Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb base] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rural councils have found themselves hamstrung by the centralized control of local authority expenditure ( particularly during the periods of economic stagnation and crisis ) and , in the case of housing , by the imposition of cost yardsticks which rarely take account of the peculiar difficulties which many rural councils face from the heavier costs incurred in housing provision in remote areas . |
| 2 | It is we , however , who have to work out the connections of similarity and contrast between the expressions in the groups A to L , which thereby become representative of something more general , which could not be expressed by simply adding together the literal senses of the words . |
| 3 | The decisions that will be made on the common agricultural policy and on the GATT talks will be those which most affect farmers in the future . |
| 4 | The two watchmen were in a van , radio-equipped of course , but unfortunately the particular area was under some overhead power cables which badly affect radio for some distance around . ’ |
| 5 | Vibration in the suspension is minimised by special front subframe mountings and pendulum-type engine mountings which effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the road wheels . |
| 6 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 7 | Through traffic is usually reduced by road closures and speeds are cut by carriageway narrowings , small roundabouts and by various types of humps , which additionally increase conspicuity of intersections and other traffic . |
| 8 | In Deux ou trois choses , the prostitute-protagonist 's ‘ position is also determined by the advertisements which constantly produce images for her ’ . |
| 9 | It would need non-local forces which instantaneously transmit effects from A to B. |
| 10 | On these grounds , Acts of Parliament which inadvertently contradict elements of Community law are modified so as to comply with the European Communities Act . |
| 11 | The combined effect of these problems is currently felt in the Spanish railways ' extremely low commercial speeds which greatly hamper competition with road and air transport . |
| 12 | More important in suggesting realism is Taylor 's neat suburban home and cheap car , which would have surprised British workers and American workers living in coalfields and Eastern industrial areas but which nicely reflect conditions in prospering auto towns . |
| 13 | Among the pairs children learned , at least in my day , were items like black/white ( which only make sense as antonyms if you have studied physics ) , north/south ( ditto ) , day/night ( though in the context of fashion , the appropriate opposition is day/evening ) and long/short ( like old/ young , a continuum or pseudo-opposite ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The time is ripe to abandon not the rank structure but the tendency to impart fashionable management theories which are not necessarily appropriate to policing and which only confuse supervisors throughout the service . |
| 15 | These include the T cell receptor ( CD3 ) and its coreceptors CD4 and CD8 , which together recognise complexes of antigen peptide and major histocompatibility complex on other cells ; the major histocompatibility complex molecules themselves ; and lymphocyte function-related antigen 2 ( LFA-2 or CD2 ) , a receptor for another immuno-globulin-like molecule , LFA3 , expressed on other cells . |
| 16 | The galeaspids are a group of about 40 species which superficially resemble cephalaspids in having a large , flattened and solid head skeleton which encloses a complex brain and inner ear ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 17 | In contrast to other European countries , which generally grant citizenship to those born on their territory , Bonn 's 80-year-old law recognises ethnic Germans abroad as German citizens but all but excludes long-standing immigrant workers and their children born and educated exclusively in Germany . |
| 18 | Studies of cognition which seek to elucidate the nature or that cultural order which we might impose upon or recognize in the world may well be concerned with the classification of objects , but they generally fail to acknowledge , let alone address , the difference between artefacts such as cutlery which already incorporate categorization in their manufac-turer , and objects such as trees which do not ( e.g. Rosch 1978 : 30–5 ) . |
| 19 | Bodies which already have responsibilities in Amazonia include the Amazonia State Environment Agency ( IBAMA ) , the National Indian Affairs Institute ( FUNAI ) and the Superintendency for Amazonian Development ( SDA ) . |
| 20 | Spanish and Italian newspaper groups , which already own 39% of the company , may now increase their stake . |
| 21 | The surface of each of the dendrites which branch out from the neuronal cell body is covered with synapses — perhaps up to ten thousand in all — arising from the other neurons which thus make contact with them . |
| 22 | ‘ Those services which normally refer clients to us are not doing so because the local authority concerned does not have a contract with Roma or are struggling to sort out their assessment procedures , ’ he said . |
| 23 | In this chapter we outline some of the transitions which normally take place in the course of married life and the challenges they pose . |
| 24 | Then one must distinguish between " straights " which are bonds which just earn interest until maturity and " convertibles " which are bonds which give the holder the right to convert , on specified terms , into another security , usually the equity of the issuing company . |
| 25 | Theirs had been one of those childless , self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy . |
| 26 | ( ii ) Total exclusion of liability.In general the courts seem reluctant to uphold clauses which totally exclude liability for breaches of contract . |
| 27 | They include the effect of rising divorce rates on the number of one-person households and single-parent families , which disproportionately seek accommodation in the rented sectors because of relatively low average incomes , but are also able to take advantage of the low-cost home ownership schemes introduced by the 1980 Housing Act and largely confined to the urban stress areas . |
| 28 | Machines which once cost £400 to £500 as prototypes are now available for £3 to £4 . |
| 29 | The Review Panel publicises its criticisms , which are based on departures from accepted accounting standards , and which usually require changes in accounting policies affecting reported results . |
| 30 | The caterpillars are most often found on the lower side of the leaves , which usually show signs of being eaten away at the edges . |