Example sentences of "which is [adv] [verb] by " in BNC.
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1 | And secondly , priority for the milk which is available , and which is strictly distributed by the Milk Marketing Board , is given to normal milk suppliers or to sectors whose products have a limited shelf-life , such as yoghurt-makers , rather than to cheese or butter manufacturers . |
2 | Will he confirm that the directive , which is strongly supported by the Labour party , would discriminate heavily against part-time workers , especially women who are trying to combine a job with family responsibilities ? |
3 | One possibility could be a new convention on climate , a proposal which is strongly supported by the British Government . |
4 | Work on other parts of the route , which is strongly supported by local politicians , is already well under way . |
5 | As to British Aerospace , will my hon. Friend give a firm assurance that the Government will continue vigorously to support exports of military aircraft — something which is strongly opposed by many Opposition Members ? |
6 | A situation that is basic and very widespread is the rural community in the developing world , represented by the largely self-sufficient village which is strongly affected by local environmental conditions . |
7 | It is based at least in part on a historical view that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki may have been militarily unnecessary — a view which is strongly contested by some but by no means all historians who have looked at the matter . |
8 | In contrast , the stream waters draining Carboniferous Limestone sediments of the Vale of Clwyd have a distinctive character which is strongly influenced by the carbonate-rich lithologies that result , for example , in enhanced solubility for uranium in water . |
9 | Best of the concert : Them there Eyes and the medley Time after Time/Two sleepy People/Satin Doll , which is smilingly played by Grappelli — at the piano ! |
10 | These conventional rules all have one ultimate object : ‘ Their end is to secure that Parliament , or the Cabinet which is indirectly appointed by Parliament , shall in the long run give effect to the will of the power which in modern England is the true political sovereign of the State — the majority of electors or … the nation . ’ |
11 | Their end is to secure that Parliament , or the cabinet which is indirectly appointed by Parliament , shall in the long run give effect to the will of that power which in England is the true political sovereign of the state — the majority of the electors . " |
12 | These provide the user with a flexible procedure which is simply operated by positioning the tablet pen on the appropriate menu pad key . |
13 | Once at Stonham the primary school pupils get off the bus leaving room downstairs which is soon filled by some of the people who have been sitting upstairs . |
14 | The work for the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland , which is wholly commissioned by the Department of Economic Development , is carried out from Belfast . |
15 | Civilisation , which is wholly controlled by man himself , should never have been allowed to develop without the unquestioning acceptance of the inexorable power of the evolutionary process itself to lay down the basic pattern of human behaviour . |
16 | In all cases enthalpy and entropy compensate each other , resulting in similar net stabilities with ΔG close to zero at 300 K. The coil-helix transition is an intramolecular process ; on the one hand it is opposed by the unfavourable free energy change in ordering the nucleotide backbone ( largely entropic ) , which is favourably balanced by the free energy of base stacking interactions ( mainly enthalpic ) . |
17 | Thames Water , who built the plant , say they had to spend the money to stay within European law , money which is ultimately paid by their customers . |
18 | They seem to involve a highly personal spiritual search for an idyllic free space for women which is ultimately compromised by latent elements of patriarchal oppression of women . |
19 | Legislative authority is vested in a 50-member unicameral parliament , which is similarly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term . |
20 | Legislative authority is vested in a 50-member unicameral parliament , which is similarly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term . |
21 | Similarly , the sideways resistance of the board , which is largely controlled by the daggerboard , acts through the imaginary centre of lateral resistance ( CLR ) . |
22 | The practice of nurses working flexible hours , which is largely controlled by the needs of the nursing team , has to date been given little attention . |
23 | Joss Ackland took over the part of Holly , which is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality . |
24 | The occasional wild and rash speculation that does lead to a novel , unlikely prediction , which is nevertheless confirmed by observation or experiment , will thereby become established as a highlight in the history of the growth of science . |
25 | The pictures show women from various classes all suffering in one way or another , which is clearly shown by their pained expressions . |
26 | You can use your favourite bait , if you have one , when you fish a water which is little fished by anyone else . |
27 | The governments of the Czech Republic , Germany and Poland have signed an agreement to clean up the " Black Triangle " , the border region of the three countries , which is heavily polluted by emissions from power stations and industrial plants . |
28 | However , this crossing is on a route from the town centre to housing areas and schools which is heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists , so the opportunity was taken to reconstruct the junction to meet the needs of soft traffic ( Figure 6.12 ) . |
29 | They are currently at the Social Work Research Centre ( SWRC ) , University of Stirling , which is jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Office . |
30 | The National Toxicology Programme which is jointly run by the main federal agencies responsible for public health , is charged with developing and promoting toxicology tests in the US . |