Example sentences of "of which is [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | A semiconductor product is defined as : an article the purpose , or one of the purposes , of which is the performance of an electronic function and which consists of two or more layers , at least one of which is composed of semiconducting material and in or upon one or more of which is fixed a pattern appertaining to that or another function . |
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 | This device should more accurately be described as a freewheel , the intent of which is to allow the blades to rotate at high speed while the motor is idling or stopped . |
4 | None of which is to say the record labels are not trying hard to stretch country where they can . |
5 | Spadefoot toads have a number of anti-predator tactics , one of which is to inflate the lungs and hence the body , which may fool the snake into thinking the toad is larger than it really is and act as a deterrent . |
6 | Enter Rooms for Windows , a shell that takes the metaphor of a building to give not just multiple desktops , but also multiple environments , each of which is called a room . |
7 | They describe two companies , one of which is experiencing a rapidly decreasing profit margin and is therefore loath to invest . |
8 | We linked up with the Daily Express to help run the campaign , part of which is to champion the cause of Marine Nature Reserves . |
9 | The term ‘ flight recorder ’ is normally taken to include both the flight data recorder ( FDR ) which records the value of selected flight parameters like airspeed , altitude , magnetic heading , etc. and the cockpit voice recorder ( CVR ) , the primary purpose of which is to record the crew conversation . |
10 | SCOTVEC and centres have been engaged in an extensive development plan , the aim of which is to explore the issues which arose from the Consultative Paper of February 1987 ( ‘ SCOTVEC Higher Education Provision ’ ) and which were detailed in the Policy Paper ( ‘ Advanced Courses Development Programme : A Policy Paper — March 1988 ’ ) . |
11 | Through the billowing smoke , shadows can be seen writhing about , one of which is wearing a devil mask that leers out of the fog and shakes its horns to the hellish racket . |
12 | The writ of habeas corpus deals with the machinery of justice , and is essentially a procedural writ , the object of which is to enforce a legal right . |
13 | The fact of canonization puts any work beyond questions of establishing its merit and , instead , invites students to offer only increasingly more ingenious readings and interpretations , the purpose of which is to validate the greatness already imputed by the canonization . |
14 | A push button switches in the amp 's ‘ Enhance ’ circuitry , the effect of which is to condition the high order harmonics of the distorted sound , reputedly offering a less ‘ fizzy ’ tone than one might expect from a transistor amp . |
15 | As you know , SCOTVEC and colleges have been engaged in an extensive development plan , the aim of which is to transform the approach to the Advanced Courses provision . |
16 | He resigned his seat on the BDA 's executive on accepting this challenging task , the principal aim of which is to remedy the shortage of sign language tutors and interpreters . |
17 | Moreover , not having a job strikes at that aspect of citizenship which involves the carrying out of social duties , one of which is to earn a living for oneself and one 's family . |
18 | This new PSW initiates the interrupt handling routine , a first task of which is to save the accumulator array . |
19 | It passes under a bridge , on the reverse of which is written the ominous words ‘ YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR ’ . |
20 | Then , in order to jump to store address C if the contents of accumulator A are not less than the contents of store address B , we write Compare Accumulator A to store address B Jump to C if condition code is 00 or 10 The set of condition code patterns , any one of which is to cause a successful jump , is specified in the IBM 370 range by a four-bit subsidiary information field . |
21 | Mrs Mary McDonald , Diocesan President , in her address to the members , reminded us of the aims and objects of the U.C.M. , one of which is to uphold the Sacramental Dignity of Marriage and to maintain Christian values in family life . |
22 | Such pressures may be offset by the newly established International Tropical Timber Organisation ( ITTO ) , the remit of which is to administer the International Tropical Timber Agreement . |
23 | The proposition that ‘ the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles ’ expresses only a partial truth , and the existence of ‘ peoples ’ and ‘ nations ’ , and the relations between them , constitute , I would argue , a largely independent basis for a political world view and political action , the effect of which is to limit the significance and the practical consequences of class membership . |
24 | This objection holds equally for Sartre 's Hegelian historicism , the effect of which is to reduce the multiplicity of different practices to a single practice , ‘ real ’ history ’ ( 136 ) . |
25 | In Fig. 9–12(a) a cash transfer is compared with a price subsidy the objective of which is to make the recipient as well off as possible . |
26 | The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries . |
27 | For example , imagine a television picture , one third of which is showing a uniformly blue sky . |
28 | A thesaurus could be defined as ‘ a compilation of words and phrases showing synonyms , hierarchical and other relationships and dependencies , the function of which is to provide a standardized vocabulary for information storage and retrieval systems ’ . |
29 | A vacancy has arisen on the Women Chemists Committee , the role of which is to raise the profile of women in chemistry by : |
30 | Many people believe that the skin is an impervious covering , the sole function of which is to keep the blood and organs in and water out . |