Example sentences of "which [vb base] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that the reconciliation achieved by the cross will provide the basis for us all to say that we have no grounds for making fresh divisions which make a witness to a needy world more difficult than it is already . |
| 2 | This is even more depressing when one realises that in various parts of the country there are projects run by the probation service and the voluntary organisations which provide an alternative to custody . |
| 3 | In the 1990s class divisions are in many respects less consciously felt than they were in the post-war era , but there are other divisions which pose a threat to the sense of community , national identity and social cohesion . |
| 4 | Other chemicals which pose a threat to stratospheric ozone but whose emissions are smaller include the halon gases ( variously containing bromine , chlorine and fluorine ) which are used mainly in fire-extinguishers and have an even greater ozone depletion potential ( table 6.1 ) ; methyl chloroform , which is used as a solvent and cleaning fluid ; and carbon tetrachloride , used as a dry-cleaner and to fumigate grain in Eastern Europe ( figure 6.3 ) . |
| 5 | Over a period of days or even hours , pollution concentrations may rise to levels which pose a threat to people 's health . |
| 6 | The newly appointed Minister of Information and Broadcasting , Paul Etyang , told a gathering of Christian communicators in Kampala that he was particularly concerned about the widespread distribution of pornographic films which pose a danger to Uganda 's youth . |
| 7 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 8 | His parents did not get on and parted during the war , which put an end to the old hierarchic world of Amnersfield , where you were not to look at your masters when they came up the drive , but to hoe on regardless . |
| 9 | As a child I kept an unending diary ; as a student in Louisiana I wrote some tv news scripts ( and damaged the teleprompt during a live transmission , which put an end to that little job ) ; back home I produced beautifully worded advertisements for a local free paper . |
| 10 | Kaifu declared : " If the [ Soviet ] new thinking which put an end to East-West confrontation and overcame Cold War-era thinking is also to prevail in Asia and the Pacific region , the first thing to do is to establish relations of true friendship between Japan and the Soviet Union . " |
| 11 | Sentiment in the world equity markets was severely depressed in the third and fourth quarters of 1990 , following the August invasion of Kuwait by Iraq which put an end to a fairly strong second-quarter recovery . |
| 12 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 13 | They are both advisory committees with very limited power , which give a voice to representatives of the professions , unions , and regional and local authorities . |
| 14 | As opposed to the harsh angularity of the Demoiselles , the Baigneuse is dealt with in terms of free , curving rhythms which owe a lot to Fauvism and to the contemporary work of Matisse . |
| 15 | With the authority and control characteristic of the highly acclaimed Headway course , Headway Advanced sets out to clarify and resolve those areas of language which remain problematic for advanced students , and which present a barrier to the fluency and accuracy they seek . |
| 16 | Kohlberg 's research is based on questionnaires which demand a response to hypothetical and imaginary situations in which concrete detail is necessarily omitted . |
| 17 | These are rules laid down by law which allow a claim to be brought only if legal proceedings are commenced before the expiry of a deadline . |
| 18 | How common is it to find churches which encourage a person to be open and honest about his doubting ? |
| 19 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the Inservice Panel devises and executes staff-development activities and explores infrastructural initiatives ( for example , networking ) designed to facilitate the communication of good practice , the sharing of ideas and the peer support which characterise a commitment to extending the professionalism of teachers throughout the county . |
| 21 | We have not sought to extend the list of conditions which entitle a sufferer to exemption from prescription charges . |
| 22 | Such a task for sociology may appear reasonable and innocuous , particularly in societies which embrace a commitment to the principle of using knowledge for practical purposes and not to any principle of knowledge for knowledge 's sake' . |
| 23 | Highly qualified medical men , now earning significantly less than their ambulance drivers , are leaving the much vaunted health care system in droves , looking for jobs ( sometimes two or three ) which offer a passport to at least temporary insolvency . |
| 24 | In each of these environments there are numerous ‘ factors ’ , many of which constitute a threat to the safety of individuals and numerous such hazards have been mentioned . |
| 25 | Why , for example , should the contributories and creditors of an unregistered company be denied the protection , enjoyed in the case of a registered company , of those provisions which require a receiver to be a licensed insolvency practitioner ? |
| 26 | This system has little impact on English local history , except in those cases where Anglo-Norman magnates retained interests in France which bore a relation to their holdings in England . |
| 27 | Note that advertisements which include a reference to KPMG , require the KPMG headed logo . |
| 28 | The range of books on this area of education has steadily grown and most local education authorities have some kind of equal opportunities policies which include a commitment to multicultural education . |
| 29 | Hayek argues that these are self-generating structures which have a tendency to equilibrium . |
| 30 | Such an intellectual process is likely to be of great value in business organisations which have a tendency to be long on action , but short on thought ! |