Example sentences of "which [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From this point of view , the factors which influence an individual 's voting choice are less relevant : what matters is the choice and its distribution .
2 He also distinguishes clearly between criteria which qualify a firm 's products to be considered and those which actually win the order .
3 It is differences of this order that separate " Creole " from " English " and which complicate an analysis of Caribbean speakers ' linguistic behaviour in terms of code-switching .
4 It may be highly convenient , given the all-pervasive nature of government for activities to be coordinated but even this does not require collective action and there are , indeed , many schemes of government in operation today which lack a feature such as a Cabinet .
5 Sberbank makes a handsome spread by lending these deposits to banks which lack a deposit base , charging an annualised rate of 160–200% for a three-month loan .
6 The problem with this definition is that it neglects other chemically and biochemically responsive sensors which lack a biolayer but which share not only similar functional principles , but offer equivalent analytical advantages .
7 She is currently a member of scores of international institutions , many of which entail an agreement to act in concert with allies .
8 The same is true of free , fit , apt , able , etc. , all of which denote a quality in the person designated as the support which predisposes him to realize the action referred to by the infinitive in a certain way .
9 Rising from a low-level patio behind the elegant five storey house , the garden is dominated by two high trees — a lime and an ash — which mean a lot of shade for Tricia to cope with .
10 Until 16 May , the gallery is also continuing its exhibition of recent polyptychs by Bruno Ceccobelli , which combine a variety of materials and techniques .
11 There are video programmes designed to introduce new methods , such as the Silent Way method , which combine an explanation of the approach with examples of groups being taught .
12 Look above the modern shop fronts to the upper floors which display a variety of styles and embellishments . .
13 ‘ Culture is an integrated system of beliefs ( about God or reality or ultimate meanings ) , of values ( about what is true , good , beautiful and normative ) , of customs ( how to behave , relate to others , talk , pray , dress , work , trade , farm , eat , etc. ) , and of institutions which express these beliefs , values and customs ( government , law courts , temples or churches , family , school , hospitals , factories , shops , unions , clubs , etc. ) , which bind a society together and give it a sense of identity , dignity , security , and continuity . ’
14 The P-bridge is the very essence of simplicity , being a face-mounted plate of thin chrome-plated steel , upon which sit a pair of saddle barrels , each carrying two strings and offering intonation adjustment via two , tail-mounted screws , and height adjustment via threaded adjusters .
15 In the corner farthest from the camera are propped lengths of beading with , to the right , a bracketed shelf on which sit a bottle and stone jars containing french polish .
16 On higher levels of instruction , geography departments should develop courses which stress a core of basic thermodynamics and hydrodynamics and their relation to the environmental envelope of relevance to mankind .
17 Future cooperation seems more unlikely , particularly in view of the recent changes which bring an element of privatisation to all sectors of training and hence lead to greater competition .
18 ZNF proteins contain ‘ finger ’ motifs consisting of approximately 30 amino acids which coordinate a zinc ion , and were first described in the Xenopus transcription factor IIIA ( 6,7 ) , but have been shown to be present in species as diverse as Drosophila and man .
19 In this area , and others we support , it 's the individuals which make a company 's role in the community so well received .
20 The qualities which make a girl smart and successful at her work would similarly make for her success in the marriage market . "
21 We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded .
22 In general , the buildings in Funchal are of a modest simplicity which make a contrast with the luxuriance of the vegetation .
23 Erm that is considered to be er an element which make a contribution towards the new settlement .
24 We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded .
25 The reco-reco consists of pieces of wood on a string which make a sound rather like someone playing the washboard .
26 We regret the consequences to the communities of Darlington and Spennymoor of the industry 's terminal decline but then we have never thought that having factories which make a product which kills people was ever anything to be proud of .
27 Synthetic statements are those which make a claim about how the world is and are true ( or false ) accordingly , for instance that all bachelors are carefree .
28 Two sets of regulations have been laid before Parliament which make a number of changes to Income Support , Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit .
29 Some of the Champagne houses which make a point of declaring they never use vins de taille in their own products have purchased ready-made Champagnes from the very houses to which they sold their vins de taille in the first place .
30 I hope that the reconciliation achieved by the cross will provide the basis for us all to say that we have no grounds for making fresh divisions which make a witness to a needy world more difficult than it is already .
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