Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] which [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of the total grassland area occurs in large blocks in the main river valleys and levels , and perhaps nearly as much as a continuous band along the north scarp of the Downs which is too steep to plough . |
| 2 | One of the excursions which is slightly out of the ordinary is to the Ice Caves at Dachstein , where you are guided through a twilight world of amazing ice formations . |
| 3 | Within English itself there was already some awareness of the need to ensure that the discipline could touch the student of science : " The student of the physical and social sciences is not a disembodied intelligence , and he too can gain much from that purifying of the emotions which is still one of the most valuable gifts of the literary artist to posterity . |
| 4 | As noted above , nystagmus is an involuntary movement of the eyes which is very noticeable . |
| 5 | Some further windows were added , puncturing the weatherboarded exterior and tending to reduce the opacity of the walls which is so characteristic of simple and strong early industrial buildings . |
| 6 | The first major campaigns into the unknown were led in AD 79 by Gnaeus Julius Agricola , whose son-in-law , Tacitus , wrote a hagiographical account of the proceedings which is infuriatingly vague about the actual geography . |
| 7 | MEDICINE MAN Misconceived eco-movie directed by the usually reliable John Die Hard McTiernan pits gruff Sean Connery ( plus grizzled ponytail ) against huffy Lorraine Braco in a battle of the sexes which is also a fight to save the rainforest . |