Example sentences of "which be [verb] the [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 The main reason is population growth which is causing the people to clear more woodland so they can cultivate the land .
2 With a few exceptions , all fish have a swimbladder , the function of which is to allow the fish to float and maintain equilibrium in the water .
3 Paul Ayscough of Columbia Tristar Home Video ( owned by Sony ) , which is marketing the Data Discman , says that sales are going well .
4 These readings are intermittently illuminating , if reductive , and basically they are doing what criticism has always done , which is to interpret the works of the past in the terms and concepts of the critic 's own age .
5 In fact the effluent which was being discharged contained a very high quantity of zinc which was killing the fish .
6 His father had thought it would be a good idea to ask for the boats to be blessed at a time when Whitby Harbour was crowded with the big Scottish fleet which was following the herring as they moved south .
7 McNamara is a 29 per cent partner in the joint venture company , Nodeco , which was awarded the £511 million contract in 1990 to build the support structure .
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