Example sentences of "which [verb] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No shots were fired , but in an earlier action today , H M S Battleaxe fired warning salvos across the bows of an Iraqi ship which failed to stop for cargo inspection . |
| 2 | But this is misleading in the sense that much of this expenditure did generate purchasing power in recipient countries , which led to demand for dollar goods , demand which was not effectively curtailed by the exchange controls . |
| 3 | Last night , Stephen Eades of Southport-based environmental group Save our Shoreline , which has campaigned for protection of nature amid Hamilton Oil 's exploration , said : ‘ We are concerned that the exploration does not disturb the environment and would rather these advances were in renewable energy sources . ’ |
| 4 | They derive from both the operation of large units ( often highly mechanised and characterised by monoculture and high energy demands sometimes supplied from local sources ) ; and the small peasantry itself which has to work for part of its income on larger enterprises . |
| 5 | The investment weightings of the portfolio have continued to show an overwhelming bias towards publishing , which has accounted for 75% or over of the whole portfolio since June 1991 . |
| 6 | She went on gay-rights marches — although , as far as anyone knew , she was heterosexual — and was wont to punch the air with her fist at moments which seemed to call for affirmation or triumph . |
| 7 | Divorces rose steadily , though the real acceleration in the divorce rate was to come after the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act of 1 984 which allowed petitioning for divorce after only one year of marriage . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) No direction shall be made under this rule in proceedings which stand referred for arbitration under Ord 29 , r 2(3) . |
| 9 | And yet this high-tech portfolio looks strange beside pots and pans , which continue to account for 28% of its sales . |
| 10 | YORK is a city which seems built for tourism and its very prosperity is now inextricably linked to it . |
| 11 | By flouting the rules of practice , which prohibit touting for business , certain solicitors were alleged to be able to place themselves in an unfairly advantaged position . |
| 12 | Editors always assume that photographs from PR sources can be used free of charge , and any PR outfit which tries to charge for pictures is likely to get short shrift . |
| 13 | However , the authors of WFP have not thought the matter through and have come up with a set of proposals which will simply divert attention away from the real agenda which does exist for NHS capital accounting . |
| 14 | The largest single shipload so far discovered were the 524 Chinese passengers on the East Wood which had to call for help when it broke down near the Marshall Islands earlier this year . |
| 15 | Bodie scowled , angry at the way a family , which had asked for protection , could then make itself so vulnerable by not trusting the judgment of the men they had hired . |
| 16 | The Wyndham Act of 1903 gave the deathblow to the old landlord system which had existed for centuries . |
| 17 | So it thus came about that the fields , meadows , pastures and arable acres of Combsburgh were finally taken in from the waste which had existed for millenia . |
| 18 | Albania , which had applied for membership in the IMF and the Bank in January 1991 , was admitted as the 156th member of each organization on the opening day of the plenary meetings on Oct. 15 . |
| 19 | He showed me a number of meticulous pencil drawings which had served for portraits . |
| 20 | The dual system of rule which had prevailed for centuries was formally ended and national government brought under the aegis of the reigning sovereign whose authority was recognized throughout the country . |
| 21 | The NSF , whose joint leaders were Ilya Konstantinov ( who had organized opposition meetings reported in August see p. 39058 ) and G. Zyuganov , had been established on Oct. 24 at a meeting in Moscow attended by up to 3,000 delegates , which had called for Yeltsin 's removal . |
| 22 | When the Battle of the Somme began , Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia did not exist ; Hungary was twice its present size and Austria was the centre of a ramshackle empire which had lasted for centuries . |
| 23 | On April 3 a Paris commercial court placed in judicial liquidation the television channel La Cinq , which had filed for bankruptcy in December 1991 . |
| 24 | In Slovenia , which had voted for independence in a referendum in December 1990 [ see p. 37924 ] and which |
| 25 | In addition candidates belonging to the Estonian Communist Party , which had voted for independence from the Soviet CP in March 1990 [ see p. 37323 ] and were represented in all these groups , won 55 seats . |
| 26 | The covered potpourri jar flanked by two rather ungainly guinea fowl , which had sold for $34,000 , made $47,000 ( £25,100 ) this time ( est. $15–25,000 ) , and the amusing ormolu-mounted table-fountain-cum-water cooler with cat tails and swans , which had brought $34,100 , now made $37,500 ( £20,500 ) ( est. $15–25,000 ) . |
| 27 | Only , therefore , when the public come to terms with the nature of mental handicap and break down the barriers of misunderstanding which have existed for centuries , will a real sense of understanding permeate our society . |
| 28 | Since last April , instead of having tax deducted at source from all accounts , we now have about 12.5m accounts which have registered for interest to be paid gross . |
| 29 | Whether the inhibition of news publishing by threat of contempt proceedings constitutes a denial of freedom of speech and whether the use a corporal punishment in schools can constitute a breach of Art.3 ( prohibiting torture , etc. ) are amongst a host of other matters , such as the legality of the ‘ closed shop ’ , which have fallen for consideration . |
| 30 | Those studies of the S&P500 which have allowed for transactions costs ( Arditti , Ayaydin , Mattu and Rigsbee , 1986 ; Klemkosky and Lee , 1991 ; Kipnis and Tsang , 1984b ) have also found evidence of arbitrage opportunities . |