Example sentences of "the [noun pl] which [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities which lead most directly to fluency , accuracy and comprehension are : listening , mimicking , drilling , and communicating , and any daily programme you follow should contain these four ingredients . |
| 2 | The activities which seem most obviously to have their point in themselves are what we regard as typically leisure activities — art , playing games , joking . |
| 3 | Continuing in the same direction , Long Drop Cave may be seen at the base of a low cliff , and this is succeeded by a series of minor potholes known as the Eyeholes which seem almost friendly by comparison . |
| 4 | The institutions which had previously been set up to aid small farmers had their lending capacity cut considerably , making it difficult for many of the beneficiaries to find sufficient capital . |
| 5 | Edinburgh , Stirling and Paisley universities were among the institutions which fared well in the exercise , but there was some disappointment at Glasgow and Aberdeen universities . |
| 6 | He took a prominent and active part in the investigations which led ultimately to the Mines Inspection Act of 1851 , and he was elected the first president of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers , to which he subsequently read many papers , on its formation at Newcastle in 1852 . |
| 7 | In this way information is gradually built up , helping to paint a picture of the lives and lifestyles of the birds which appear so dramatically in the islands . |
| 8 | Given the complexities which have so far been uncovered , we may increasingly need to turn to experimental intervention research to better understand the mechanisms of support for differing types of stressful situations . |
| 9 | The skulls of an elephant and of a man are different shapes , but this is not because the molecules which fit together to make an elephant 's skull are a different shape from those that make a human skull . |
| 10 | Several departments and levels may be represented in the groups which come together and accomplish more or less well defined objectives and then disperse . |
| 11 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 12 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 13 | For these reasons and for the reasons which have already been given by Glidewell L.J. , I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 14 | Then you 're given the skis which stand as tall as you do and the butterflies can start fluttering . |
| 15 | Finally , he threw up slides showing the improvements which had already been achieved over the last three months . |
| 16 | She looked with horror at the fingers which had cruelly raked Bill Yardley 's face , and heard her own voice uttering words not even fit to be heard in the alleys . |
| 17 | I tried all the baits which worked earlier in the season and varied my approach . |
| 18 | How can we , confronted by dangers not of today and tomorrow , but of the generations which lie ahead , contemplate with equanimity the prospect of our population , already small compared with some of our competitors , steadily dwindling , above all in the younger spheres of life ? ’ |
| 19 | Even in obeying ‘ Be aware ’ , the objects which with arousal of awareness draw me towards them also enhance awareness of themselves , the objects which repel also numb awareness of themselves . |
| 20 | They can , of course , cease payment at any time , but they break the contract and forgo virtually all the benefits since very little compensation is usually available for the premiums which have already been paid . |
| 21 | The animals which fought there gave little heed to defence ; they massed around them and tried to engulf them . |
| 22 | It then focuses more closely on what has been happening inside the UK and at the experiences of some of the schools which have already been financially autonomous . |
| 23 | At the eyes which slid away from his own in embarrassment . |
| 24 | ‘ Apparently it 's being bossy to the computers which do all that . |
| 25 | Only time can tell how news media will have to adapt to the demands which loom ahead , but that 's little comfort to an organisation plagued with financial problems and worries . |
| 26 | There is widespread recognition that nearly all discussions of international peace and security over the last 45 years , and of policy implications for the UK , have been informed by the protracted global confrontation between the superpowers which has only recently , and so dramatically , crumbled . |
| 27 | Eventually it was agreed between Elizabeth Woodville and Anne 's mother that Anne would remain in London , at least for the time being — but that for safety 's sake , and lest her true identity be recognized , she should be sent secretly to the Abbey of the Minoresses which stood only a short distance from the Tower . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , much repeal work still displayed the ambiguities which had always marked middle-class women 's participation in the domain of social reform . |
| 29 | Almost all the words which have both a strong and weak form belong to a category that may be called function words — words that do not have a dictionary meaning in the way that we normally expect nouns , verbs , adjectives and adverbs to have . |
| 30 | Alex Household performed this function punctiliously , making no comment , but demonstrating a fluency with the lines which contrasted significantly with Michael Banks 's constant breaks for prompts . |