Example sentences of "which [pron] is sometimes " in BNC.
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1 | Thirdly , it is doubtful whether the General Strike could be regarded as the watershed in British labour history , which it is sometimes claimed to be , or that it changed in any significant form the pattern of industrial relations . |
2 | But the petty snobbery and priggishness of which it is sometimes accused are in my view much less serious ( and in any case demonstrably declining ) than are two tendencies : the first , to make the curriculum and the public examination system a closed circuit ; the second , to be increasingly concerned with training — in other words , to think of its pupil-product more and more as an instrument rather than as an end . |
3 | 160 , the visitors observed that Lord Denning was not using the word ‘ delegate ’ in the narrow sense in which it is sometimes used today any more than Lord Mansfield had when he used the same word in a similar context in Rex v. Benchers of Gray 's Inn , 1 Doug . |
4 | Like the B b trumpet , for which it is sometimes substituted , the B b clarinet 's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required . |
5 | It can make excellent reading but its ordered narrative can create the impression of a unified cultural field which it is sometimes difficult to see beyond . |
6 | It is at times suggested that the security forces are operating under a series of shackles , which it is sometimes suggested are of a political nature . |