Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] which [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a colourfully illustrated book which will provide anyone with a general interest in the English Civil War with a valuable guide to the location of the major battlefields . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , local authorities have power not only to prevent developments which would clash with amenity ( for example , the siting of a repair garage in a residential area ) but also to reject badly designed developments which are not intrinsically harmful . |
| 3 | sta sta staff comment comes out of there and that bit goes up then you have general skills and abilities and then below that you have a wider box which just says comments which will include a staff comment and may include a pupil comment as well cos because it 's signed by both at the bottom . |
| 4 | At present , there are too few places that cater properly for tourists , yet we could easily create facilities which would attract more visitors , and encourage them to spend more , too . |
| 5 | Others , led by the liberal nobility of Tver province , believed that security lay in a more radical break with the past and envisaged a broadly based assembly which would help reduce tension in the countryside . |
| 6 | Could I remind you that Policy G One , a very opening policy in the structure plan says that planning authorities will not normally permit development which will cause unacceptable nuisance or danger by way of flooding . |
| 7 | These relatively low interest rates make it an attractive source of finance to borrowers , and the fact that it is a non-profit-making organization means that it can involve itself in socially oriented projects which may have long pay-off periods . |
| 8 | The British successfully tested the H-bomb in May 1957 , while Bomber Command was gradually acquiring aircraft which could strike at key Soviet cities . |
| 9 | No one technique could possibly give results which would characterise Scotland as a whole . |
| 10 | Newspapers no longer serve the historian mainly as a chronicle of reported fact , but also provide material which may illuminate that culture of the majority previously so hard to observe . |
| 11 | Thus nursing and postal delivery both seem things which would lose all , or almost all , their value in isolation . |
| 12 | We are now 7 degrees within the tropics and if the trade winds in which we got off Madeira continue we may expect to cross the equator in a week or ten days , about which time our Captn. informs us that we may expect to fall in with some homeward bound vessels which will enable me as well as the rest of our passengers to forward letters to our friends … bad weather had the effect of making us all good sailors and now we are enjoying fine weather and a fair wind . |
| 13 | The National Curriculum Council ( NCC ) Working Parties on Maths and Science have already reported , and both clearly outline curricula which will need to be developed through practical and experiential approaches . |
| 14 | The emphasis here is also on the member carefully selecting activities which will meet their individual development needs . |
| 15 | Radon has been used to detect uranium mineralisation and also to locate faults which may control mineral deposition . |
| 16 | The confusion of private and personal property as the subject of criticism has led most people , who for good reason wish to defend property with which they are intimately associated also to defend institutions which may result in their alienation from such property . |
| 17 | This ‘ civilising mission ’ both endorsed legislation which could help create a physical and institutional environment in which undesirable working-class habits and attitudes would be deterred ( as long as it was not too expensive ) , and encouraged private philanthropy , which could undertake active propagation of a new moral code . |
| 18 | In any case , it is perfectly possible to buy second-hand or reconditioned models at a fraction of the price of new ones as long as you are prepared to accept the risk that they might eventually develop faults which could prove expensive . |
| 19 | BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL We can now make plastics which can break down and disappear into the soil . |
| 20 | Metal polish , on the other hand , often contains ammonia which can burn skin and petroleum distillates which are highly poisonous if swallowed ; aspirin — one of the most widely used painkillers — can damage the stomach lining and is dangerous for people with stomach ulcers and kidney problems ; and more cases of salmonella food poisoning were caused by beef in the UK during 1984 than by any other single meat . |
| 21 | An equivalent medical prognosis would be pessimistic to say the least , and it is time now to explore alternatives which will allow us to approach the 21st Century with confidence instead of indecision and fear . |
| 22 | However ScotRail have now identified funds which would enable them to contribute a much larger sum than they had previously promised , provided the money can go through their accounts in the current financial year . |
| 23 | Developing a ‘ collaborative classroom ’ did not mean suddenly insisting that everyone works together all the time ( as some teachers fear may happen if enthusiasm for ‘ group work ’ gets out of hand ) , but rather creating conditions which would allow the collective resources of the group to be used to support and enhance across the whole range of classroom activity . |
| 24 | Students want a rapid return of tests for three reasons : they like to feel that they are not being neglected and that correcting their work is considered important by the tutors ; they want to see the result of their attempts while they are still fresh from their memories and they need to see the results of tests before attempting the next one , since tutors may well make comments which will help them to improve . |
| 25 | The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship . |
| 26 | There was even a well equipped playground which could have been dropped into any English park almost unnoticed but which looked rather incongruous in the centre of a Mexican prison complex . |
| 27 | But of course simply having refrigerators which can hold food at between 0 and +5 degrees C is n't enough . |
| 28 | Many card suppliers also produce other lines , giftwrap stationery items , postcards ; some even produce books which can help to give a co-ordinated display , attracting customers and achieving that all important element of any retailing concern , increased sales and margin . |
| 29 | Your Lordships are well aware that the costs of litigation are a subject of general public concern and I personally would not wish to be a party to changing a well established rule which could have a substantial effect in increasing these costs against the advice of the Law Commissions and the Renton Committee unless and until a new inquiry demonstrated that that advice was no longer valid . |
| 30 | One danger is that prospective purchasers get carried away and on occasion acquire land on impulse without fully investigating factors which may influence the financial success of the proposed development . |