Example sentences of "various [noun] [prep] which [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The right hon. Lady has seen the various groups to which I have referred , and I accept that the list is a long one , but she did not bring them together collectively to discuss a consensus .
2 During the Tokugawa period the position of an individual was governed by the various groups of which he or she was a member , and this remained true in the post-Restoration years .
3 They therefore form themselves into various groups in which they identify themselves as ‘ we ’ , as distinct from those who are outside and described as ‘ they ’ .
4 Most of his jokes turned on his posterior and the various crises for which he was having to see whatever proctologist he was currently consulting .
5 Yes , you can rely on the various methods by which you draw a shape on a chart and it tells you automatically how many stitches and rows you need but for those machines that are not so sophisticated you are left with simple maths .
6 Edward learned his lessons quickly , but he was never happy in the various schools to which his father sent him .
7 create the illusion that the ‘ dangerous ’ class is primarily located at the bottom of various hierarchies by which we ‘ measure ’ each other , such as occupational prestige , income level , housing market location , educational achievement , racial attributes — in this illusion it fuses relative poverty and criminal propensities and sees them both as effects of moral inferiority , thus rendering the ‘ dangerous ’ class deserving of both poverty and punishment ;
8 The discovery of new sources of inspiration , world events , emotional and intellectual disturbances , or the stimulus provided by new contacts in his personal life , mark starting points for various periods into which his artistic career can be divided .
9 These are I think the various areas in which it is reasonable to raise the possibility that the law could be a moral authority .
10 When my Noble Friend er produced the Bill of the first er er case and it went er came to secondary reading , your Lordships did explain in no uncertain terms of the various matters about which your Lordships were concerned .
11 One answer to this question might utilize an optical theory of the telescope that explains its magnifying properties and that also gives an account of the various aberrations to which we can expect telescopic images to be subject .
12 There is now quite an extensive sociological literature about old people , much of which draws attention to the various ways in which they are disadvantaged , even oppressed , through the creation of ‘ structured dependency ’ .
13 The concrete 's spalling , the reinforcement is being attacked and we 've looked at various ways in which they can be repaired or replaced .
14 In this book she reviews , first the paucity of research or literature on the subject , and then the various ways in which their education , or lack of it , affects the lives of children in care , not only in their childhood , but influencing their life chances as adults .
15 I then discuss various ways in which we can think about the relation between brain and behaviour .
16 It is therefore necessary to use some sort of classification to sort out the various ways in which we might approach the problems of observation .
17 It is true that the qualities of an object are only the various ways in which we or other minds are affected by it , and these affections are not the same in different objects , except in the sense in which the word same stands for exact similarity .
18 And er we can get by on lots of things and when an emergency does come , sometimes we can cope with it if it 's not too big a one , but other times it can catch up with us , simply because we are only sort of half awake so the purpose of the talk today is to try and help us all to see various ways in which we can stay awake in the truth physic er , er spiritually speaking .
19 erm Basically erm there are various ways in which one can actually put together the job description .
20 It is also important that you try and evaluate the dramatic experience of these different forms of presentation — this is worthwhile , because it will make you think about the different ways in which an actor can work and the various ways in which his skills are used .
21 There are various ways in which you can finish a picture .
22 Let's now look at the various ways in which you can improve the insulation of your home , giving each one a rating that indicates how cost-effective it is .
23 Coming from IBM , I am in a position to give a reasonably objective view as to the pros and cons of the various ways in which you can implement a Computerised Personnel Information System .
24 it may turn out that it has n't failed miserably but , you know , there may be various ways in which you could improve it which you might , you know , if you 're lucky he might have sort of written on , round the sides and round the edges and erm that 's you know kind of one of the things that you can build on erm you know a lot of
25 The mushroom polyps are ( by coral standards ) among the easiest coelenterates to maintain in the aquarium ( though there are various situations in which they will not thrive ) .
26 Each science needs to be prefaced by an account , or definition in terms of genus and differentia , of the various species with which it deals .
27 While 1990 is likely to be a difficult new business year , Mr Bell declared himself confident ‘ that our financial strength and reputation , allied to the determination and enthusiasm of our staff , will again enable us to increase further our share of the various markets in which we operate . ’
28 ‘ We took a large number and distributed them house to house in the various towns in which we operate .
29 This is not the moment to rehearse the arguments for and against the various options with which we may be presented in December , so I leave the House with two brief thoughts .
30 In these circumstances each polytechnic evolved as best it could in the various contexts within which it had to operate — for finance , primarily its local authority ; for permission to develop a course , the Regional Advisory Council ; for course approval , the CNAA and other validating bodies .
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