Example sentences of "which [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The islands which make up the nation of Japan lie in an arc off mainland northeast Asia . |
| 32 | This instinct — along with all the other instinctive and subtle inward facets which make up the creature — then acts as the blueprint for the actual patterning , formation or projection of the physical sense organ and body itself . |
| 33 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 34 | It is as though Crabbe 's personal inspiration , which surrounds Grimes with a visionary nimbus , becomes one part of the opera , and the whole series of poems which make up The Borough become the rest of the opera . |
| 35 | The famous dances which make up the Divertissement of Act 2 bring nicely turned , even vivid orchestral playing of great finesse , but again that extra touch of individuality is missing . |
| 36 | About 15 miles south of Florence and 22 miles north of Siena , lies the Tavarnelle Val di Pesa , one of the nine boroughs which make up the Chianti Classico wine producing region . |
| 37 | The Intermediate Instructor Series is made up of courses covering the BHS Stage IV and IT which make up the BHSII . |
| 38 | The testes commence production of spermatozoa ( sperm ) and Various other organs begin to produce the fluids which make up the semen , which will carry the sperm from the testes to the urethral opening through which they are discharged during ejaculation ; this is a continuous process and millions of spermatozoa are produced . |
| 39 | All the known particles in the universe can be divided into two groups : particles of spin 1/2 , which make up the matter in the universe , and particles of spin 0 , 1 , and 2 , which , we shall see , give rise to forces between the matter particles . |
| 40 | Indeed , it may be suspected that the feeling of peace produces , as feelings do in dreams , the whole system of associated beliefs which make up the body of mystic doctrine . ’ |
| 41 | Propagation is easily achieved by shoots which develop round the parent plant . |
| 42 | Citalia offers guests three apartments — each named after the fragrant herbs which grow around the house . |
| 43 | RIGHT Although head collars which attach over the dog 's nostrils are now widely-available in place of a neck collar and leash , they are not recommended for short-faced breeds such as the bulldog , as shown here . |
| 44 | Too often they are dominated by smooth committee men in light grey suits with lukewarm words which swill around the mouth like watered-down lemonade . |
| 45 | Intelligence operates , in fact , through concepts which break up the flow of our experience , classifying it by isolated , lifeless categories , such as cause and effect , beginning and end , subject and object , and so on . |
| 46 | Ecologists warn that the gorillas are in danger both from government shelling attacks on suspected rebel positions , and from the latter 's introduction of cattle into the forest , which break down the bush . |
| 47 | A range of disorders in the foetus may be caused by the absence of the correct enzymes which break down the food which the foetus absorbs in the womb . |
| 48 | The first drugs which could be relied on to reduce the dangerously high arterial pressure which precedes strokes and heart failure were substances which blocked the actions of acetylcholine at these ganglia , and so prevented the passage of nervous messages which put up the blood pressure . |
| 49 | It is a scurrilous romp through the poet HC Artmann 's mildly subversive modern children 's songs , which seek out the clay feet of contemporary heroes like Batman and Superman , as well as invoking more traditional horrors . |
| 50 | An extra bonus is that you will be able to get rid of some of those oddments of yarn which clutter up the loft . |
| 51 | As she flicked over memories of the day — embracing in the cold silken water , under that mysterious layer of white mist which cut off the sky above yet gave clear vision to the other side , a quarter of a mile away — the sense of wicked escape , as they laughed together in the empty lunch-time pub … she decided that she would tell her mother she 'd been working both Sundays . |
| 52 | He found that from the intersection of Fleming 's Cross-cut with the vein , the level had been taken S.E. along it for 40 fathoms , at the forehead of which was a cross-course which cut off the lode . |
| 53 | Although advances such as secondary high-limit thermostats , which cut off the power if the fryer overheats , are now fitted as standard on almost all machines , there have been plenty of other developments . |
| 54 | This was the same fault , as it turned out , which cut off the Bonsor Vein at its northern end , and became known as the Great , or Kernal Cross-course . |
| 55 | The ancient fords which hold up the water are dredged out , along with their water crowfoot . |
| 56 | I cry , and I reach out and , lo and behold , I touch wood and I know that it 's one of the posts which hold up the catwalk . |
| 57 | Advice like ‘ it 's your age ’ or ‘ you 'll just have to learn to live with it ’ is beginning to wear thin and many people are seeking desperately for alternatives which hold out the promise of improved health . |
| 58 | Instead , the bodies are loaded onto individual carriers , known as automated guided vehicles ( AGVs ) , which travel around the assembly plant under their own power and are individually guided by signals sent out through wires in the floor from a bank of central computers . |
| 59 | Once again many of us were conscious of the opportunities rather than the obstacles which stand along the path of Church Unity . |
| 60 | Surely both vase-paintings and metopes ( which run over the middle and later decades of the century ) owe much to great wall-paintings in Corinth . |