Example sentences of "which [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a very young child he witnessed scenes which equalled anything from the imagination of Rider Haggard . |
| 2 | ( Araceae ) , which offers nothing to the ants . |
| 3 | ( a ) The prohibition in paragraph ( 2 ) of this rule shall not apply to a business consisting of a management consultancy or a company secretarial service and which offers none of the services specified in that paragraph save the drafting of documents under sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( j ) and the giving of legal advice , provided such drafting or advice is ancillary to the main purpose of the business . |
| 4 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
| 5 | Lastly , everyone I 've spoken to on the subject would shorten the length of the bass by cutting off the V-shaped cleft in the headstock , which adds nought to the decorative aspect of the bass . |
| 6 | For a sensational week he published a news-sheet which libelled everyone from the governor 's wife to the assistant chaplain , including both together . |
| 7 | The council 's curriculum working-party on lesbian and gay issues in education produced a thoughtful and well-researched document , Mirrors Round The Walls — Reflecting Diversity , which received none of the media interest experienced by the earlier misinformation . |
| 8 | Appreciative though he was of Penny , ally though he felt her to be , there is between nineteen and twenty-three a great gulf fixed which prevented anything in the way of advances . |
| 9 | Marcella Tate came to the Incident Room and made her statement which added nothing to the sum of their knowledge . |
| 10 | Traditional examinations rely on a single mark or a grade to indicate the level of performance relative to other pupils , although it is an indication which says nothing about the nature of the achievement . |
| 11 | The Yorkshire wool trade gave rise to a good deal of flamboyant building , which says something about the nature of Yorkshiremen as well as about the immense wealth of the industry . |
| 12 | There are some good points made here and there ; Bly points out that fathers in US sitcoms are often portrayed as incompetent , in comparison with their wives , which says something about the way the American man sees himself . |
| 13 | He says the children were singing ’ always look on the bright side of life ’ which says something for the spirit of the school . |
| 14 | The range includes the silica-based Tygasil products which attract none of the safety concerns associated with other barrier materials such as asbestos and ceramic fibres . |
| 15 | So that what we have now in Shropshire , erm , on the first of the maps , if , if the new R D A's within Shropshire , which shows one in the south of the county , one in the , in the Oswestry area there , going across into Ellesmere , and this with , around the Whitchurch area . |
| 16 | As long as people want to buy cakes which suggest that an old lady wearing a mob-cap is baking them in a Victorian farmhouse , the food firms will continue with dotty deceptions which add nothing to the nutritional value of our food . |
| 17 | He developed a distinctive style which owed something to the German illustrator Wilhelm Busch . |
| 18 | This ‘ conveyor belt ’ view of the oceanic crust , which owed something to the earlier ideas of Holmes , was termed seafloor spreading by Dietz , another American geologist . |
| 19 | Taking all of these courts and their personnel , bailies , clerks and procurators-fiscal , a great landowner like the Duke of Montrose was able to oblige a considerable number of his friends with offices which owed nothing to the Government . |
| 20 | She still retained her English habit of noting each day 's weather , always expecting changes , marvelling at the hot sunny days which followed one after the other , almost with monotony . |
| 21 | A few of the better examples are of superior Dwarf workmanship , and on these can be read Dwarf runes which tell something of the history of the Emperors and their times . |
| 22 | He won the Harold Clarke Leopardstown Chase in 1991 beating Mweenish by a length and the year before , was one of Ireland 's top novices when he won the Arkle Chase at Leopardstown in between two other victories which included one in the Punchestown Festival Handicap Chase where he beat The Committee by a short head with Feroda third . |
| 23 | Mrs. Leapor shows in her verses an acquaintance which surprises one with the characters of classical mythology , and depicts with some success scenes of fashionable life . |
| 24 | Which took one to the garden where |
| 25 | He 's the chairman of the slump-hit Pearson Group , which owns everything from the Financial Times to Madame Tussauds waxworks . |
| 26 | The to infinitive here asserts an occurrence not just as an attested fact but as a significant fact , something which tells one about the character of the subject . |
| 27 | Her shows , which generate something of the atmosphere of rock concerts , with her interpretations of fashion 's greatest hits of the past 25 years , are rampantly sexy and commercial . |
| 28 | But for whole class playback sessions the general focus should be on things which affect everyone in the group . |
| 29 | Bishop , never one to duck a challenge , agreed to cooperate in a South African-led venture which enables anybody with the cash to buy or hire a small walkman-like receiver to tune into the ref during the match . |
| 30 | The alley opened out into a large square courtyard from which , on all sides , reared five-storey buildings , all in a state of dilapidation , and outside of each was a mound of filth and rubbish , some giving off a stench which left nothing to the imagination as from what it was derived . |