Example sentences of "which [is] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elean:Would you say that this ’ technical problem ’ , which is a technical problem for many writers is made worse because you are writing , not from the relatively safe ’ exile ’ of a liberal-democratic , capitalist European country ; but you are writing from inside the very belly of apartheid , where you do not have , at your disposal the support services and facilities , to help you to authentically reflect the true ’ spirit ’ of your people . |
| 2 | Now there 's a word I 'm going to use right now which is a technical term in a way and that is is er the technical term for the study of language and how we speak the word what we say and how we say it . |
| 3 | William Rees-Mogg has written , ‘ We need to have money which is a stable measure of value . |
| 4 | The death instincts provide what might be termed the ‘ negative energy ’ that is used in the compulsion to repeat unpleasant experiences , which is a masochistic use of primal , sadistic impulses which take the ego as object , rather than an external object . |
| 5 | I seek to contrast that material ought with a formal ought which is a necessary element in the theory of law that I refer to as ‘ normative positivism ’ . |
| 6 | the other the black moment you know th the bit where I I put in the bit where the he broke his leg and the mortgage was gon na be foreclosed on him I mean that builds up to the black moment which is a necessary part of the story and then he got out of it erm because the house relented and showed him where the copper kettle was that was worth the money . |
| 7 | Er , the present situation is that there 's complex erm , arrangements for the exercise of votes , basically unanimity is required and in those circumstances we as a shareholder can not exercise material influence which is a necessary pre-condition for equity accounting . |
| 8 | The question was , as Hailey inimitably put it : ‘ Can we be sure of the continuance of that degree of acquiescence in our rule which is a necessary condition of administrative progress ? ’ , and the answer which he gave was a resoundingly qualified ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 9 | The narrative process the mirror represents ‘ does n't work for her ’ , she fails to see behind to the ‘ luminous hoops ’ of other subjects , which is a necessary condition for her accession to the position of subject of discourse . |
| 10 | Then there was a great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Tallentire , who was Grandmother Bayles 's mother , who lived with her husband at a farm over at Holwick , which is a little way out of Baldersdale , on the way to Middleton in Teesdale . |
| 11 | Erm probates Or rather procedure on death because probate is proving a will , in the Latin if there 's no will it 's letters of administration which is a similar procedure , except that the will speaks from death and therefore your appointment of the executors is effective from death and therefore your appointment of executors is effective from death , they can do certain things even before they 've proven the will Which administrators ca n't do cos they do n't have the power until they 've proved that they 're the people entitled . |
| 12 | they 've twinned us as it were , with a town called Wye , which is a similar size to Ottery St Mary in every respect . |
| 13 | The source of referral was not shown to influence the rate of change of management , which is a similar finding to that of Shoenut et al . |
| 14 | The human oesophagus secretes bicarbonate at about 400 µmol/hour/10 cm , which is a similar order of magnitude to gastric bicarbonate secretion . |
| 15 | The first point is that , of the five people generally named in any discussion of the generation gap theory , four are Free Presbyterians , which is a similar concentration to that found in the first generation of Paisley activists . |
| 16 | which is a hundred forms |
| 17 | Clues to the exact build quality on a guitar such as this lay within , which is a tall order for the humble reviewer , but by hook or by crook — or at least with a simple mirror — all is revealed . |
| 18 | The landau has a similar projection which is a mere 25.61in. ( 65cm ) long . |
| 19 | They thus indicate the frequency with which nouns are pre- and post-modified , which is a rough measure of complexity in noun phrases . |
| 20 | Among the apothecary wares are numerous ointment pots and drug jars , the most important of which is a polychrome drug jar bearing the arms of the Apothecaries Society ( est. £40,000–60,000 ; $77,600–116,500 ) . |
| 21 | This flouting of a maxim results in the speaker conveying , in addition to the literal meaning of his utterance , an additional meaning , which is a conversational implicature . |
| 22 | The medical journals still present a variety of possible remedies , many of which sound most desperate and bizarre missionaries report from China that they have been cured by having needles stuck into their bellies and arms , yet this is not thought too strange to mention … and almost every variety of chemical substance has been proposed at one time or another , all of which is a sure sign that our profession remains baffled by this disease . " |
| 23 | believe it or not we even had fifty pound towards that which is a bloody miracle . |
| 24 | Of course , we have our own local beauty spot , High Force , which is a spectacular waterfall further up Teesdale . |
| 25 | Sun Microsystems Inc 's software arm is using the framework as a component of its Project DOE , Distributed Objects Everywhere , which is a joint development effort with Hewlett-Packard Co ( UX No 378 ) . |
| 26 | The Way Ahead Committee which is a joint Bar Council/Inns Council committee established ‘ to examine means of ensuring that the resources of the Bar and Inns are managed as effectively as possible for the benefit of the profession ’ ; and |
| 27 | Among the surviving American robot makers is GMF , which is a joint venture between General Motors and Japan 's Fanuc . |
| 28 | I 've nearly finished a book about Greenland to be called Sea , Ice and Rock , which is a joint book with Robin . |
| 29 | Under Rule 3.2 the board of an offeror company must obtain competent independent advice on any offer which is a reverse takeover or presents the directors with a conflict of interest . |
| 30 | It also throws light on the guilt-feeling associated with sex , which is a distinguishing mark of nineteenth century morality . |