Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a way which strikingly presages the modern socialist welfare-state , divine kings became not only tyrants , but also providers and protectors of their people . |
| 2 | It is this alarming development which most concerns the National Amenity Societies represented in this report . |
| 3 | The squalor produced by prison overcrowding is perhaps the issue which most scandalizes the public conscience , but there are others . |
| 4 | The failure to prioritise needs realistically or to genuinely recognise people 's individuality sometimes leads to competition for resources which badly damages the educational chances of some individuals . |
| 5 | Abandoned to drink from her cup of sorrow , the asylum superintendents would have marked the baby as ‘ an accidental addition which wholly unbalances the tottering mind ’ . |
| 6 | An agreement reached in the early Forties between Bavaria and the family , which effectively enshrines the strict historic laws of entail ( Fideicommiss ) , limits her in what she can dispose of : archives , libraries , and , to an uncertain extent , the furnishings and works of art intrinsic to the family seat , are all protected . |
| 7 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |
| 8 | Perhaps the easiest way of looking at this is to think of the surface states as a charge store , which effectively shifts the switching level of the device . |
| 9 | The idea that society is entitled to take whatever steps may be considered necessary to ensure that companies serve the public interest depends on the theory that the only basis on which companies can be allowed to possess power , which effectively means the only basis on which large companies can be allowed to exist , is that they produce consequences beneficial to society . |
| 10 | The mechanism by which this infection , which predominantly affects the antral mucosa , predisposes to ulceration of the duodenum is unknown . |
| 11 | This argument , that the Scottish party should elect its own leader , raise its own funds , hire and fire its own staff and sit in a Westminster coalition with the English and Welsh Labour Party , is something which acutely interests a few hundred activists , but not many MPs , and one guesses , precious few voters . |
| 12 | The prayer for relief so far as the third defendant is concerned , seeks damages for conspiracy to defraud ; exemplary damages ; an indemnity in respect of any liabilities to B.M.T. under what is described as ‘ the said deed , ’ which presumably means the legal charge or other instrument containing the personal guarantee given by the plaintiffs ; damages for deceit ; and interest . |
| 13 | The court said that there was no general rule that a valuation made on an " erroneous principle " ( which presumably means the same as a mistaken decision ) had to stand unless it were also shown that a valuation on the right principle would produce a materially different figure from the figure of the erroneous valuation : if there were such a rule , it would place on the objector the extra burden of making a fresh valuation which in its turn might also be rejected . |
| 14 | I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person . |
| 15 | It is the debate about the forces which determine this equilibrium which fundamentally separates the various schools of thought in macroeconomics . |
| 16 | The first stage in the transfer is a preselection process , involving informal discussions with tenants where they may make their own alternative suggestions , which eventually produces a single applicant to go forward to the final stages . |
| 17 | This lays the foundations for the differentiation of the chorioallantoic placenta , which eventually becomes the major nutritional and respiratory organ of the conceptus . |
| 18 | this soon tangles itself in a web of white noise and frantic improvisation which eventually has a hypnotising effect on the audience . |
| 19 | All of which rather spoils the dramatic point of the rest of the film . |
| 20 | All of which rather spoils the dramatic point of the rest of the film . |
| 21 | They have become impotent — a fact which naturally causes a great deal of anxiety to them and to their wives . |
| 22 | The course is based on a continuous integrated story which naturally introduces the special usage of language required , by posing a commercial problem needing marketing and business analysis . |
| 23 | To use the phrase which better expresses the underlying concept , what the requirements of fairness demand when any body , domestic , administrative or judicial , has to make a decision which will affect the rights of individuals depends on the character of the decision-making body , the kind of decision it has to make and the statutory or other framework in which it operates . |
| 24 | To use the phrase which better expresses the underlying concept , what the requirements of fairness demand when any body , domestic , administrative or judicial , has to make a decision which will affect the rights of individuals depends on the character of the decision-making body , the kind of decision it has to make and the statutory or other framework in which it operates . |
| 25 | Sculptors after this give statues of women a new dress which better suits the changed mood . |
| 26 | It is easy enough now for me to convince you that what you need is a PC running Windows and capable of running up-to-date software such as Timeworks 3 and Works for Windows ( which basically means a 386 , although an SX model will do ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Alta ’ is directly linked to ‘ altar ’ which basically means the high place . |
| 28 | This involves using a filtration process which basically makes the solid content of the milk much higher allowing it to set better , making it smooth , thick and above all , consistent . |
| 29 | The legislation embodies numerous illogicalities and anomalies , including the double capital tax charge on gifts made within seven years before death , the taxation of some settlements as if no interest in possession exist when , in fact , they do , and the effect of the ‘ pooling ’ rules for shares etc , which can result in a chargeable gain which greatly exceeds the actual gain on a disposal of a recently acquired holding , eg on a rights issue . |
| 30 | This encodes the audio and video signals together and puts them onto the tape via the high-speed rotation of the head-drum ; it is this ‘ high writing speed ’ recording method which greatly improves the audio quality compared with VHS mono . |