Example sentences of "and which [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | To put the matter another way , we might say that the beginnings of humans society were traumatic — that is , that they were occasioned by an overwhelmingly powerful and unexpected event for which our ancestors were not prepared by any instinctual responses of an automatic sort and which left long-lasting and indeed indelible effects on the human psyche . |
2 | We shall join them in trying to root out open and covert subsidies on the Continent which work against the principle of the single market and which put British firms at a disadvantage . ’ |
3 | And if this seems an exaggeration then we might refer to the aims of a document entitled ‘ Information skills in the secondary curriculum ’ which was the result of the recommendations of a working group sponsored by the British Library and the Schools Council , and which embodies most of the current thinking on user education in schools . |
4 | By putting an emphasis on these complex carbohydrates , there is less room for the fatty and sugary foods which can lead to weight problems , and which push valuable nutrient-rich foods out of the diet . |
5 | This awareness has driven us to evolve new systems that can be tailored to local needs and which reflect current advances in auditing techniques . ’ |
6 | Health authorities are encouraged to arrange for the services which ethnic minority communities need and which reflect cultural differences . |
7 | The 1950s resembled the 1920s experience with a roughly equal balance of public and private construction , almost all of which was suburbanization by addition and which produced 3732 dwellings . |
8 | There was a strong and pure Greek revival which happened as a result of contemporary scholars studying Greek antiquities , and which produced severe and masculine architecture . |
9 | A discussion then followed about the strengths of a less centrally controlled and ad-hoc response , which was broadly the case in the UK , and which produced some interesting and innovative approaches . |
10 | All this changed in 1969 and 1970 with the emergence of the environmental movement which made the environment a political or ‘ vote-catching ’ issue , and which produced massive public pressure for fast , dramatic action , the nature of which is usually restricted to crisis situations ( Gunningham , 1974 ; Jones , 1973 ) . |
11 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
12 | The final selection was slanted towards books with a strong social content and which explored political issues . |
13 | It remains to be seen how the ITC will go about monitoring compliance with the statutory duties — it will certainly come under pressure to punish television stations which infringe the more detailed codes issued by the Broadcasting Standards Council and which suffer regular adverse adjudications from the Broadcasting Complaints Commission . |
14 | Some experts argue that the solution lies in exploiting the country 's aquifers , which they claim are as yet largely untapped , and which contain sufficient water to supply the major cities . |
15 | These will comprise of those modules for which the DC proposes a change and of which the assessor is manager ; also any packages which the assessor manages and which contain any of the modules for which the DC proposes change . |
16 | One of the most popular programmes on 1OAB was The Fort San Programme which I presented each Sunday at 12.30 noon and which featured 90 minutes of records requested for patients in the tuberculosis sanatorium at Fort Qu'Appelle . |
17 | Next door was the ‘ Louis XVI Bedroom ’ , in which the bed and curtain fabric was also inspired by an eighteenth-century Lyons silk and which took many of its period details from an 1801 mezzotint . |
18 | Moreover he omits , virtually without mention , the extraordinary improvements made in English industrial life , and elsewhere , in the second half of the nineteenth century and which made many of these towns what they are today . |
19 | All the pitches were lined with trees under which spectators could sit and which made splendid spots for picnics when no game was going on . |
20 | His voyage is based on similar ones which , he believes , were carried out by Chinese in the third century BC , and which made possible the great civilisations of Central and South America . |
21 | He spoke with the gentle cruelty he could show towards his models and which made some of them call him Charley the Knife . |
22 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |
23 | This comment was made in the context of the dictum of Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton , L.R. 4 H.L. 226 , 249 , which he had previously cited with approval and which presupposed that compulsion had induced the payment . |
24 | In 1855 , Boy 's Own Magazine appeared , followed by Boy 's Own Paper and Boy 's Penny Magazine , addressed to a new class of boys , and which signalled significant shifts in public attitudes , particularly acting to increase sex segregation and reinforce stereotypes . |
25 | They would probably say that they have chosen an aspect of social life which is clearly central to many people 's lives and which dominates these other kinds of relationships . |
26 | A rich combination of women 's cultural activities , featuring performance poetry , dance from Lucia Walker and company , some of the life-size figures from the photographic exhibition ‘ Just the Job ’ and Bea Freeman , who will present her film about ‘ Just the Job ’ in which she also appears and which presents positive role models of Black women and women from other racially minorities , and the work they do . |
27 | The judges were impressed by the way the company , based in Newtonmore and which employs 14 people , has increased turnover in the past year from £40,000 to £400,000 and is tackling the European market — even before its Smart Rope , which warns climbers by changing colour when it gets over-stressed and on which world patents are pending — goes into full production later this year . |
28 | He also knows of the existence of at least half a dozen hypermarkets which have a shoppers ' profile that includes every socioeconomic category , and which sell all three types of bread . |
29 | No mention is made of the lateral road on the ridge of Busaco which was so carefully restored by Wellington and which played such a vital role in the successful conduct of the battle . |
30 | An individual 's personality is the sum total of those traits which define his or her individuality , and which cause one person to be different from another . |