Example sentences of "which [be] [verb] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imposed policy decisions which are bound to increase losses or limit capacity may be followed within days by a howl of anguish about the financial state of the organization , or about shortage of supply . |
| 2 | According to Wedgewood-Oppenheim , planning ‘ can be seen as a process whereby aims , factual evidence and assumptions are translated by a process of logical argument into appropriate policies which are intended to achieve aims ’ ( Wedgewood-Oppenheim , 1982 , p. 107 ) . |
| 3 | The COB Rules contain some sophisticated anti-avoidance provisions , which are intended to prevent firms from routing business offshore in order to take advantage of the foreign business carve-out . |
| 4 | Delay causes problems in both civil and criminal matters despite the existence of time-limits which are intended to expedite cases . |
| 5 | Class , regional and ethnic variation is a source of difference between people as regards ways of writing a sentence ; but , just as in spelling , there are STANDARD forms of written grammar , which are intended to override differences and be common to everyone . |
| 6 | The message of the need for more small business counselling , which is now being promoted , is aimed particularly at improving the performance of businesses in the 20-50 employee size range , which are seen to have problems . |
| 7 | Under Fordism mass consumption was a consequence of mass production ; whilst with post-Fordism , it is changes in consumption and the identification of specialist markets which are said to determine changes in production . |
| 8 | The recent ‘ South/South ’ initiatives , which are helping to link networks of communication organisations in Africa , Asia and Latin America/Caribbean , will enable groups such as the Belize Rural Women 's Association to share their experiences of community theatre with similar groups in other parts of the world |
| 9 | It is these factors which are helping to secure contracts in what is a highly competitive market . |
| 10 | Freidzon also attributes impressive functions of analysis and arbitration to the personal chancellories of Politburo members , which are thought to comprise individuals who are highly expert in their particular fields . |
| 11 | Third , information will be gathered on factors within higher education which are considered to create problems in expanding Arabic studies , as these were not analysed systematically in the Parker Report . |
| 12 | Several manufacturers now market products which are claimed to attract dogs for toilet purposes . |
| 13 | Thus there are no pleadings ( which are designed to clarify issues of fact in dispute ) in an AJR and the evidence is given in writing on affidavit rather than orally . |
| 14 | In fact , since social dialectology is an exploratory science , many important patterns of variation are adequately demonstrated by exploratory statistical techniques , which are designed to reveal patterns in the data rather than test for significance ( Tukey , 1977 ; Diaconis , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | The 5–14 proposals , which are designed to prepare children for the Standard Grade and Revised Highers syllabi currently in place throughout mainstream Scottish Education , will form the basis of Scottish Primary Education for the rest of this century and beyond . |
| 16 | The language we observe is the surface realisation of plans ; plans which are designed to produce sequences of actions which will solve the problem the participants are talking about . |
| 17 | SCOTVEC publishes a number of guides which are designed to help teachers , lecturers and other staff keep informed of developments in the National Certificate and to provide details of procedures for candidate enrolment and module registration . |
| 18 | The nature of those replies , which are expected to include details of the tax matters , will determine whether the committee decides to ask the National Audit Office to re-open its investigation of the sale , and whether it is necessary to summon Lord Young . |
| 19 | As schools increase in their heterogeneity , those that serve areas where there is a concentration of disadvantage will watch helpless as the more motivated , more able , more ambitious children move to the favoured schools , leaving them to cope with the rest , and worse , suffer the ignominy of having their results on national tests published , protected only by a general statement from the local authority , indicating ‘ the nature of socio-economic and other influences which are known to affect schools ’ ( Task Group on Assessment and Testing , para 134 ) . |
| 20 | It is constituted by a set of problems which are approached using concepts and theories generated by disciplinary work . |
| 21 | Materials have been developed from this study and two books describe 12 pre-school schemes and centres which are attempting to develop relationships between parents and workers ( Pugh et al 1987 ) . |
| 22 | More common are hollow augers and borers which are used to collect samples of soil and , more often , peat for environmental analysis . |
| 23 | The primitives of the representation are the results of earlier processing which are used to access words or phrases . |
| 24 | When the market is falling , futures are sold , and if the market continues to fall , the position can be unwound by buying in the futures contracts and making profits on them , which are used to offset losses on the value of the share portfolio . |
| 25 | Similarly there are two commercially available fungi , Verticillium lecanii and Metarhizium anisopliae , which are used to control aphids and whitefly in glasshouse crops , and spittle bugs which are a pest of sugar-cane in Brazil . |
| 26 | In addition there are numerous cranes , chairlifts and rope ladders which are used to pull goods ( and sometimes people ) up the side of the cliffs . |
| 27 | Microprocessors , these are the sort of devices which are used to operate lathes and do all sorts of tooling operations which historically were performed by people in assembly lines . |
| 28 | A second part of the diagram is represented by ‘ bubbles ’ or rounded boxes which are used to denote processes . |
| 29 | Throughout the series , use is made of tables , diagrams , and charts which are used to sensitize students to the way in which written texts are structured and also to support the numerous information transfer activities that ensure that meaning is never lost . |
| 30 | High-speed centrifuges generate large inertial forces which are used to separate materials from liquid suspensions that would sediment only slowly , if at all , under gravity . |