Example sentences of "which [vb base] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hairs on its furry body are covered with microscopic hooks which pick up the slightly sticky pollen grains as the bee busies around the flower . |
| 2 | Like bony fish , they have lateral line organs which pick up the water movements made by prey . |
| 3 | To prevent this happening chemical agents known as sequestrants are used which bind up the residues preventing them from dropping out of solution . |
| 4 | Cloud-cover problems will diminish the number of useful images from the 20–22 per year that are theoretically possible , but even so the monitoring of surface phenomena that change during the year ( such as agricultural crops and natural vegetation ) or which change over the years ( for example the extent of the built-up areas of cities or the extent of forest cover ) is possible . |
| 5 | What with the addition of new capabilities to spreadsheets , and the advent of products which push back the frontiers of the electronic spreadsheet concept , it 's becoming a little difficult to draw a line between spreadsheet products and more elaborate financial modelling environments . |
| 6 | Even the two towers , which peer over the roofs that block their view , are camouflaged by scaffolding . |
| 7 | In other cases it is a combination of circumstances or traumatic events which bring about the troubled state of mind . |
| 8 | It is these economic stresses which bring about the tragedy of Margaret and her family and lead eventually to the Ruined Cottage , which remains as a symbol of these afflictions . |
| 9 | He claims that successful societal responses to crime are those which bring about the reintegrative shaming of the offender . |
| 10 | And the operations in France support and work with the company 's reseller community , which bring in the bulk of its European revenues . |
| 11 | And the operations in France support and work with the company 's reseller community , which bring in the bulk of its European revenues . |
| 12 | There is a very clear , clean cut approach to the whole collection with the accent on strong graphics and sports oriented motifs to create renewed interest in the ‘ contemporary classic ’ shapes of the shirts , shorts , tops , sweaters , track suits , joggers and shell suits which make up the whole range . |
| 13 | The change was welcomed by BHRCA members and , although there was no debate at the AGM before the vote , many spoke afterwards of earlier vigorous debates in the committees which make up the BHRCA . |
| 14 | Although a dolphin 's echolocation mechanism is remarkably sensitive , it probably can not detect the thin strands of nylon which make up the mesh of oceanic drift-nets . |
| 15 | Because programs can store any segment of any letter , this process is far less laborious than it once was , though it still took around three months for the nine fonts which make up the Ecotype family . |
| 16 | The Congress of People 's Deputies voted overwhelmingly in favour of renaming the Russian Federation ‘ Russia ’ , but within minutes members from the republics which make up the huge state were demanding restoration of the word ‘ federation ’ . |
| 17 | The four separate units which make up the Loutrouvia apartments are set back from the main road in pleasant surroundings . |
| 18 | Whether they functioned as transmitters was difficult to prove : the technical problems of access to particular sites inside the skull , located in the middle of the dense networks of nerve cells and fibres which make up the brain , are still far from being completely solved . |
| 19 | The Assistant Instructor Series is made up of courses covering the BHS stages I , II & III and PTT , which make up the BHSAI . |
| 20 | The Intermediate Instructor Series is made up of courses covering the BHS Stage IV and IT which make up the BHSII . |
| 21 | More important , the big volcanoes which make up the Hawaiian Islands all seem at first sight to have central vents — they are mountains thousands of metres high , with craters right at the top . |
| 22 | Basalts are the rocks which are formed at mid-ocean ridges , and which make up the entire oceanic crust . |
| 23 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 24 | They become the guardians of decisions , some of which accord with the criteria for units of goodness which make up the substance of the Created God , and can therefore become part of it . |
| 25 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |
| 26 | the units which make up the system of the modern world economy are not individual enterprises , but … complexes , state capitalist trusts … |
| 27 | At intervals along these are found acupuncture points which are stimulated by the insertion of needles , massage or warming with incense so as to balance the elements of yin and yang which make up the ch'i , an imbalance of which is thought to cause disharmony and disease . |
| 28 | This instinct — along with all the other instinctive and subtle inward facets which make up the creature — then acts as the blueprint for the actual patterning , formation or projection of the physical sense organ and body itself . |
| 29 | On Monday morning we were greeted by the view of Bequia , one of 32 islands which make up the wonderful Grenadines . |
| 30 | The sugars formed by combining the hydrogen with the carbon dioxide are then converted into substances called starches ( the main components of flour and potatoes ) which can be elaborated further into the many complex materials which make up the bodies of living things . |