Example sentences of "which [ex0] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironic compliments were paid to Pierre , Donna and Raoul for the potency and effect of their acting and Raoul played for sympathy and looked nobly forgiving , holding a handkerchief to his nose and peering at it for blood , of which there seemed to be not much . |
| 2 | Friends were having repeated trouble with their telephone , for which there seemed to be no obvious reason . |
| 3 | And all that was left was a silent man who was imprisoned still by a numbness born of horror and years of fear , tormented by the simple question to which there seemed to be no answer : why , through all the hell he had seen , had he survived ? |
| 4 | Large British forces had been tied up in an expensive operation to which there seemed to be no obvious military solution other than counter-guerrilla operations in Sabah and Sarawak and the deployment of large forces to discourage further escalation of the conflict . |
| 5 | But the months of separation from her husband , and the events those months contained , came to mark a fundamental breach in their relationship , after which there ceased to be any hope that their early married happiness could be recovered . |
| 6 | It can be kept to a minimum by proper safety guidelines , of which there seem to be plenty . |
| 7 | In addition to the usual interest in old postcards ( pre 1914 ) , good sales were also made of modern cards of which there seem to be a growing number of collectors . |
| 8 | The confluence of the difficulties over a further Cassell renewal of funding ; the prospect of the focus of her work shifting to Huntingdonshire , and the arrival of Lee in 1931 was perceived by Miss Green as an indication of preparations for her displacement in Northamptonshire and eventual redundancy ; for which there appears to be no documentary basis . |
| 9 | Whether the new production for which there appears to be a market be large or small , the general rule will be that unless the price is expected to be very low that portion of the supply which can be most easily produced , with but small prime costs , will be produced : that portion is not likely to be on the margin of production . |
| 10 | On both occasions they identified an identical group with a low maximum acceleration in which there appeared to be a much increased risk of early cardiac death . |
| 11 | Another way in which there needs to be a rapprochement between statistical methods and GIS is in the area of spatial sampling and estimation from spatial samples . |
| 12 | Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached . |
| 13 | The one subject on which there seems to be unanimity , is that purity of insulin has been an important advance ( Andreani et al , 1977 ) . |
| 14 | YOU MAY BE one of those millions of people suffering from backache , stiff neck , headaches , arthritis or other symptoms for which there seems to be no answer . |
| 15 | In other words , they have an enveloping scheme under which there has to be a basic threshold over which people must pass before getting into the realms of simply accepting the lowest possible tender . |