Example sentences of "which it be [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be parallel to the fact that the object in an adverbal construction tends to separate the adjective from the verb to which it is most closely bound intensionally , by occupying the place immediately after the verb , as objects normally do ( see Section 5.3 ) . |
| 2 | Its major recommendation , and certainly the one for which it is most often remembered , was ‘ that homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private be no longer a criminal offence ’ . |
| 3 | We ought to support family life as one of the foundation stones of a good society and in consequence fight determinedly against the unemployment , poverty and lack of opportunity by which it is so often menaced . |
| 4 | This section looks back further into Christian tradition and examines the concept of faith , particularly in relation to the word which it is so often contrasted to , ‘ reason ’ , in order to identify more clearly the stance adopted by the ‘ no meaning ’ theist . |
| 5 | strongly aromatic reminiscent of balsam , slightly bitter-tasting , essential oil ( clary oil , muscatel sage ) , used as a perfume fixative , for which it is mainly commercially grown nowadays . |
| 6 | All this makes the Japanese system decidedly different from that with which it is often carelessly linked : continental Europe . |
| 7 | However the modish concept of " proto-industrialisation " ( above pp. 4 – 5 ) has led to a dominant image of women 's work as having been hidden because in rural cottage manufacturing it , as with the work of children , was subsumed in a family unit of production in which it was neither separately waged nor described . |
| 8 | In the meanwhile , we may perhaps see here a reflection of a decline of noble and , possibly , of literary influence on the place accorded to the battle in war , in which it was no longer regarded as the great opportunity for individual acts of courage , but more as the culmination of a military process whose aim was the achievement of a particular political goal . |
| 9 | Although the Board of Trade had been notified that the company proposed to construct a depôt in torr Road , Penge , this site turned out to be on a section of route which it was no longer intended to construct , so another site had to be found . |
| 10 | For musicians , the lure of the West must be strong , and for reasons as understandable as basic working conditions and standard of living , but as a result we stand at a crossroads : how can we possibly avoid the continuing standardization of orchestral , instrumental and vocal production , and continue to have the opportunity of hearing music played in a style and tradition for which it was probably originally conceived . |
| 11 | Reaction even against the political system with which it was so closely integrated was muted . |