Example sentences of "which [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England 's batting in this Test has been as dodgy as the plate of prawns which ruled out captain Graham Gooch . |
| 2 | There was a long-standing tradition of professionalism , which centred around jockeys and pugilists for the most part . |
| 3 | This is both the ‘ dear deceit ’ which goes back centuries and the curse peculiar to modern-day society . |
| 4 | Silver plants usually have a thick coating of felty fur which slows down evaporation . |
| 5 | He was hostile to the joint-stock company as a medium through which to carry on business enterprise . |
| 6 | We feel quite sure that , if you have followed this technique carefully , you have a much clearer mental framework within which to carry out studies of bending moment and shear force than you had before . |
| 7 | The first has been fighting a ( largely losing ) battle against social condemnation of " stealing other people 's homes " ; the second has been the mechanism by which to carry out government 's policies to protect some short-term occupiers ( tenants , with exclusive possession ) but not others ( licensees ) . |
| 8 | If the Policyholder was unaware of the faulty roof or did not have reasonable time in which to carry out repairs , then it is in order to deal with the claim for the damage to the internal decorations and/or contents but not the repairs to the roof , which the Policyholder should have carried out as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Edinburgh is an excellent centre in which to carry out research in the history of art . |
| 10 | In practice , of course , such com- prehensiveness becomes impossible , and this provides fertile ground for opportunism or for sellers to try to over-protect themselves against risk which drives up prices . |
| 11 | That communal release of euphoria across Blackheath results from the combination of the final arrival of ‘ the Moment ’ , plus the increase in energy which easing down training will have brought . |
| 12 | We have looked at the attachment of motorists for their cars , the increasing use of heavy lorries , and the reasons why governments are reluctant to impose taxes which push up inflation and weaken an important manufacturing industry . |
| 13 | But in any event , in the way shown above , this concentration on squeezing the largest possible instalment payments into the confines of a weekly budget based on weekly pay-packets leaves the deep pitfall that people then have no leeway to cope with unexpected or higher-than-usual expenses which crop up 12m . |
| 14 | You die a thousand casual deaths — with none of that intensity which squeezes out life … and no blood runs cold anywhere . |
| 15 | In 1898 the rigidly enforced ‘ code ’ of practice which laid down curriculum guidelines for elementary schools ( Standard 1 to 7 ) was abolished . |
| 16 | The first parliamentary Acts concerning housing in the nineteenth century were Public Health Acts , which laid down requirements as regards sanitation and public safety . |
| 17 | Like Rangers , there is a rhythm to Raith 's play which grinds out results even when the team is n't playing particularly well . |
| 18 | This is despite their repeated claims that the act , which tightens up rules on the safety inspection of large dams and calls for a national register of dams , was necessary . |
| 19 | He had an impeccable record of anti-Turkish activity , from the time he had enlisted in Major Mihaljević 's forces at the age of twenty , fighting with the hajduks after the Austrian desertion in 1791 , and serving as an officer in the Serbian militia which fought off Pazvantoglu 's attack in 1797 . |
| 20 | It is not one to rally the world 's peasantries , pastoralists and other land-users to change the social conditions which bring about soil erosion in the first place . |
| 21 | People also need to learn the practical skills which bring about improvement the problem solving techniques and diagnostic tools for finding the way through seemingly impassable barriers . |
| 22 | Enhancement operations are those which bring out detail in an image , either by improving the contrast or by emphasizing edges . |
| 23 | Even the Sioux Indians immortalised in Dances With Wolves are angry because it will divert money from their bingo halls which bring in revenue to poor reservations . |
| 24 | Both these are very different from the ‘ experimental researches ’ which made up Faraday 's main research-publications , where every paragraph is numbered consecutively up to 3,299 , and where theorizing is kept in its place in the Baconian manner . |
| 25 | His idea of duty took the form of inviting Neil to join him in the nightly round of enjoyment which made up Stair 's life . |
| 26 | The Colne Valley Divisional Labour Party was formed in June 1917 , the Leeds City Labour Party reorganized itself in April and May 1918 , and promoted the formation of constituency parties in the six divisions which made up Leeds , while constituency parties were formed for all four of the Bradford seats in April 1919 . |
| 27 | Musically it 's just the right side of being cheap — lyrically it 's got a depth to it which cries out Secrets ! |
| 28 | EIE has bought 446,000 square feet of offices in two blocks of 11 and 15 storeys which make up Britannic House West , built 10 years ago and close to the Bank of England . |
| 29 | Associative feminist psychologies address the different signification systems which make up psychology 's material and psychology itself . |
| 30 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |