Example sentences of "which [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hanson has been built up into one of Britain 's leading companies over a period of twenty years based on an acquisition philosophy which involves a reduction in the acquired company 's bureaucracy , devolution of responsibility to local managers , a tight control of capital expenditure and a disposal of some of the peripheral assets which are not part of the company 's ‘ core activities ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , he said the whole project , which involves a range of authorities from Tendring District Council to English Nature , could take up to ten years to complete . |
| 4 | For example , the well-established tradition of ‘ community studies ’ , which involves a researcher or a team of researchers using a wide variety of methods to study a whole community , has been producing work in both Britain and the USA almost continuously since the 1920s . |
| 5 | Typically , this could occur in the context of a bona fide business reorganisation , which involves a change in your terms of employment . |
| 6 | The ‘ dialogic ’ , which involves a plurality of voices , was particularly characteristic of the novel . |
| 7 | We wish to make simple distinctions between sign languages ( BSL , ASL and so on ) ; sign systems , which will draw on sign language vocabulary but add features of the spoken language ( signed English ( UK ) , Signed Swedish , Seeing Exact English ) , or which have a manufactured vocabulary ( Paget-Gorman Sign System ) ; fingerspelling ; sign vocabularies , which reflect the meaning of sign languages and spoken languages without necessarily adopting inflections from either ( Makaton , Cued Speech ) ; and Total Communication which involves a mixture of one or more of these with spoken language . |
| 8 | Hilton says that the possibility of reformation thus open to man 's free choice has two aspects : first , reformation in faith which is based on the process of recognition and destruction of the image of sin which has occupied the greater part of Scale 1 ; and second , reformation in feeling which involves a development possible for some who can progress further to an inner freedom and joy which such discipline enables . |
| 9 | An argument can certainly be made that , since it is the very characteristics of nuclear weapons which make their use illegal , any deployment of nuclear weapons which involves a threat of their use is an illegal threat of force . |
| 10 | Applying these criteria , it seems to me that the type of deployment of nuclear weapons which can most clearly be argued to entail an illegal threat of force is one which involves a threat of first use of nuclear weapons . |
| 11 | ‘ Aqua Fortis ’ intros with a gentle lapping of waves before thickening into a pulsing yet controlled hypno-technological dream and is supported by the scary ‘ Asylum 3 ’ , which involves a story about some magic toys and sets up the rest of the track for a chilling rollercoaster ride into a spooky world that you really do n't want to enter . |
| 12 | The doctrine of consideration provides that a promise will bind the promisor only if it is given as the price for another 's promise or as the price for an action which involves a detriment to the promisee . |
| 13 | Results of Tim Wright 's research on transfer of writing skills from LSS to mainstream classrooms and benefits/problems of doing research which involves a number of other colleagues . |
| 14 | Results of Tim Wright 's research on transfer of writing skills from LSS to mainstream classrooms and benefits/problems of doing research which involves a number of other colleagues . |
| 15 | Her company operates the NAFD scheme , which involves a lump sum being paid into a trust in advance . |
| 16 | There is also an increasing trend towards agroforestry which involves a combination of tree and agricultural crops ; the silvicultural component may be used to provide a crop and to ensure environmental protection . |
| 17 | A regime called Training By Assignment , which involves a period of learning followed by practical application , is being used increasingly at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby , UK . |
| 18 | Consider this extract , which involves a sequence of short sentences ( we have added numbers to make the sentences easier to identify ) : ( 1 ) Both Brontë and Hardy choose to present their heroine within an organic structure . |
| 19 | Most neural nets search by some process which involves a form of convergence by successive approximations . |
| 20 | This is the appeal which involves a review of an existing line of authority without any reconsideration of it . |
| 21 | There is a body , the National League against the Venereal Diseases , which receives a grant from the government and organizes lectures in schools , prisons , and to the army , but it is clear that their efforts have little effect on the prevalence of disease . |
| 22 | Any branch which receives a gift or donation of this size and does not have the necessary forms should contact its regional office , or the headquarters Fund Raising Department , for advice on increasing the value of the donation even more — at the taxman 's expense ! |
| 23 | As at Tockington , the type C arrangement at Halstock is associated with another mosaic which displays a saltire design , ( although it should be noted that the latter appear to be of a finer standard than the former ) . |
| 24 | For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) . |
| 25 | This poetic teaching which enacts a surrogate experience of the operation of grace is extended in Rolle 's recommendation of a form of prayer which , though obviously popular in the Middle Ages , he yet made peculiarly his own , devotion to the name of Jesus . |
| 26 | Another useful device , which offers a check on understanding , is to play the sequence through initially with the sound track running . |
| 27 | BARBARA and NEIL TAYLOR describe a project which offers a blueprint . |
| 28 | Now more than a quarter of all kitchen specialists are members of the association , which offers a range of attractive consumer benefits . |
| 29 | The EADT has been at the forefront of the campaign , believing it vital grant aid is injected quickly into Clacton , with the third highest unemployment rate in the country , and Harwich , which offers a wealth of opportunities as the gateway to Europe . |
| 30 | For example , the Alsys tools use the Ada World menu system to invoke tools whereas Hewlett developed the HP 700 products to run with SoftBench instead which offers a Motif interface . |