Example sentences of "which [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The First is that period which recedes from the very beginning of life on earth and reaches far back into the unknowable depths of the timeless universe . |
| 2 | One can compare the passage just quoted , which insists on the unknowability of the real world , with some of her subsequent remarks ; as , for instance , when she refers to her argument ‘ that literature represents the myths and imaginary versions of real social relationships ’ , and claims that ‘ a form of criticism which refuses to reproduce the pseudo-knowledge offered by the text provides a real knowledge of the work of literature ’ , or says that ‘ the task of criticism , then , is … to produce a real knowledge of history . ’ |
| 3 | In a discipline like psychology , which insists on the specificity of its vocabulary , procedures and concerns , feminist initiatives which stay close to the traditional discipline are valuable . |
| 4 | There is also more overlapping , of a kind which insists on the notion of depth : a despairing woman on the far side of the statue from which the lesser Ajax is about to drag Cassandra to rape her ; hidden faces ( Priam 's and Aeneas 's — he is shown at one end , escaping with his father and son ) . |
| 5 | This oracle speaks of a brother as the instrument of death , which fits with the case as it is yet known . |
| 6 | You can only clean the read/write heads of the floppy disk drives with a special cleaning kit which fits into the drive in the same way as a normal floppy disk . |
| 7 | The Drayton Drain Easy kit consists of a stopper which fits into the cold feed pipe outlet of a cistern and a plug which fits over the end of the open vent pipe to allow , say , a radiator to be removed from a central heating system without draining down the whole central heating system , which could well mean losing all your corrosion inhibitor . |
| 8 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |
| 9 | There is a collar component , plus a nose band which fits across the bridge of the nose . |
| 10 | A condom ( rubber , sheath , johnnie , French letter ) is a thin rubber sheath which fits over the man 's penis so that semen does not penetrate the woman 's vagina or anus during penetrative sex . |
| 11 | The Drayton Drain Easy kit consists of a stopper which fits into the cold feed pipe outlet of a cistern and a plug which fits over the end of the open vent pipe to allow , say , a radiator to be removed from a central heating system without draining down the whole central heating system , which could well mean losing all your corrosion inhibitor . |
| 12 | Would you like a scrupulously faithful ‘ photographic ’ likeness or something which delves into the soul of the subject ? |
| 13 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 14 | It seems , then , that , for the most part , black parents are not interested in sport and have no role to play in generating and sustaining their children 's involvement which intensifies despite the lack of parental support . |
| 15 | Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades is behind the TV-oriented scheme — which flies in the face of FA policy — to be considered by chairmen of the 22 clubs at a meeting in London . |
| 16 | In both human and porcine ileal extracts , the antibody ( Gl77 ) recognises a peak in the gel permeation chromatograms which elutes in the position of oxyntomodulin . |
| 17 | reduction in the betting levy which goes towards the safety and improvement of football grounds ? |
| 18 | It 's always best to start by chopping out the hole for the lintel which goes over the frame first . |
| 19 | In the vast majority of cases the exhaust pipe corrodes around the bend which goes over the rear axle on motor cars or that particular pipe breaks away from the end of the silencer . |
| 20 | In a sense the whole point of making a group protest , for example , is that you can actually display some strong feelings or other , and is n't the , the point achieving a balance between some acceptable way of maybe even physically showing your disapproval of something and something which goes over the boundaries , actually ends up with damage being done to people or property ? |
| 21 | He belongs to a paper society which goes through the motions of life , in the air , notionally . |
| 22 | If the ‘ postface ’ is the attitude of feigned female acquiescence to male views , the ‘ preface ’ is that which objects , that which goes through the tiresome ‘ routine ’ of explaining exactly why these views are objectionable . |
| 23 | er I 've got several favourites , er the one at Thrupp , Hampton Gay which I mentioned , where the train disaster was , that 's a particularly nice one because it 's along very nice stretches of canal and river , I like the one er up at er the Rollright Stones , and , and I like the ones in the Chilterns as well , there 's a couple in the Chilterns , one at er Watlington Hill , just outside the town of Watlington , and er one which goes through the grounds of Stonor Park , but er superb scenery up there obviously with the beech woods and so on . |
| 24 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 25 | Obviously inspired by MADONNA 's example , ( and it seems that she 's about to be millions of dollars richer as over half a million copies of Sex changed hands last week ) CURVE have decided to come over all raunchy and are releasing a Stateside compilation which goes under the provocative title of ‘ Pubic Fruit ’ , although whose pubes are involved we are not informed . |
| 26 | But although , for many purposes , this sense of separate identity is not only understandable and indeed highly desirable , it is going to make it extremely difficult to get the best out of that ambitious enterprise which goes under the code-name ‘ 1992 ’ . |
| 27 | The origins of the military colony of Elephantine are unknown , but the author of the letter which goes under the name of Aristeas must have found somewhere the piece of information that Jewish soldiers helped Psammetichus in his campaign against the king of the Ethiopians ( 13 ) . |
| 28 | Aerial spraying of the fungicide , which goes under the trade name of " Ronilan " , is now completely outlawed and farmers are forbidden to use it on any crop which is not peeled or shelled . |
| 29 | Aldershot method yeah which goes under the little the little rhyme words can anybody remember |
| 30 | After about a mile , where the road forks , take the left fork and after a further 200yds , turn left a crossroads and follow the road which goes across the saddle between two tors . |