Example sentences of "which [vb base] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , his examples repay study since they seem to run counter to traditional interpretations which concentrate upon his theoretical comments . |
| 2 | Darwin had himself studied some of these plants , verifying that they do actually consume the flies which land in their pitchers or on their leaves and get caught there , and finding that it was apparently to nitrogenous compounds that the plants responded . |
| 3 | In other words , provided that the liquidity trap is not reached and that investment remains sufficiently responsive to interest rate reductions , falling prices could conceivably establish levels of expenditure and real income which correspond to their full employment values , E * ; and Y * ; respectively . |
| 4 | ‘ Every system of production tends to discover punishments which correspond to its productive relationships ’ ( 1939 : 5 ) . |
| 5 | A number of economists and politicians have recently proposed that British workers be paid wage rates which change with their employers ' profitability . |
| 6 | Primary heat modified soils are alkali soluble soils which change from their characteristic greasy texture on heating when they harden and darken . |
| 7 | This is one of the many books which address the snobbery of the English , which flash at their readers the lawns of country houses , the baize of gambling-tables , which tell tales of those virtuosos of ostentation and disregard who have in common a contempt for commonness , for the middle class ; and it could be said of such books that their chief resource is the eccentricity which has long amounted to a convention of upper-class life . |
| 8 | In so far as society is divided into different interests , of which labour and capital are the prototypical examples , it may well be that some interests have more control than others over the development of representations which accord to their perspective and thus their interests . |
| 9 | Neither do they have the sort of plans and features which accord with our earlier ideas of what a Saxon village should look like . |
| 10 | Avoiding mixtures is a good idea at first as it enables you to identify any foods which disagree with your baby to try again later . |
| 11 | Fascinated by the white pines that grow like weeds round Concord , on one memorable occasion he goes after their cones , which grow on their topmost branches : |
| 12 | The most brightly coloured parts of the sea slug , which therefore attract most attention , are the papillae — hair-like structures which grow from their backs and which have arranged on their surfaces groups of stinging cells known as nettle-cells or nematocysts , which explode at the slightest touch , discharging a barbed , whip-like structure . |
| 13 | He would have smiled and said those are the foibles of innovators , they must be excused , and you are not after all obliged to mop up all those pools of beurre blanc which appear on your plate in such quantity . |
| 14 | I have a few which appear on my living room carpet whenever I watch certain TV programmes . |
| 15 | The names which appear in their combined working lives range from Vince Hill and Kenneth McKellar to Bo Diddley and Gary Glitter . |
| 16 | What are the meanings of the words f— , c- , b—llocks and Barbara Ellen which appear in your paper every week ? |
| 17 | It 's here he spent much of his childhood , learning the secrets of the wood , which appear in his latest book . |
| 18 | This name is given to the endoskeleton of the head and , in generalized Pterygote insects , it is composed of two or three pairs of apodemes which coalesce at their bases . |
| 19 | However , this is to mistake not only the demanding nature of current practice but also the non-punitive knowledge , skills , and values which provide for its success . |
| 20 | ( a ) it enables them to demand standards of quality , and ranges of goods which fit into their market strategy , rather than accepting what the manufacturer might prefer , |
| 21 | Work has also been done with English and communications skills staff who have been offered separate introductory courses which build on their existing expertise in language analysis . |
| 22 | The statutory responsibilities of LEAs and governing bodies in respect of quality control should be exercised with due acknowledgement of teachers ' special knowledge and skills and their freedom and right as professionals to adopt those strategies which build on their personal strengths and reflect the unique circumstances of each school and classroom . |
| 23 | He lost his hair through chemotherapy treatment and has spent the time since recovering from the disease , which spread to his lungs . |
| 24 | The other countries of the EC , which count among their number some of the oldest political units in the world ( France , Denmark , the Netherlands , Spain , Portugal ) , by contrast , seem quite happy to dissolve their sovereignty in the supranationalism of the EC . |
| 25 | Breeding birds include great artic skuas which dive at your head as you walk near their territories , rock doves , ringed plovers and red-throated divers . |
| 26 | Discussing statements like these and saying whether they agree with them or not gives children an opportunity to consider views which conflict with their own and to modify their existing views . |
| 27 | Their survival is vital , not only to themselves , but to large companies which depend on their products and services . |
| 28 | Referring to SPLA dissidents known as the Nasir group [ see pp. 38426 ; 38666 ] , he said that the only towns taken by the government forces were those " which depend on our dissidents … who have defected and chosen the camp of Gen. Bashir " . |
| 29 | It is characterized by bargaining over indicative or strategic plans which depend for their success upon voluntary co-operation between elites who are capable of withdrawing from any bargains struck ( Shonfield , 1965 ; Crouch , 1982 ) . |
| 30 | It should be noted , too , that government conduct can be authorized by ‘ prerogative ’ powers which depend for their existence on recognition by the courts . |