Example sentences of "[prep] which [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Progress in the 19th century lay in improving refining techniques , in finding new uses ( especially in catalysis and electricity ) and discovering new sources , principally in the Urals — after which for a time the Russians adopted platinum coinage . |
| 2 | From 1334 to 1343 the clergy voted for no fewer than eight tenths , or from the combined provinces — and at a conservative estimate — roughly £140,000 ; in the next decade almost as much , seven tenths or some £124,000 were conceded ; during the second half of the 1350s only two tenths were granted , £35,000 ; the peace of Brétigny brought a respite from royal taxation until 1370 , after which until the end of the reign £100,000 was raised by traditional subsidies , £50,000 was sought as a special grant in 1371 ( though little of this was effectively collected ) and a graduated poll tax was imposed in 1377 . |
| 3 | Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much . |
| 4 | What these characters are engaged in , however , is a competition for the attention of the camera , for which during the course of the film they posture and scheme . |
| 5 | Ordered , That all Members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the United Kingdom to make their Election for which of the places they will serve , within one week after it shall appear that there is no question upon the Return for that place ; and if anything shall come in question touching the Return or Election of any Member , he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in debate ; and that all Members returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their Returns are determined . |
| 6 | I did n't attend the dinner , for which in a way I 'm now sorry , and Pound never forgot or forgave . |
| 7 | Indeed the railway companies resisted the idea of workmen 's trains , for which from the middle of the nineteenth century there had been a vocal lobby . |
| 8 | The world entered a long-term period of recession and chronic unemployment , both of which at the time of writing seem to have become endemic to our advanced societies . |
| 9 | Secondary trading in the government bond market is dominated by the gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) of which at the time of writing there are eighteen . |
| 10 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
| 11 | It is not a case of imposing a decision but of ensuring , through the presentation of supporting arguments , that the governors are aware of which of the options stated is the most educationally sound . |
| 12 | Where the statute is not clear the court 's determination of which of the options set out above applies may well depend on the strength of the presumption . |
| 13 | When the defendant has served his comments , the schedule should be lodged with the court , so that the trial judge can , before the hearing starts , get a clear picture of which of the issues raised in the case are agreed and which disputed and why from the pleadings , the experts ' reports and the schedule . |
| 14 | Last week last Thursday saw the launch by the disasters emergency committee , of which Save The Children is a part , of another appeal for Africa . |
| 15 | At Treib there is just a small harbour and a very picturesque house , to the right of which through the trees can be glimpsed the car of a funicular railway . |
| 16 | As productivity declined and inflation rose , the State under Conservative rule responded with a monetarist policy , the effect of which over the period 1979–86 took unemployment from about 1.5 million to almost 4 million . |
| 17 | Third , the opposed relationship , I dominating in twenty-seven sonnets , in nineteen of which by a ratio of at least two to one . |
| 18 | ( In that case it was a ‘ temporary postponement ’ of Bernstein 's Serenade , the original recording of which by the composer and Isaac Stern was still very much in the CBS catalogue . ) |
| 19 | There may also be a contract of sale with respect to a future contingency so that s5(2) of SGA 1979 states : ( 2 ) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends on a contingency which may or may not happen . |
| 20 | We were standing above the clouds , which formed a thick , bulbous ocean at our feet , out of which in every direction rose mountain tops like islands . |
| 21 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 22 | Because the US was sacrificing blood and treasure to assure peace and stability in the Far East , the maintenance of which after the war would be largely a US responsibility , it would not have been unreasonable ‘ to insist that the French give adequate assurances as to the implementing of policies in Indo-China which we consider essential to assure peace and stability in the Far East ’ . |
| 23 | The title ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , against which from the government benches I registered a lone protest upon the second reading of the Royal Titles Bill in March 1953 , enshrines a paradox which thirty years ago two countries in particular conspired for their own purposes to ignore : India , in order to become a republic while forfeiting none of the privileges which allegiance had conferred , and Britain , in order to feed its delusion that the Empire was being transformed into something brighter and better still . |
| 24 | ‘ However ingeniously and wisely the civil and industrial controls and rationing schemes may have been devised ’ , wrote Sir Richard Hopkins , Head of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 1942 to 1945 , ‘ they would not have achieved that full success but for the goodwill with which amid the strain and stress of war they were accepted by industry and by the community as a whole . ’ |
| 25 | Now do the same with your shoulders and experiment with which of the positions feels most comfortable . |
| 26 | The building , a powerful monument to the Cold War between East and West , is now owned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and used as a BBC World Service relay station , staffed by just four employees.It is not within the 1,560 acre property purchased by the National Trust.Merlin Waterson , the Trust 's regional director , who accompanied yesterday 's visit by ferry from Orford Quay , said a study was under way into which of the buildings should be preserved . |
| 27 | The final stage of assessment was the negotiation of a treatment contract , including which of the patient 's problems were going to be tackled and the practical arrangements for treatment sessions . |
| 28 | Today , her Royal Highness Nick Hinton and his team will talk about the very impressive work and the tasks that lie ahead in the fifty countries and the U K in which Save The Children operates . |
| 29 | Lesotho is one of eight countries across the globe in which Save The Children has introduced the riders for health project , working with the ministry of health , a successful programme has been developed which provides primary health care to almost five times as many villages that could have been reached on foot . |
| 30 | The window attribute determines in which of the Working-Set Text tables the entry text is to be found . |