Example sentences of "of which [be] [det] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Whether ther there 's a there 's a t two pronged effect the first of which is that high tariffs consumption because prices are higher and therefore consumption will fall and secondly , if high prices are also charged farmers to domestic farmers right then they 'll increase their output .
2 The slack periods are night shifts during the mid-week , and the boredom compounds the general dislike of night duty , the only redeeming feature of which is that formal control in the station is relaxed because of the absence of senior managers .
3 Where a word used in a lease has multiple meanings , one of which is its ordinary meaning and the other of which is some technical meaning , there must be some objective evidence that the parties intended the technical meaning to be adopted , otherwise the word will be construed in its ordinary sense ( Holt & Co v Collyer ( 1881 ) 16 ChD 719 ) .
4 And on the next page a long , uplifting sentence from a French sociologist , the gist of which was that dying was something we needed a lot of help with .
5 The delightful gardens , at their best in the late August sunshine , were home to peacocks and hens , cockerels , a caged canary , a goat that kept the grass trim in a neat semi-circle around the tree to which it was tethered , several dogs and a sizeable cattery — stars of which were some blue-grey Abyssinians .
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