeed the Us/Them opposition itself , which Fipa perceive as one between Settlers and Strangers , is culturally ‘ played down ’ in favour of the continuing process , by which as a deliberate matter of social and State policy , outsiders are incorporated into the society . |
| 15 | An important factor was the support given to the proposal from both the republicans and the CSJ , which as a Dungannon-based group was particularly important . |
| 16 | It represents , however , a retreat from the basic principle that the price of limited liability should be full financial disclosure — a principle which after a long struggle , was adopted in the 1967 Act . |
| 17 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 18 | It took 54.03 per cent of the vote , which under a mixed system of direct elections and proportional representation gave it 114 of the 181 seats decided ; the Georgian CP took 24.42 per cent and 60 seats . |
| 19 | Some are covered by a mat of flailing threads or cilia , which with a co-ordinated beat drive the creature through the water . |
| 20 | We believe there 's a perfectly adequate and scenic footpath which with a small amount of adaptation could do the job perfectly well |
| 21 | I know I live on a fierce and magical planet , which sheds or surrenders rain or even flings it off in whipstroke after whipstroke , which fires out bolts of electric gold into the firmament at 186,000 miles per second , which with a single shrug of its tectonic plates can erect a city in half an hour . |
| 22 | Cummings had been the executive chairman of Stanley Fisheries , a subsidiary of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation ( FIDC ) , which with a Scottish company , Seabord Offshore , had formed the Seamount joint venture company which collapsed because the high proportion of loan capital left it extremely vulnerable to operating losses . |
| 23 | Surely , it will be said , it is necessary to draw a distinction between predicates which within a given context at a given time can be appropriately ascribed to a given existent , and those predicates which under the same conditions can not be meaningfully said that either they or their contradictories are true of the existent in question . |
| 24 | ( This is a very simple formula , which in a modified form is being tried , I observe , in English politics . ) " |
| 25 | The original proposals , which in a modified form became the 1983 Act , brought these in . |
| 26 | Such attacks were reinforcing the pressures on time and space which in a changing economy were restricting the room allowed to traditional recreational forms . |
| 27 | But our interest in Peter 's story is represented by a relatively small but important matter which in a negative way affects the happiness of Peter 's home life . |
| 28 | She had found an explanation of events which satisfied her , an explanation which in a curious way brought her contentment . |
| 29 | He then holds up his own ideal , a calculated inversion which in a normal man might be the text for a denunciation of what Cicero called the treachery ‘ lurking under the false show of loyal service ’ : At this point , normally , the attack on evil would be made ; but Iago unconcernedly identifies himself with this group : ‘ These fellows have some soul , /And such a one do I profess myself ’ ( 53ff . ) . |
| 30 | The productive relations in turn give rise to the superstructure of the society , the third tier , which includes its laws , religion , culture and politics , all of which in a Marxian analysis are devised to keep the dominant class in power . |