Example sentences of "which [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwards used to take a nail onto the field with which to assail the seam , but that was not the only close sailing in which they indulged . |
| 2 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 3 | What was barely tolerable before 1914 became increasingly intolerable to the mass of the population , as the enemy forces pushed the Tsarist regime into more and more desperate expedients to raise the finance and manpower with which to conduct the war . |
| 4 | An improvement on this basic design was to use a lightweight but rigid rotating rod on which to mount the magnet and mirror , and attach a coil spring at one end , so that once any change in potential difference had been registered the mirror would swing back to its original position . |
| 5 | Once the rubber outer skin was completed , the metal core controlling the mechanical and electronic movements was fitted with a flexible plastic cover on which to support the skin . |
| 6 | There were other grounds on which to support the right of self-determination . |
| 7 | Devlin , he suggests , provides no evidence with which to support the statement , and further no reputable historian has argued that deviation from sexual morality could be seen , like an act of treason , as threatening society 's existence . |
| 8 | Then cut suitable wooden stands with which to support the strengtheners until the silicone has set . |
| 9 | But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation . |
| 10 | It is also hard to find a yardstick with which to compare the preservation of more than 99 per cent of information in 20 billion successive copyings . |
| 11 | If both the frame and substitution items have gliding tones that is of course an added difficulty , but as long as you work with a frame that stays the same , you at least have something constant with which to compare the substitution items . |
| 12 | Indirect methods require the establishment of appropriate databases against which to compare the composition , or other characteristic , of the questionable object . |
| 13 | The legal application of these central ideas will provide the model against which to compare the deviations , if any , of the moral equivalents . |
| 14 | This will give you an unchanging surface against which to compare the flickers . |
| 15 | It is worth bearing in mind that reformers chose compulsory part-time day continuation schools as the principal means through which to preach the effectiveness of the doctrine . |
| 16 | It is also a useful parameter with which to monitor the success of treatment ; the CRP value falls rapidly as inflammation comes under control . |
| 17 | There are two years in which to implement the Directive , but implementing provisions relating to the entitlement to maternity leave for 14 weeks regardless of length of service are contained in the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill 1992 , which was published on 5 November . |
| 18 | Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive . |
| 19 | His goal is to score 100 points before the season is over , which means he has five games in which to hit the century mark . |
| 20 | Wavebreaker , despite her ethereal beauty , was not the most practical boat with which to cruise the Bahamas . |
| 21 | In a symbolic gesture to underline the grassroots drive for renewal , the delegates handed Dr Gysi an outsize broom with which to continue the purge of those still rooted in old thinking . |
| 22 | In a symbolic gesture to underline the grassroots drive for renewal , the delegates handed Dr Gysi an outsize broom with which to continue the purge of those still rooted in old thinking . |
| 23 | The RSPB reserve on the south shore at Vane Farm is an excellent centre from which to see the birds . |
| 24 | There are several good vantage places from which to see the falls . |
| 25 | Before providing a framework within which to see the information industry , we can get some sense of scale by comparing the size of the electronic media markets with print-on-paper markets . |
| 26 | This property of superposability both enshrines the pure mathematician 's abstract concept of what a vector space is and it also provides the perfect way in which to mirror the nature of quantum mechanical states . |
| 27 | Although the Inland Revenue has up to three months in which to confirm the validity of the election ( s 248(2) ) , in practice it is usually prepared to give confirmation within a much shorter period . |
| 28 | Some mains flex and a plug were also needed to connect the cable tidy to the nearby wall socket , and a hook from which to suspend the air pump . |
| 29 | Which means , ’ he added , glancing quickly down at the slim gold watch on his wrist , ‘ I want you to pack a suitcase as quickly as possible , because we have very little time in which to catch the plane . ’ |
| 30 | By the use of these three methods Morgan believed he had the means with which to discover the history of marriage in human societies . |