Example sentences of "which [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rural councils have found themselves hamstrung by the centralized control of local authority expenditure ( particularly during the periods of economic stagnation and crisis ) and , in the case of housing , by the imposition of cost yardsticks which rarely take account of the peculiar difficulties which many rural councils face from the heavier costs incurred in housing provision in remote areas . |
| 2 | It is we , however , who have to work out the connections of similarity and contrast between the expressions in the groups A to L , which thereby become representative of something more general , which could not be expressed by simply adding together the literal senses of the words . |
| 3 | Now it could well be argued that the very object of judicial scrutiny is to force the bureaucracy to consider a broader range of policy choices ; that the courts ' role is precisely to ‘ redress ’ the tendency of officials to adopt a very narrow bounded rationality which thereby forecloses policy choices . |
| 4 | International studies confirm Crossman 's criticism : they place Britain no higher than sixteenth in the league table of countries which most enjoy freedom to publish . |
| 5 | A utility converts whole documents , or a specified range of pages , into PCX files which most fax software can handle . |
| 6 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 7 | Here the conventional representation of truth as the unadorned , stable centre which poetic ornamentation covers is replaced by a claim that truth is an ornament , an addition which paradoxically makes beauty seem more beautiful . |
| 8 | The two watchmen were in a van , radio-equipped of course , but unfortunately the particular area was under some overhead power cables which badly affect radio for some distance around . ’ |
| 9 | But there is evidence that species which wholly abandon sex are short-lived on an evolutionary time-scale . |
| 10 | It is tempting to explain the startling developments which duly took place in Russian domestic affairs in the second half of the 1850s and the first half of the 1860s by saying that the tsar recognized the extent of the difficulties which confronted him and applied himself to resolving them . |
| 11 | But bail should be set at a level which effectively deters flight . |
| 12 | The existence of a Letter of Credit which effectively guarantees payment [ see 1.4 above ] will assist the bank when considering a request for finance . |
| 13 | Abortion of a male up to 40 days and a female up to 80 days was thus considered permissible until 1989 , when the Church adopted its current position — that the soul was infused at conception — which effectively outlaws abortion . |
| 14 | The research has drawn attention to the possibilities for developing a collaborative style of classroom management which effectively frees quality teacher time but is not subject to the limitations associated with management structured on the basis of cooperative groups . |
| 15 | And even if they are physically present , are there particular lessons or activities which are inaccessible because textbooks or work-sheets demand a level of literacy and comprehension which effectively prevent access ? |
| 16 | After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand . |
| 17 | ‘ But the following Tuesday , British Coal 's area director visited Point of Ayr and said the second phase would not go ahead during the review period , which effectively means development plans at Point of Ayr are on ice . ’ |
| 18 | They challenged the Home Secretary 's 1983 policies which effectively abolished parole for certain categories of prisoners , but did win the right , with the assistance of the European Commission for Human Rights to be legally represented at prison disciplinary hearings . |
| 19 | Most acknowledge that it has a power of its own , which powerfully affects gender relations , and needs to be understood . |
| 20 | This broad view offers a wider concept of ‘ integration ’ than the narrow educational framework which predominantly confines debate in this area . |
| 21 | The top-security ‘ dispersal prisons ’ are frequently not filled to capacity , while overcrowding is concentrated in local prisons ( which predominantly house remand prisoners and those on short-term sentences ) . |
| 22 | Two other women lay upon the counter a pickle-bottle and a glass vessel of a kind which altogether defies description . |
| 23 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 24 | The couple , who live locally , acquired and restored the 20-seater coach as a family keepsake , it was actually 's father who founded the Guy Motor Company which eventually became part of Leyland . |
| 25 | In fact he was still working on a first version of the fourth act ( which eventually became Act III ) when he sailed for New York on 24 September . |
| 26 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 27 | It was UNIP which eventually took control of the first independent government winning , in January 1964 , fifty-five seats to the ANC 's ten . |
| 28 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 29 | Through traffic is usually reduced by road closures and speeds are cut by carriageway narrowings , small roundabouts and by various types of humps , which additionally increase conspicuity of intersections and other traffic . |
| 30 | Occasional directorial cleverness ( the photo booth scenes ) and a script which mostly keeps faith with the edge of Oscar Hijuelos ' novel make this surprisingly entertaining |