Example sentences of "of which [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet . |
| 2 | Lowe 's interests extended to a wide range of issues — sexual politics , the environment , nuclear disarmament , anti-racism — all of which had emerged from the 1960s hippy and student-based protest movements . |
| 3 | In the final analysis there would be a dramatic decline in population , with deaths exceeding births — a foretaste of which had occurred in the early 1930s . |
| 4 | Lee 's most solid achievement was in late April 1991 to terminate the " Temporary Provisions " , the continuation of which had acted as a block to any major political reforms . |
| 5 | He had inherited four major outlets : in New York , Paris , London and Rome , all of which had come through the war intact , all of which were in prime locations , and all of which had suffered from neglect . |
| 6 | While Pétain strove to reanimate the French Army , many units of which had mutinied after the collapse of Nivelle 's ill-judged offensive , Haig moved the weight of the BEF to Flanders to pursue his plan . |
| 7 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 8 | In this , I think , is to be found the origins of and impetus behind the arrangement of sites , the study of which has gone under the name of astro-archaeology , or , more recently , archaeo-astronomy . |
| 9 | I was using a figure of 1.5 million homes , but his figure is 1.9 million , half of which have gone from the council sector and the other half from the Government 's much-loved private rented sector . |
| 10 | Such a view ignores the combined impact of adversarial divorce courts , lack of support for separating couples going through loss and change , lack of awareness of different roles and responsibilities of step-parents , lack of recognition of step-families in legal or welfare systems , and the negative image of step-families , all of which have contributed to the difficulties of remarriage and a rising re-divorce rate . |
| 11 | Between these two extremes there are various alternatives , two of which have operated since the ending of the gold standard in 1931 . |
| 12 | Those familiar with electron microscope pictures , a number of which have appeared in the popular press , will recall that apparently smooth surfaces reveal to the microscope scenes reminiscent of a lunar landscape with steep cliffs , peaks and ravines . |
| 13 | Most important of all , the war brought the nation to a position of world leadership , the opportunities and problems of which have remained with the United States ever since 1945 . |
| 14 | Radioactivity does concentrate in sediments near the drums , many of which have imploded from the pressures 4000 metres down , Osterberg acknowledged . |
| 15 | So let me lay before you my own ideas , most of which have come from the practical application of regression therapy with a wide variety of patients who came to consult me for an even wider variety of reasons . |
| 16 | Newman believes that in Britain these quasi-governmental and quasi-non-governmental bodies , estimates of which have ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand , depending on definitions , are not ‘ structurally integral to corporatism ’ but a significant domestic phenomenon which reinforces corporatist tendencies . |