Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [vb mod] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emphasize the difficulty of saying anything at all with regard to religion which may not be received by someone in a misleading way . |
| 2 | Albeit with differing electrical systems , these units were of similar external appearance and brought to the Southern Region for the first time ( other than on the Waterloo & City line and the experimental PEP unit ) sliding-door stock which might ultimately be suitable for one-person operation . |
| 3 | There were three filling stations side by side which could only be used with French credit cards , ’ said Mr Brown , a 48-year-old college lecturer , of Craven Vale . |
| 4 | He wants not a huge monument which would hardly be fitting but a small plaque somewhere in the village the plane narrowly avoided . |
| 5 | Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport . |
| 6 | The Gater Committee on Film Production Costs , which reported in October 1949 , was in no doubt that the film industry had brought its latest crisis down upon its own head , through creating ‘ a general atmosphere of extravagance and unreality , leading to a disregard of expense which would not be tolerated in other forms of business . ’ |
| 7 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 8 | In his sermons , broadcast over the radio , the Archbishop condemned the paramilitary groups as part of the institutionalized violence which could not be rooted out without reforms to create more just economic and social structures . |
| 9 | Strong words which no one would contradict with confidence , even if despair was regarded as an emotion which should never be admitted . |
| 10 | My faith and sights are on the lasting reality , the Zimbabwe of the future which will not be made by either the faithless or the fearful ( and sometimes I have seen both ) ; it will obviously not be won by those who run away . |
| 11 | On the other hand , if an individual or organization already owns a share on which options may be purchased , and a liability is expected to rise within the near future which can only be met by the sale of the shares , the cash flow from that sale may be secured by the purchase of put options . |
| 12 | Observe the completely different effect produced by replacing the adjectives in ( 1 ) by the corresponding adverbs , as in : ( 28 ) Ellen shook the keys loosely muzak drives them madly And contrast the two sentences of ( 29 ) ( b ) : ( 29 ) ( a ) what did the new system do to the motors ? ( b ) the new system made the motors quieter the new system made the motors more quietly 5.4 Let us now return to the matter of the resultative nuance which can indeed be observed in all the examples we have given , reproducing the structural diagrams ( 21 ) and ( 22 ) to do so : ( 21 ) ( 22 ) If these diagrams represent the relations actually used in constructing such expressions , it follows that the entity of the noun phrase , as initially present to the mind of the speaker ( and to that of the listener in the final interpretative phase of comprehension ) lacks the property of the adjective since it is structurally separated from it ; however , since that property is expressed by an adjective , then ex hypothesi it will apply to the entity of the noun phrase when the construction is taken as a whole ; if not , then either the property would be expressed by an adverb , and apply to the verb , or the whole construction would be literally incoherent . |
| 13 | Similarly , being closed and self-contained , the structure implies a concentric form of organization with the centre as the organizing agent which would then be exempt from the play of differences which , instead , it appears to control . |
| 14 | Alcohol can also lead to poor memory and an apparently confused state of mind which can then be wrongly interpreted as the onset of senile dementia . |
| 15 | We also have in the area a tremendous number of new houses which have never been contacted by us or for by any political party and I would hope that we might be able to do er something about the area behind the church there is er an area that comes to mind which could well be fruitful , and I would hope that we might during this year get er some kind of literature out to these places apart from election literature . |
| 16 | But they also raise important issues about the role of the judiciary which can only be assessed in the light of a consideration of the proper role and function of judicial review , which will be undertaken in Part IV . |
| 17 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
| 18 | Continuity was assured by the performance becoming enshrined in a religious ritual which could never be broken for fear of offending the gods . |
| 19 | Each step in the viral life cycle is catalysed by enzymes from the infected cell which would normally be performing similar tasks in the life cycle of the cell . |
| 20 | He explained that what makes the document confidential is the fact that the creator of the document has used his brain and thus arrived at a result which can only be produced by somebody who goes through the same process . |
| 21 | It was their own indolence which had landed them with a murder which could probably be explained and might even have been prevented , if they had taken a bit more trouble . |
| 22 | A better and more organised way of handling the music feed , though , is to pre-record it onto a cued sound tape which can then be fed to the mixer non-stop . |
| 23 | When an act or omission involving fault which might otherwise be regarded as founding an action occurs , there must , in order for such act or omission to be regarded as negligent , be then and there in existence some legal person to sue or be sued . |
| 24 | The message from gays and lesbians living in rural Ireland was one of a sense of isolation which might aptly be tackled through the medium of film , which has the potential to act as a focus for the many people geographically isolated and thus tongue-tied by virtue of their isolation . |
| 25 | 681 ( fig. 35 ) , a little earlier than these last ( which must belong to the very end of the century ) , is exceptional in being very large and in having the virtuosity deliberately played down , flattened out , in an attempt which could hardly be quite successful to monumentalise the type . |
| 26 | The firm 's report should be dated as of the completion of the engagement which will normally be the date of the final discussions or client agreement to the draft report . |
| 27 | Well the plain fact of the matter was Chairman there were there were none to quote to him and erm we see the the structure plan Policy E two er as fulfilling a bridging role between national policy and the more specific guidance which would necessarily be contained in local plans . |
| 28 | This allows you to set up a different sound by altering the mid emphasis , coupled with selectable additional boost which can then be triggered by either the front panel ‘ enable ’ switch or via a footswitch . |
| 29 | daysack large enough to hold climbing gear which can also be used for lightweight weekend walking/backpacking . |
| 30 | Derek Bond ( Guardian 22.8.89 ) , assistant general secretary of the sea officers union UMAST , pointed out that adequate rest periods for crews is a mere recommendation which can not be enforced . |