Example sentences of "which gives [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , this case raises the important question whether the governors of a voluntary aided school which is over-subscribed ( i.e. has more candidates for admission than it can accommodate ) is entitled to operate an admissions policy which gives preference to children of a particular religious persuasion notwithstanding the statutory provisions which give parents a right to send their children to the school of their choice . |
| 2 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel , which gives emphasis to the necessity of private prayer , also speaks eloquently , as indeed do the different centres around the diocese for eucharistic adoration ; such initiatives do not happen by chance . |
| 3 | I accept the fresco , not as something which gives emphasis to the wall , but , on the contrary , as a means to destroy the wall violently , to remove any notion of its stability , weight , etc . |
| 4 | The Church is more than the herald announcing the message , it is a demonstration model which gives credence to the effectiveness of that message . |
| 5 | When considering our relationships with Europe , will the Minister explain to the CBI why agreeing to a social charter which gives protection to the young employed , gives equal status to part-time workers and sets decent standards for maternity leave should be a barrier to prosperity , given the experience of France and of Germany ? |
| 6 | There is much in Western culture which gives precedence to the first , regarding them not merely as more important but more real . |
| 7 | One thing all the writers share is an agreement that the progress to the special knowledge in the game of faith involves a reordering and an integration of the personality which gives birth to an essential lightness of spirit within man . |
| 8 | Nor is there any sense in banning strikes ‘ temporarily ’ , since the economic crisis which gives rise to labour unrest is anything but temporary , and the radical measures of economic reform ( such as market prices ) which might ultimately solve this crisis have not yet been adopted and will take years to yield results . |
| 9 | Furthermore , resumption of cohabitation for any period up to six months is not in itself to be taken to condone the behaviour of the spouse which gives rise to the ground for divorce . |
| 10 | The latter requirement holds no difficulty , rather it is the former requirement which gives rise to difficulties because on occasions odour problems are complex , the source of the odour being difficult to identify , and it is not always possible to know whether or not a particular method of abatement will effect a cure in any given case . |
| 11 | Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added . |
| 12 | Self-assembly is a means of organisation identical with that which gives rise to the simple spatial order of crystals , which is a concept readily appreciated by physicists and chemists . |
| 13 | Thus , attempts to provide a uniform level of social welfare in rural areas means centralisation of services in schooling , health and housing , which gives rise to migration away from isolated areas . |
| 14 | Judging by the experience of former returning nurses it is the professed loss of practical and handling skills which gives rise to most worry . |
| 15 | Reisen is derived from the designation of the aircraft , which gives rise to the worldwide ‘ popular name ’ . |
| 16 | This stripe , which gives rise to the alternative name for this area , the striate cortex , is visible to the naked eye in sections of the human brain . |
| 17 | All these studies have revealed considerable variability in the sensitivity of InsP 3 -induced release , which gives rise to the phenomenon of ‘ quantal calcium release ’ . |
| 18 | It is the feeling of helplessness which gives rise to religious ideas and practices which in turn offer comfort and some protection , partly by giving men confidence . |
| 19 | Perhaps it can be done by saying that there is a basic biological species-need for sexual reproduction which gives rise to inner impulses , felt periodically , for full genital contact and orgasm . |
| 20 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |
| 21 | These were the three crucial elements which gives rise to this central question in all discussions really of the Chinese revolution which is was this Marxism ? |
| 22 | the , the , the implication is always erm that you 've got to make some sort of choice between do we get the social change first , which gives rise to a different kind of people , better people , or do we first of all change the people so that they 're capable of making a better world and of course it 's a catch twenty two , is n't it ? |
| 23 | A text frequently has a much wider variety of interpretations imposed upon it by analysts studying it at their leisure , than would ever have been possible for the participants in the communicative interaction which gives rise to the ‘ text ’ . |
| 24 | Our experience of particular communicative situations teaches us what to expect of that situation , both in a general predictive sense ( e.g. the sort of attitudes which are likely to be expressed , the sort of topics which are likely to be raised ) which gives rise to notions of ‘ appropriacy ’ , and in a limited predictive sense which enables us to interpret linguistic tokens ( e.g. deictic forms like here and now ) in the way we have interpreted them before in similar contexts . |
| 25 | Interestingly , the largest structure in this formulation is not the exchange or transaction of the Birmingham School analyses , but a claim by one speaker which gives rise to fixed possibilities for moves of support or counter claim , in patterns referred to as context spaces . |
| 26 | He also commissions M. Bijou de Millecolonnes , who despises the ancients , and whose ‘ lightness , gaiety , and originality ’ are the antipodes of the ‘ solidity , solemnity and correctness ’ of Sir Carte Blanche , to build in a ‘ wild sequestered spot ’ in Regent 's Park a pavilion reminiscent of Nash 's at Brighton , which gives rise to a rumour ‘ that the Zoological Society intended to keep a Bengal tiger au naturel , and that they were contriving a residence which would amply compensate him for his native jungle ’ . |
| 27 | Fourth , the interaction of the tax and benefits system , which gives rise to the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ , operates to destroy the initiative of many poor people . |
| 28 | The essential element which gives rise to the duty , in the words of the Lord Morris , was a ‘ special relationship ’ between the parties . |
| 29 | The immediate cause of the crisis is seen as the combination of different types of difficult prisoners — what has been called the ‘ toxic mix ’ of prisoners ( Home Office , 1994a : para 124 ) — in physically poor and insecure conditions which gives rise to an ‘ explosion ’ . |
| 30 | Once a decision has been reached by the housing authority which gives rise to the temporary , the limited or the full housing duty , rights and obligations are immediately created in the field of private law . |