Example sentences of "which [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colonists of Elephantine in Egypt combined observance of the Passover and perhaps of the Sabbath with a devotion to Eshembethel and Anathbethel which my late colleague and friend Umberto Cassuto was unable to explain away . |
| 2 | ‘ This telephone has rung four times in this house since it was installed in January , and the first call brought us news of the Glasgow Ribbon Society , the Fenian Dynamitards destroying the Tradeston gas-works in which my poor husband has substantial interests . |
| 3 | Any goal of mine which I have allowed to be chosen for me by others , even if I think of it as an end in itself , can only be serving as a means to something else which my private test does confirm as wanted for its own sake . |
| 4 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 5 | The mile took nine and a half minutes , at the end of which my dead weight pulled me , wheezing and red-faced , into an armchair . |
| 6 | It was not until many years after the whole Jean-Claude episode was behind me that I realized the extent to which my physical appearance had dictated the terms of my life in Paris . |
| 7 | but how ever it is compiled it would run contrary to the principles which my Noble Friend Lord Motterstone and my Noble Friend Lord Rippon have already stated and would stated in all parts of the House . |
| 8 | Pygmalion , from which My Fair Lady was derived , attempts to show how easily England 's class system can be subverted by the acquisition of the correct accent and attitude . |
| 9 | I was encouraged by the location , close to the town to which my thieving removal company had decamped . |
| 10 | Adopting this pragmatic approach , I have thus sought to justify the main general conclusion to which my whole argument has been directed : that the way to heal the rift between holism and individualism is to recognise that concessive holism offers a superior approach to the business of social explanation . |
| 11 | The issues to which my hon. Friend referred are just those where the health service needs to do a little better on listening to patients ' needs . |
| 12 | I shall also ensure that the merits and advantages of Almondbank , to which my hon. Friend rightly referred are taken fully into account . |
| 13 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the problem raised by the hon. Member for Bassetlaw ( Mr. Ashton ) is probably the most crucial element in the redundancy programme to which my hon. Friend has referred ? |
| 14 | We hope that there will be new articles in the treaty to strengthen the role of the European Parliament in the area to which my hon. Friend has referred . |
| 15 | I have no doubt that , in the light of developments , the Government and our Community partners will be looking at the very matters to which my hon. Friend has drawn attention . |
| 16 | All that would reinforce the particular policy to which my hon. Friend referred and would damage tremendously the prospects of the British people and destroy countless jobs . |
| 17 | If we were to have to suffer all the rigours of the directive to which my hon. Friend refers , it would cost employers substantial sums — billions of pounds — in the next year . |
| 18 | The particular provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 in the consideration of which my hon. Friend played such a distinguished part do not come into force until next month , so directors of planning will not yet have had the benefit of the provisions . |
| 19 | I know of the proposal to which my hon. Friend refers and I know that he has vigorously represented the concerns of his constituents . |
| 20 | I am aware of the article to which my hon. Friend refers , which involves a case that was tried in Israel , and of the fact that , apparently , KGB records recently made available in Moscow suggest that there was mistaken identification . |
| 21 | The idea to which my hon. Friend refers strikes me as excellent , and I am happy to support it . |
| 22 | I saw the report to which my hon. Friend referred and I am not at all surprised that the Opposition tried to shout him down , for the simple fact is that the report revealed that the majority of people in this country recognise that the Labour party has now promised to increase spending on just about everything under the sun , which would mean higher borrowing , higher inflation and much higher taxes . |
| 23 | I am not surprised that the right hon. Gentleman avoided the first point , because the report to which my hon. Friend the Member for Poole ( Mr. Ward ) referred produced the following answer within the Labour party : ’ Some argue it will highlight one of our weaker points ’ . |
| 24 | I can not answer in the unconstrained sense in which my hon. Friend asked the question , but , clearly , we are prepared to play our part — bilaterally through the provision of know-how and technical assistance in appropriate matters and , of course , through the European Community to which we are a substantial subscriber . |
| 25 | The area to which my hon. Friend refers was not considered such a high priority as others . |
| 26 | The incident to which my hon. Friend refers happened on track outside the railway station . |
| 27 | I hope that the results of the public inquiry will be announced shortly and that the advance works on the link can be started before the end of the year , although that depends wholly on the outcome of the general election , because , as I said , the Opposition are committed to reducing expenditure on roads and vital pieces of road infrastructure such as that for which my hon. Friend rightly argues would be threatened by a Labour Government . |
| 28 | I have always appreciated the artfulness with which my hon. Friend asks questions . |
| 29 | I appreciate the high taste in satorial elegance for which my hon. Friend is well known . |
| 30 | Employment in the tobacco industry , which my hon. Friend mentioned , has been falling steadily due to increased automation and the long-term decline in smoking . |