Example sentences of "which it is [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the books which it is nice to have which cost a lot to look after , but which nobody can ever look at because they are so valuable . |
| 2 | In the sense of " invite " , bid + bare infinitive is used to express requests with which it is normal to comply : ( 206 ) He bade his companions enter . |
| 3 | There are recognisable stages which it is helpful to know about . |
| 4 | ( 6 ) A specific immunity ( at least in certain circumstances , which it is unnecessary to explore ) , possessed by accused persons undergoing trial , from having adverse comment made on any failure ( a ) to answer questions before the trial , or ( b ) to give evidence at the trial . |
| 5 | This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote . |
| 6 | Keynes himself had argued for ‘ the collection and dissemination on a great scale of data relating to the business situation including full publicity , by law if necessary , of all business facts which it is useful to know . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , unless the transaction is a management buy-in , for which it is appropriate to ask for a full set of warranties , a reasonable compromise is for the vendor to give the purchaser a set of warranties shorter than normally appropriate on a share sale . |
| 8 | Achieving this kind of position within the group requires , in addition to being tall , a full knowledge of the entire repertoire of chants and of the occasions on which it is appropriate to use them . |
| 9 | The extent to which it is appropriate to describe the new arrangements as local corporatism is rather more problematic . |
| 10 | The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained the age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views . |
| 11 | In any case , there are usually distinctions drawn by neighbour and old person alike concerning the nature of the activity which it is appropriate to offer and to accept . |
| 12 | We shall refer again to this investigation but there is one aspect of it which it is appropriate to comment upon at this point . |
| 13 | What is appealing about the structure at Ichthus is the logic with which it is all applied : each Christian can be involved in a small group that can be healthy , supportive and can help the Christian to be involved in caring for the people immediately around where he lives . |
| 14 | The only price level which it is rational to expect if the position of the aggregate demand curve is expected to be AD 1 is P 2 , since only this expectation will generate an actual price level equal to it . |
| 15 | Karl Marx said long ago , ‘ There is a plank in the mind of every Englishman — ’ ( I do n't know what he thought of the Scots ) — ‘ beyond which it is impossible to penetrate with a new idea . ’ |
| 16 | It will not be very helpful to designate a foreign division a ‘ cash cow ’ if it is located in a part of the world from which it is impossible to remit funds . |
| 17 | The film , set on the beaches , in the bars and discos and in the shabby tourist rooms of downtown Acapulco , is distinguished by a central performance from Jackie Burroughs ( also one of the directors ) that is an astonishing tour de force of which it is impossible to speak too highly . |
| 18 | Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 19 | Personal reincarnation , of course , is something which it is impossible to prove or disprove , although theories and beliefs abound . |
| 20 | The point I am labouring at such length is that there is a large and complicated repertoire of non-verbal behaviour without which it is impossible to communicate meanings through the medium of spoken words and although it is tempting to regard this non-lexical repertoire as something which can be painlessly removed without any significant loss of meaning , the experience of reconstructing talk from a medium in which the representation of this aspect of speech is so poor is a salutary reminder of its importance . |
| 21 | There are difficult conditions in which it is possible to race honourably ; there are absurd conditions in which one may race honourably if slowly ; and there are conditions in which it is impossible to race . |
| 22 | This represents an attempt to assess a level of income below which it is impossible to ensure survival . |
| 23 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 24 | These were involved because in a capitalist market economy , the organization of economic activity has historically been based on numerous fragmented units , each seeking to operate as profitably as possible , whilst paying only the costs which it is impossible to avoid . |
| 25 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 26 | The other two factors are the degree to which it is easy to enter the industry or market , and the degree to which there are substitutes for the products . |
| 27 | Then try to use any lift nearby , keeping within easy reach of the field and in a position from which it is easy to drop on to the circuit . |
| 28 | I express no opinion upon the case where a local or other public authority brings a civil action under a statute which prescribes that action as being the only method of enforcing a law which it is obliged to enforce . |
| 29 | Startling the commuter is a game in which it is best to think so . |
| 30 | A centre will not have to take on devolved responsibility at a level which it is unwilling to accept — and SCOTVEC will not offer devolved responsibility to a centre whose internal quality systems are not ready for that responsibility . |