Example sentences of "of which [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twice yearly honours lists are the ones which attract most attention , but there is another raft of honours in the gift of Downing Street , some of which reflect professional excellence and others which confer real power and influence : jobs . |
| 2 | Judging by site alone , 83 per cent could be due to venous disorders , and 10 per cent to arterial insufficiency — a disproportionate number of which affected male patients . |
| 3 | There is a recurrent failure not only to ground the subject fully in its historical context , but also to propose an adequate theoretical model by means of which to assess socialist realist literature . |
| 4 | I have become aware of three stages , all three of which deserve equal attention and time spent on them . |
| 5 | The Ulster majority was humiliated and alarmed , but its immediate emotions were channelled into a two-day general strike and Peaceful protest rallies , one of which attracted 100,000 people . |
| 6 | The rich farming land surrounding the city determined the city , s development as a market town , with its regular cattle and produce sales , neither of which attracted Jewish merchants . |
| 7 | Then there are n stages , each of which generates one quotient bit and a new partial remainder . |
| 8 | The aims of sexual activity may focus on any of the erotogenic zones , that is , those parts of the skin , or those organs of the body , the stimulation of which produces sensual pleasure . |
| 9 | Five experimental words were chosen ; four of which had four senses and the remaining word three . |
| 10 | I was running along the pavement of Rochdale Road , just after midnight , wearing , among other things , two quilted anoraks , one of which had fourteen pounds of sand sewn into the lining . |
| 11 | There were rows and rows of cheaply printed books of weird poetry about erotic fantasies all of which had close links with LSD … |
| 12 | He also wrote about three dozen plays and seventeen musicals , several of which had long runs , including Crutch and Toothpick ( 1879 ) and especially The Lights o' London ( 1881 ) . |
| 13 | From here I went to the Asprey , Mallett of Bourdon House , and S J Phillips stands , all of which had many treasures I coveted . |
| 14 | A large collection of sun-hats hung on pegs in the entrance hall , bowls were filled with dried lavender and a huge pottery jar was crammed with walking-sticks , some of which had ornate silver handles . |
| 15 | There was such a variety of activities and competitions for all ages — tennis , windsurfing , dinghy sailing , table tennis ( some of which had free instruction ) . |
| 16 | On May 15 the Greek parliament voted by 117 to 24 that the criminal charges against the former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou , the latest of which had concerned allegations that as Prime Minister Papandreou had illegally ordered the phones of political enemies to be bugged , should be dropped . |
| 17 | One expression of this unity is the growth of great interstate sanctuaries , many of which had four-yearly festivals and games open to all Greeks . |
| 18 | Martin recorded several plants which indicated diuretic properties , some of which had purgative effects , and others which ‘ cured the fluxes ’ , such as the syrup of bilberries . |
| 19 | The 19th century witnessed the evolution of public and saloon bars ; the introduction of bar , or counter , rather than waiter , service ; and the legal licensing of premises , all of which had profound effects on pub design . |
| 20 | The Chicago SO/levine ( RCA ) , and the LPO/Tennstedt ( EMI ) , are particular favourite of mine , both of which combine superb sonics , sumptuous orchestral playing , and interpretative warmth in near-ideal proportions . |
| 21 | The polytechnic was originally formed from three colleges , two of which ran applied physics degree courses . |
| 22 | She had to pay for the lavish colour brochure ( the details of which contained many mistakes ) , she provided the historical background and ran her feet off showing people over : all they did was make appointments ( underpaid girls did that ) and yet she had to pay them thousands . |
| 23 | Adam swiftly read the titles , most of which contained romantic words like ‘ love ’ , ‘ heart ’ , ‘ arrow ’ , ‘ passionate ’ , ‘ fire ’ , ‘ dream ’ , ‘ kiss ’ , and ‘ enchanted ’ . |
| 24 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced last week , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp profit declines of 39.4% at $699.4m and 48% at $186m respectively . |
| 25 | It 's not like opposing nuclear reactors or toxic waste dumps , each one of which poses new risks to new areas . |
| 26 | This may seem simple but , as I shall try to show , it involves a series of steps , each of which poses difficult problems . |
| 27 | .. ’ . The second is completed by specifying a position or role the occupier of which possesses certain rights and duties , and which the consent purports to allow Y to occupy . |
| 28 | There is one elementary truth , the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans ; and the moment one definitely commits oneself , then Providence moves too . |
| 29 | Continued diplomatic lobbying by France resulted on April 5 in the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 688 condemning the " repression of the Iraqi civilian population in many parts of Iraq , including most recently in Kurdish populated areas , the consequences of which threaten international peace and security " . |
| 30 | Based on a study of fifteen abandoned sites in the Paragominas region south of Belém , each of which experienced varying degrees of land-use intensity , Buschbacher et al. have shown that only those sites where low- and medium-intensity use were practised are likely to return to a forest cover . |