Example sentences of "system which [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why European Profiles developed Clipfix 750 , a secret fix system which dispenses with the need for through-fastening when attaching roof cladding sheets . |
| 2 | Perhaps we will refer later to the blatant dishonesty — I am sorry , I must watch my language ; let us say something bordering on the dishonest — of the suggestion that we can have a banding system which avoids for ever the problem of revaluation . |
| 3 | Basically it means that the nervous system which passes through the wrist in the carpal tunnel has been stressed and the best cure is rest , or in the case of trigger finger , an injection or even an operation . |
| 4 | And the sorts of objectives that er these wars are concerned with er may be control over resources , over particular minerals , control over markets con control over trade the acquisition of territory or the recovery of lost territory and ideological or political objectives , objectives which are strictly speaking er to do with the belief system which predominates in particular states or where there 's a conflict between states er which have radically conflicting er ideologies . |
| 5 | Another ‘ camera ’ feature is the ‘ white balance ’ ( WB ) setting system which compensates for changes in the colour of the light while shooting . |
| 6 | This collapse of the immune system which results in bizarre killer infections or rapidly spreading cancers had to be renamed when it was found in other groups — heroin addicts , haemophiliacs , Haitians , even babies . |
| 7 | All surveying practices should employ a sophisticated time-recording system which relates to daily time-sheets and measures time-cost incurred against anticipated fees . |
| 8 | For the sake of individual autonomy , liberals attempt to establish a political system which defers to each person 's chosen way of life rather than one which imposes a conception of the virtuous life upon everyone . |
| 9 | It offers a floodlighting system which operates on 6 metre columns which , claims Thorn , lowers installation and running costs and allows for a more sympathetic hearing from councils when applying for planning permission . |
| 10 | The offtake stations supply gas into the Regional transmission System which operates at about 35 bar — about half that of the National Transmission System . |
| 11 | It indicates that a stratification system which operates in this way may , on balance , be dysfunctional . |
| 12 | Admittedly , we see the academic community being collectively self-critical within the disciplines , e.g. through the peer review system which operates in research activities . |
| 13 | But even Labour v Tories is better than a party-political system which depends on religion , and an accident of birth . |
| 14 | The company has added to its strength in systems software — particularly the DOS operating system which comes with every IBM-compatible personal computer — with a range of word-processors , spreadsheets and other applications software . |
| 15 | For those readers who are optically minded , you might also like to ponder over the design difficulties associated with a lens system which comes into direct contact with water , where the refractive indices of the organic water-based lens and the surrounding watery medium itself are very similar . |
| 16 | Local health authorities will play an important part in the new system which comes into effect from April 1991 . |
| 17 | This is produced by an enzyme system which gives off light when exposed to oxygen and is a vastly more efficient process than that used by us to create artificial light . |
| 18 | Plans for the next show , however , are not running so smoothly and Pigott Smith does n't hide his frustration at a system which seems to be hindering his every move . |
| 19 | We must build in the kind of rebate system that the hon. Member for South Dorset ( Mr. Bruce ) tempted me to describe — a rebate system which concentrates on people 's ability to pay and which is not concerned with an artificial concept of status . |
| 20 | You can not be satisfied when our fellow citizens are saddled with an electoral system which leads to elective dictatoriship , and the corruption of parliamentary law-making processes . |
| 21 | With any protectionism , right , when you , when you , when you protect something that you 're doing , you 're erm , you 're introducing a distortion a distortion in the system which leads to a misallocation of resources alright . |
| 22 | This apparently is the system which works in the family : ‘ He does favours for them and they do favours back ’ ( Pahl R.E. , 1984 , p. 340 ) . |
| 23 | It is a system which deals with children and their families away from the formality of the courts . |
| 24 | This was necessary because BSkyB scrambled the material using Videoguard , a new scrambling system which appears to be halfway between VideoCrypt and EuroCrypt . |
| 25 | Now Boots has introduced a standardised star system which appears on the back of all manufacturers ' packs , and refers to UVA screening power . |
| 26 | But economics do not determine penal practices in a simple and direct manner ; if they did we should hardly have the extremely wasteful penal system which exists in this country today , with its needlessly and expensively high prison population . |
| 27 | The Green Party is committed to policies and an economic system which cares for all people and the environment . |
| 28 | Most deaf people are still educated within a system which has at its base a language that is , at best , not fully accessible because it is based on hearing ; at worst , it is a language which is completely alien and does not adequately describe deaf experience . |
| 29 | It is a world system which competes with other world systems . |
| 30 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |