Example sentences of "in [pers pn] which [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know full well that , frankly speaking , prostitutes are bad , but I feel something human in them which prevents me from feeling the slightest scruple about associating with them … . |
| 2 | Although none of the aquariums used are lit , rocks are placed in them which have a generous growth of algae on them , and are changed once the algae has gone through constant grazing . |
| 3 | His wide-spaced eyes were dark and brooding , but there was a softness in them which mirrored his nature and which his wife Carrie found to be comforting and reassuring . |
| 4 | Solitude was an eccentricity the school was at pains to discourage , and its absence gave rise to a sort of panic in me which served to reinforce my sense of loss of self . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been taking statements all day , and have discovered certain — anomalies in yours which need sorting out . |
| 6 | There is a subtle but very real difference in where you place the emphasis , and the interviewer will not then automatically make the assumption that there was something lacking in you which caused you to be made redundant . |
| 7 | Then a conceptual emotion was released in him which transmuted what he saw into theory , a recognition of the cerebral nature of an art which transported him beyond the mere explanation of the visible . |
| 8 | Goulding has a wild streak in him which has got him sent off twice and sin-binned four times . |
| 9 | Our basic aim is to have a whole person benefits structure whereby one 's got one benefit with various elements in it which take account of the individuals needs . |
| 10 | And his voice had a note of self-mockery in it which surprised her . |
| 11 | ‘ It is easy ’ , he says , ‘ in retrospect to see this spirit as naive or ‘ utopian ’ but there is nothing in it which entitles us to regard it with academic superiority . ’ |
| 12 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 13 | The book is in great part a ‘ presentation ’ of Morgan 's ‘ Ancient Society ’ , but as Engels points out there is much in it which goes beyond Morgan , in terms both of documentation and interpretation . |
| 14 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 15 | There is nothing in it which precludes town centre type uses . |
| 16 | Even though Pt II of SGA 1979 ( ss2-15 ) is entitled " Formation of the Contract " , there is nothing in it which regulates the actual formation of the contract of sale of goods . |
| 17 | Now that his face had regained its shape she saw a seriousness in it which implied a steadiness she liked . |
| 18 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 19 | The basic idea is extended , however , to keep track of a constantly changing picture and to detect those elements in it which do not change . |
| 20 | She took both his hands in hers which felt ice cold and clammy to the touch . |