Example sentences of "[prep] which be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This examination technique is illustrated by a pair of micrographs of silver plating ( figs. 5.15c and d ) , both of which are sections through ancient silver coin forgeries .
2 The mechanisms through which this stimulation occurs include rocking , chest movement , touch , and noise , all of which are concomitants of close proximity to other people and affect levels of arousal ; mothers sleeping close to infants also contribute to the monitoring and control of temperature and chemical microenvironment ( particularly carbon dioxide levels ) .
3 The implants used to replace the hip are manufactured for this market by a dozen or so companies , many of which are multinationals with their main marketing base in the United States .
4 This is one of the four possible three-element models all of which are analyses in ( MP ) , Chap.3 .
5 Such a project is under way in Gabon , the tropical forests of which are home to an estimated 70,000 elephants — believed to be Africa 's largest undisturbed population .
6 If not , then it is no business of the police to maintain files , to intercept telephone calls and to examine mail , all of which are part of the government 's business when laws are broken or threatened , and only then , under the very restrictive provisions of the law .
7 This was an important new step , the immediate advantages of which are involvement in all aspects of teacher training , instead of only in the training of secondary school teachers with which the Department of Educational Studies was previously concerned , and the broadening of the University 's own activities in accordance with the general changes now taking place in higher education .
8 Anyway , the implication of my argument , and of the neurological experiments to which I have referred , is that the functions of the left side of the brain have been developed in a very special way in the human species and that this specialization is reflected in the universals of human culture , including the general structure of language , all of which are reflections of the fact that the left side of the brain operates in binary logic .
9 A new-born baby can cry , suck , sneeze and is equipped with other basic reflexes , all of which are examples of observable behaviour .
10 Prose became his main medium of literary expression in his later years and among his more important works are the autobiographical Hen Atgofion ( 1936 ) , his biography of Owen Morgan Edwards ( 1937 ) , both of which are classics of Welsh prose literature , and Y Tro Olaf ( 1939 ) .
11 The Macs are priced comparably with the other machines in the top 10 , all of which are versions of the NEC 9800 .
12 Devise your method and then tell your story , which inevitably will make the mystery seem rather better than it has to be , because all locked rooms are variants of a small number of simple devices , most of which are ways of making such rooms unlocked all along .
13 Progress came instead from testing a long sequence of compounds leading from the most potent sulphonamides to pyrimidines , a family of moderately complex organic compounds some of which are constituents of nucleic acids ( Chapter II ) , and later to guanidines .
14 Such processed foods therefore have added to them artificial colours , flavours , flavour enhancers ( usually monosodium glutamate , MSG ) , texturizers , emulsifiers and preservatives — most of which are chemicals of no particular use to the body and many of which may actually be harmful .
15 Butterflies do so by displaying their wings , the marvellous intricate patterns of which are statements of identity so that individuals may recognise those with whom mating can be fertile .
16 We listen time and again to scare stories about loony left Labour councils , many of which are figments of Conservative Members ' imaginations .
17 He says that the decisions on which he relies , the most important of which is Hughes v. Metropolitan Radway ( 1877 ) , below , p. 254 , were a natural result of that fusion .
18 Listed buildings have , however , a few advantages , not least of which is freedom from VAT in respect of major works of repair or renovation .
19 The most valuable book is the one already mentioned , the full title of which is Handbook of Dates for Students of English History edited by C.R. Cheney .
20 ‘ It 's a security measure and it will continue for some time , ’ said a police spokesman , who revealed that the roads , one of which is part of the main Clogher to Omagh Road , had been closed under a Secretary of State 's Order .
21 They 'll play five limited over matches in and around Pretoria all of which is music to the ears of the South Africans .
22 One aspect of the contra proferentem rule is that , if there is more than one possible head of liability one of which is liability for negligence , then an exemption clause will not be interpreted as excluding liability for negligence unless it does so in clear terms .
23 East Belfast adjoins the Ulster-Scots region of North Down ( where backing is strong ) , whereas West Belfast points south-west down the Lagan Valley , the speech of which is Mid-Ulster with less Scots influence ; furthermore , immigration to West Belfast is recent and is largely from a Mid- West-Ulster non-Scots hinterland .
24 On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him .
25 The 1950s resembled the 1920s experience with a roughly equal balance of public and private construction , almost all of which was suburbanization by addition and which produced 3732 dwellings .
26 One of the problems Brown and Iles discovered in their study of community constables ( what , in the RUC , would be called neighbourhood constables ) , which was based on 300 officers in five police forces in England , was the relatively small proportion of working time devoted to activities the primary purpose of which was improvement in relations between the police and the public through direct involvement of constables in the community ( Brown and Iles 1985 : 29 ) .
27 Both denied struggle for power as an agent of social change , but accepted the necessity of evolution , the logical consequence of which was belief in the centrality of parliamentarianism .
28 Nevertheless , there remains the issue of the ‘ popular front ’ and the ‘ united front ’ against fascism — both of which were anathema to a Labour Party hostile to the Communist Party .
29 Fig. 10 includes large proportions of rabbits and birds , neither of which were part of the comparative fauna obtained by trapping , so that the two samples appear very dissimilar .
30 v. Commission of the European Communities ( Joined Cases 154/78 , 205/78 , 206/78 , 226/78 , 227/78 , 228/78 , 263/78 , 264/78 , 31/79 , 39/79 , 83/79 , 85/79 ) [ 1980 ] E.C.R. 907 that the guarantee afforded to the ownership of property did not extend to protect commercial interests , the uncertainties of which were part of the very essence of economic activity .
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