Example sentences of "which mark [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Science 's negative relation to the past emerges as one of its most distinctive and significant aspects , one which marks a complete break with the cumulative structures of the arts and social sciences . |
| 2 | The bird starts by flying persistently in front of its chosen site and repeatedly dabbing the rock with its tongue , laying down a curved line of saliva which marks the lower edge of the nest-to-be . |
| 3 | But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums . |
| 4 | Dostoevsky set great store by this chapter which marks the acutest phase of his tribulations over The Possessed , because his editor Katkov refused to print it . |
| 5 | The ignimbrites were collected in a strike-slip rift valley ( 100x15km ) related to the Cordillera Blanca fault system , an important crustal structure which marks the western boundary of the batholith ( Fig. 1 ) and is thought to extend at depth to the source region of the complex . |
| 6 | On top of all one sees today the lineaments of the Austrian fortress which marks the final phase of the history of Verona before the Italian Risorgimento in the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | Among the most striking works in the exhibition which marks the 25th anniversary of the MacRobert Gallery , is Cadell 's The Orange Blind , lent by Kelvingrove Gallery , Glasgow . |
| 8 | This remarkable book shows that happy conjunction of the personal and the descriptive which marks the best travelogues . |
| 9 | The visitor might already have known this ; Connie Franks ' better results are probably more the consequence of giving the right amount at the right time , the sign of greater attention to a plant 's needs which marks the best gardeners . |
| 10 | The most vital rule , the rule never to be broken , the rule which marks the true Arab and lifts him above the morass of intrigue and materiality which now dominates his world and indeed ours , is the rule of hospitality . |
| 11 | The Second Quartet , composed in 1951 , is a far more concise work in a much freer tonal idiom , mostly avoiding the elaborate texture which marks the earlier quartet : perhaps for that reason I find it the more memorable of the two . |
| 12 | ‘ Meaning ’ , in short , lacks that exciting mixture of generality and precision which marks the explanatory concepts of the ‘ hard ’ sciences like physics . |
| 13 | In 1966 both sides recalled their ambassadors , and in 1969 open military hostilities broke out along the Ussuri river , which marks the Sino-Soviet border in Siberia . |
| 14 | Until July 3 Light of the North An exhibition which marks the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Margaret |
| 15 | Indeed , the reform bill which marks the full extent of government control has been heralded by the Minister , Kenneth Baker , as a parents charter , maximizing parental choice in education . |
| 16 | Which marks the latest development in the company 's long standing programme of customer care . |
| 17 | Hotel and catering group Forte has launched a new upmarket brand , the Heritage collection , which marks the latest phase in the corporate identity revamp that began last summer . |
| 18 | This , then , was one of the great suture lines of the world , a place which marked a turning point in the history of the planet . |
| 19 | It was a situation from which he was rescued by the rebellion of Clarence and Warwick in July 1469 , an event which marked a turning point in his career . |
| 20 | It was a situation from which he was rescued by the rebellion of Clarence and Warwick in July 1469 , an event which marked a turning point in his career . |
| 21 | This was the pageant , which marked a high spot of national communion , celebrated with deep intensity ( Shils and Young , 1975 ) . |
| 22 | After driving several miles in the fading light , I spotted a signpost which marked a public footpath , and somehow ‘ knew ’ this was the right route . |
| 23 | As we saw earlier , the period which marks the emergence of Consumers ' Co-operation as virtually the sole objective of the Movement , and its rejection of authentic Producers ' Co-operation , coincides with Hobsbawm 's Age of Capital , that period which marked the phenomenal growth of a global economy of industrial capitalism and so held out the prospect of unlimited and unfailing progress — and nowhere more than in Britain which held a de facto international monopoly in trade in manufactures . |
| 24 | He was present at the surrender of Dunbar in May 1296 , which marked the victorious conclusion of Edward 's first campaign , but his main work continued to be high-level diplomacy . |
| 25 | A growing feeling , encouraged by bodies such as the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children , as to the social obnoxiousness of incest was finally expressed in the Criminal Law in 1908 which marked the tardy acceptance of a recommendation made over three centuries earlier . |
| 26 | The confidence which marked the early years of the reign that major liberal reforms could be introduced without endangering the social and political order was severely shaken . |
| 27 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 28 | She returned through the black woods , past the shrines , to the narrow defile which marked the nearer barrier to the castle . |
| 29 | The super-lunar region was the remainder of the finite universe , extending from the moon 's orbit to the sphere of the stars , which marked the outer boundary of the universe . |
| 30 | Preparatory ground for the visit which marked the steady improvement in links between the two countries after a 15-month period of strained relations [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ; 37531 ] , had been laid in October after a high-level Indo-Nepalese task force , meeting in Katmandu , reached " complete " agrement on the details of a trade and transit treaty . |