Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 2 | 278 , from the judgments in which the Court of Appeal quoted with approval . |
| 3 | The striking feature of the activities at which children worked for a high proportion of the time was involvement with other people ; conversely , most of the activities at which children worked for the lowest proportion of time writing , reading , drawing/painting — involved no other people and could have been carried out most effectively in isolation . |
| 4 | The striking feature of the activities at which children worked for a high proportion of the time was involvement with other people ; conversely , most of the activities at which children worked for the lowest proportion of time writing , reading , drawing/painting — involved no other people and could have been carried out most effectively in isolation . |
| 5 | Governments can raise tax revenue only if they can identify the activities on which the tax rates apply . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most suitable starting point is to look at the major domestically based leisure groups , the activities of which are summed up in Table 11.13 . |
| 7 | The allegations , made in the Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad , implicated the Civil Co-operation Bureau , the activities of which were currently under investigation by the Harms commission [ see p. 37234 ] . |
| 8 | A decree published by the High Committee of State ( HCE ) on Aug. 15 gave the authorities additional powers to order the suspension or closure of any enterprise the activities of which " endanger public order , public security , the normal functioning of institutions or the higher interests of the country " . |
| 9 | As to the former , the objects clause in the company 's memorandum of association sets out the activities for which the company has been formed , though these activities may subsequently be altered by special resolution . |
| 10 | ‘ A system to convert data from internal and external sources into information and to communicate that information , in an appropriate form , to managers at all levels in all functions to enable them to make timely and effective decisions for planning , directing and controlling the activities for which they are responsible . ’ |
| 11 | In addition to their knowledge and expertise in the activities for which they are currently employed , many have additional relevant experience ( botanical , geological , horticultural ) gained from previous employ or personal endeavour . |
| 12 | In view of Poindexter 's claim that Reagan had authorized some of the activities for which he was indicted , District Judge Harold H. Greene had allowed the defendant to subpoena extracts from Reagan 's diaries and personal papers to assist in his defence . |
| 13 | The distinction between public and private spheres of existence has been used for centuries to exclude women from the activities through which larger social processes are effected ; it has made of them goods to be protected , the stakes for which wars are fought by men . |
| 14 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
| 15 | The activities in which citizens are to be engaged are to be far removed from any levers of real political power . |
| 16 | But we may be confident he will not lapse into indolence nor renounce the activities in which he excels . |
| 17 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
| 18 | There is , I am glad to say , no direct allusion to the activities in which you engage in the Koran or in the Hadith of the prophet , although from what I know of the blessed Muhammad — may God rest him and grant him peace — it is not something of which he would approve . |
| 19 | Computer hackers pose a serious threat to the security of computer systems and some of the activities in which they engage are potentially criminal in nature . |
| 20 | The defence of which Paul was an integral part created new records for the club in both promotion seasons 1976–77 and 1978–79 , and it was only a torn cartilage at Wrexham in October that prevented Paul from making full appearances in that latter 2nd Division Championship season . |
| 21 | The response to which act was terrible : all the inhabitants of this and other Basque villages nearby , including Sare , As Cain , Espelette and Ainhoa , were arrested and deported into the Landes . |
| 22 | However , I do not think that one could increase pensions in line with earnings each year if one did not address oneself , not to the rate at which contributions are made , but to the income on which contributions are assessed . |
| 23 | The major part of their enquiry is looking at the income to which a priest , be he active or retired , is entitled and whether when taken together with other sources there is a liability to tax arising on that income . |
| 24 | The form of slave production and exploitation and subsequent colonial development of the West Indies has also ensured for most of the islands a fate similar to that of many modern African states : a form of ‘ peripheral ’ development in which individual economies are dominated by a very small number of cash crops , often the same as those cultivated under the original system of slavery , the income from which is dependent on world commodity prices subject to considerable fluctuation and open to manipulation by metropolitan powers ( Beckford , 1972 ) . |
| 25 | Only then were Geoffrey Downes and John Shaa able to go to the Chancery at Winchester on 6th July ; not until 1506 would the Goldsmiths physically possess the income from which the School was to be supported , when Thomas Fereby transferred the deeds of the property to the Company . |
| 26 | Trust supporters have recently been invited to consider applying for a Midland Bank/National Trust credit card ( see page 9 ) , the income from which has benefited a wide range of projects . |
| 27 | In the first year , students are introduced to the disciplines on which the course is based , notably History , Politics and Sociology , and some subsidiary Psychology and Philosophy . |
| 28 | It seemed in truth a time of indulgent expansion ; and , as if in retribution , students of all kinds , in universities old and new and in the polytechnics , became more and more resistant to authority , not just social authority , but the academic authority of their teachers and of the disciplines within which they were studying . |
| 29 | The disciplines upon which it draws are , in the main , linguistics , psycho-linguistics , and sociolinguistics . |
| 30 | They swarmed round the town at night and came close to the tent in which I slept in the consulate compound . |