Example sentences of "which [vb -s] they [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.

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1 In Chapter 4 we discuss the relationship between some of these factors , and conclude that the most crucial is the pattern of decisions by the courts : not only about what sentences offenders should receive ( whether they should be sent to custody and , if so , for how long ) , but also decisions about which counts they should be tried in and whether they should be remanded in custody in the meantime .
2 Presumably , if the rules for learning are to have any universality in natural conditions , the experience which affects them must be a common feature of all the animals having the rules — in other words , the variance due to the environment is normally small in the environment to which the animal is adapted .
3 In many cases , identification of workers with the enterprise which employs them may be only weakly formed but again a community of interest may be established at this level , depending perhaps on the degree of ‘ paternalism ’ of the management , the character of employment conditions in the enterprise , and the degree of craft skill or other interesting aspect of work within the enterprise .
4 Certain types of pulsating stars , known as Cepheids and R R Lyrae , have the same absolute brightness — which means they would be equally bright if seen from the same distance .
5 If their hours of work can also be limited to less than 16 hours a week , then these workers will also fall outside the employment protection legislation , which means they can be used even more flexibly and cheaply as they then forgo rights to certain occupational benefits ( which now comprise a further 9 per cent of labour costs ) .
6 Now , all these products are water soluble which means they can be rinsed off with water .
7 And erm er from what I 've seen I mean people are often at football games for ten o'clock kick off and so on , which means er that 's just one example , which means they could be away , half past eight in the morning .
8 All but five of the players are from British Columbia which means they should be match hard and fit after a full domestic season .
9 Most importantly , UK students will have the ability to compete with other EC students in more than one language , which means they will be playing on a level field .
10 Culyer ( 1980 ) , among others , is critical of this argument because , despite the claim made above , he notes that the argument continues to assume that utilities of the individuals can be summed , which presupposes they can be measured in the same units .
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