Example sentences of "which be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Resistance is more likely to occur in systems which are cumbersome , ‘ unfriendly ’ , unreliable , lack functionality , and slow . |
| 2 | In water it forms aluminosilicates , which are inert as far as living organisms are concerned , so long as the level of acidity stays low — the silicon will make the aluminium separate out harmlessly . |
| 3 | As a result , there are very few materials which are inert in the body and indeed it may be argued that none are truly inert in this context . |
| 4 | As noted above , the simple division of hazards is between those which are natural and those which are technological or human-induced . |
| 5 | Social and environmental policies which promote industrial systems which are efficient but also compatible with levels of living conditions which are acceptable and sustainable . |
| 6 | Suffice it here to remind the teacher that areas which are well and appropriately lit in the morning may be dark or over-bright in the afternoon and vice versa . |
| 7 | Of the fifty reports of sexual attacks featured in the Coventry Evening Telegraph , thirteen refer to cases which are well outside the catchment area of the newspaper and these are also mentioned in the national press . |
| 8 | Similarly , of the twenty-three reports of sexual attacks mentioned in the Lancashire Evening Post , six refer to cases which are well outside the catchment area and are among the cases occasioning a national interest . |
| 9 | We shall not attempt a detailed account of linguistic categories in this book , but will use as far as possible those which are well enough known not to need explanation in terms of some linguistic theory . |
| 10 | Those which are well but just look lost … are best left where they are to take their chances |
| 11 | The carers are angry at the new charges , brought in under Care in the Community , which are well above neighbouring authorities . |
| 12 | filter removes clones which are well contaminants , or which hybridise to unrealistically large numbers of probes and thus are very likely to contain highly repetitive elements or vector concatamers . |
| 13 | The pressure is not alleviated by further statements which are over-dogmatic without consideration of their effects : ‘ We are convinced , and our experience supports us , that the auditory mode can be the mode of information transmission for hearing-impaired children ’ ( 1981 : 147 ) . |
| 14 | You must not get too concerned about this matter of your veins , which are superficial . |
| 15 | It should also be noted that " credit " is available for earlier dispositions which are associated operations which amounted to transfers of value except where the disposition was made to a spouse . |
| 16 | Hands-on , value-driven : management is about the implementation of values which are explicit and form the basis for action . |
| 17 | It would be rare to come across policy statements which are explicit about the level of provision accorded to undergraduates vis-à-vis other groups , but some universities develop rule of thumb guidelines — for instance , a maximum number of copies for undergraduate texts , or ( commonly ) a rule restricting research material to single copies . |
| 18 | I am hypothesising that they do so not only from their conscious memories but also from their world of internal objects which are unconscious . |
| 19 | Further , there is the problem of the practice of censorship once introduced , as to whether it would focus on the kinds of sexual behaviour which are violent and degrading to women , or whether it would be used to ban representations of sexual behaviour that feminists found acceptable , such as non-violent gay and lesbian sex . |
| 20 | Yielding to an unsignalled invitation to sing on the show was innocent in intent , for reasons which are personal to myself , but it was patently an error . |
| 21 | Unlike other royal honours which are personal awards to individuals , the Queen 's Award is conferred upon the whole company , recognising the team effort that is necessary to achieve success in exporting . |
| 22 | So I immediately started to look into these things , which are personal attack alarms and it is a very basic er deterrent value . |
| 23 | Unlike the declaration and the injunction , which are private law remedies ( i.e. remedies for the redress of private law wrongs ) which have been extended to redress public law illegality , damages is a purely private law remedy . |
| 24 | One answer is that unions also provide other goods which are private to the extent that they are available only to union members . |
| 25 | Therefore , one further reason why policemen dislike dealing with rape might well be that they feel uneasy about having to ask the very personal questions which are necessary in order for the victim to be taken seriously , and on the occasion quoted above the sergeant went on to say that as a result of asking for these very personal details policemen ‘ have had a very bad rap over dealing with rape cases ’ ( FN 16/3/87 , p. 14 ) . |
| 26 | For example , it has been found that there are two specific regions of the left hemisphere which are necessary for the proper use of language . |
| 27 | But not all children will automatically acquire all the forms of transactional spoken language which are necessary and highly valued in education and in society . |
| 28 | Most children will need the skilled and active support of their teachers , in all subjects , in building their confidence and developing the transactional skills and language which are necessary both across the curriculum and in adult life . |
| 29 | Now , if there be any place in the world in which people are deprived of that portion of temper and discretion which are necessary to the contemplation of beauty , it is there . |
| 30 | How successful such efforts will prove to be will not only depend on commercial sales potential but also on the costs which will be incurred in laboratory and field testing procedures , similar to those discussed in relation to crop protection chemicals in section 6.4 , which are necessary for registration . |