Example sentences of "which [verb] [adj] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They underlay the division in 1744–48 of the ships at her disposal into small squadrons for commerce protection , which made impossible their use in any true strategic way . |
| 2 | ( 13 ) Please notify us before exchange of contracts if you become aware of any change of circumstances which make inaccurate your replies to the foregoing enquiries . |
| 3 | Most historians have assumed that it was the aftermath of Prasutagus ' death alone that caused the Revolt and that the Druids were not involved , but I have always taken the view that it was the threat of their imminent extinction which concentrated all their efforts on arresting the progress of the army , with the probability of a great British victory . |
| 4 | There 's a large suitcase her father gave her which holds all her clothes , there are two carriers full of food and cooking things , and that 's that . |
| 5 | Self , self-consciousness , self-will , the self-centre cut away , so that the centre which holds all my parts is God . |
| 6 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 7 | But even the most mercenary of foreign firms grows a little queasier about trading with a regime which shoots dead its citizens , and then tries to score popularity points by offering convict labour to foreign factories ; and even the most unreconstructed optimist can see that the resurgence of hard-line Marxists in the Peking power structure is likely to militate against further free-market reforms . |
| 8 | Have you ever thought about transforming that small , dark room , which harbours all your clutter , into a light and spacious haven ? |
| 9 | The multiple heads relate once again to certain fundamental principles and functions concerning natural processes upon which the universe is created and maintained , and which underlie all our experience . |
| 10 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 11 | A year after I arrived in Fontanellato I did so and won a scholarship which paid half my school fees . |
| 12 | His background has been catalogued on many occasions and trawled by the man himself with the single-mindedness which characterizes all his causes . |
| 13 | But these are only the outcrops of a conviction which underlies all his teaching about his own mission . |
| 14 | Whether it was the relaxed ambience of the city , the clear warm air , or a strange sense of anticipation which heightened all her senses , Gina could n't be sure , but as she made her way towards the Rådhuspladsen — the imposing City Hall square — measuring her stride to avoid the rows of cobblestones which checkered the paving stones beneath her feet , she suddenly felt hungry , despite the champagne breakfast she 'd enjoyed on the flight . |
| 15 | The most important part of his empire in the recessionary Nineties is the lower-priced Emporio Armani line , sold both in London and Glasgow , which takes all its inspiration from the street . |
| 16 | One frequent request was for containers in which to put belongings which were to be stored at Bloomsbury House : ‘ Alice needs 2 wooden boxes and 1 cardboard container in which to put all her belongings … ’ |
| 17 | He lived alone in this deteriorating , blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments which like all its counterparts , fell , day by day , into greater entropic ruin . ’ |
| 18 | This preference for an explicitly manichean vision of the world which Nizan retained throughout his life is symptomatic of the fundamental divisions which permeate all his thinking on cultural activity . |
| 19 | The 100lb Semtex bomb shattered glass in a wide area , most notably in the 23-storey Commercial Union Building , which lost all its windows , and NatWest tower , where more than 200 were smashed . |
| 20 | Indeed recent reports on the Muslim-owned United Food Corporation , centred in County Mayo and one of the world 's largest meat suppliers , suggest that the Islamic ritual , which governs all its slaughter , can be interpreted as requiring only that the killing be performed by the appropriate Muslim using normal abattoir equipment ( Murdoch 1990 : 28 ) . |
| 21 | Enclosed is a copy of the new ACE Booklist 1991–2 , which lists all our consumer titles and intended for distribution to members of the public . |
| 22 | The most important part of the nervous system is the brain , which directs all our activities and reactions , both mental and physical . |
| 23 | In fact , it was a stubborn virginity , which took all his strength to remove ; while he wrought at it she gave way to wailing , then it broke at last , a cry ; perhaps the only natural sound Emily had ever made in face of the only reality that had ever assailed her . |
| 24 | But the main function of the British and Russian ministers was to observe and counter each other 's activities ; it was the rivalries of these two great imperial powers which kept alive their interest in Persia and made them establish and maintain relations with it . |
| 25 | FIRMS have only a week left to apply for an enterprise initiative which pays half their consultancy fees . |
| 26 | The clergy have to be humble and ‘ men of chastity ’ who refuse to submit ‘ to the tyranny of this contemporary world , which puts all its faith in money and material security ’ . |
| 27 | Feminist psychologists too are becoming more aware that they should be dealing with ‘ race ’ differences , not as biological or cultural categories , but as historical and social relations which affect all their work . |
| 28 | He simply will not achieve it , because the British public share the view of the Labour party that social decency and economic efficiency are assisted by a minimum wage which gives all our people a long-term secure role for them in the labour market . |
| 29 | The life of a Home Secretary has been depicted by several former holders of the office as being unduly susceptible to interruption by sudden and totally unexpected incidents which require all his attention : |
| 30 | Whilst at Penn 's he designed a high-speed steam engine which had all its working parts totally enclosed and splash-lubricated , a radical departure from contemporary practice . |