Example sentences of "which [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Scott Cairns , promoted from within to fill the role vacated by Mr Milne , aims to lift Scottish investment from 63 p.c. to 70 p.c. , and increase the retail content at the expense of offices , which account for 55 p.c .
2 Officials are now negotiating a $1 billion facility with the IMF , which insists on tougher credit overall .
3 Majority opinion in the ILP was best expressed in the resolution moved on behalf of the Rugby Branch , which argued for continued affiliation on the basis of a satisfactory revision of Parliamentary Standing Orders .
4 By the application of good marine logic — tasting the water and finding it salty , then making sure the ebb — and flood-tides were of equal strength ( both tests which argued against this body of water being a river ) they realized that they had , indeed , discovered the way through .
5 One definition of function often found in present-day texts is : " A function is a rule which associates with each element of some set A a single element of a second set B.
6 MSC are opposed to schemes which can be defined by them as political or critical of prevailing government policy — in practice , this leaves courses for women which concentrate on traditional job skills and traditional job expectations — even though those skills are not valued in the present economic climate and the opportunities for women in the labour market are negligible .
7 Some are service agencies providing painting and decorating , gardening and catering services to the local community ; others have developed workshops which concentrate on one business activity — baking , furniture renovation and picture-framing are examples .
8 Thus there is a group of genes — mouse genes — which recombine with each other , but not with genes from unrelated animals .
9 When market day came there was scarce any buying or selling , for all were " labouring for the bread which endureth to eternal life " .
10 also relied on the reluctance of Viscount Simonds expressed in In re ‘ Wonderland , ’ Cleethorpes [ 1965 ] A.C. 58 , 70–71 , to construe an ambiguity in a statute in a manner which derogated from common law rights .
11 But Pond Pavarotti , which qualified in third place , is up against second favourite to win the classic , Glengar Ranger , and another top notcher , Taringar Bay .
12 Polls in most states open today at 6am local time , which translated into British time means 11am for New York and 2pm for California .
13 ‘ It is just a country festival , which goes on all night .
14 Out of the surplus-value which is unproductively consumed there will obviously be a portion which goes on personal consumption .
15 He makes his screen debut in The Power Of One , a powerful Warner Brothers production which goes on general release this weekend .
16 Their decisions largely dictate the use of all resources and they must accept the management responsibility which goes with clinical freedom .
17 They work as two separate writing teams Baddiel and Newman , Punt and Dennis before they collectively decide the material which goes into each show .
18 Like most other oppressive systems , apartheid education has had an impact on individuals , families and communities which goes beyond economic disadvantage and even political disenfranchisement .
19 However , the aim would also appear to be to attempt to override the case law of the European Court which goes beyond this principle .
20 So United States courts have declared invalid service which met the requirements of state law or of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure but which did not meet the terms of the convention and a Netherlands court has refused to grant exequatur to a Belgian judgment granted after service which complied with Belgian law but not the convention 's requirements .
21 Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m .
22 When Laura came to stay , and swept into church in an Easter bonnet of her own devising which quivered with artificial lilac , and laughed out loud at a tiny joke in Peter 's sermon , to encourage him , one of the churchwardens wrote to the Bishop .
23 Here a discreet entrance boasts cool marble floors and imposing columns which combine with fine wood and soft lighting for an impressive welcome .
24 Adorno thus argued that Lukács 's aesthetics was an example of identity-thinking , because his realism privileged works of art which correspond with social reality .
25 However , linear HIV-1 plasmid DNA was completely protected in the presence of levels of NCp7 which correspond to 1 molecule of NCp7 per 4 bp DNA ( lane 3 ) .
26 However , in the presence of increasing levels of NCp7 , its migration was retarded and levels of NCp7 which correspond to one molecule per 4–8 bp DNA gave rise to complexes which did not enter the gel ( lanes 1–4 ) .
27 However , there is one part of the package header which differs from other module headers — Module Relations .
28 For the other to remain other it must not derive its meaning from History but must instead have a separate time which differs from historical time .
29 For the sake of individual autonomy , liberals attempt to establish a political system which defers to each person 's chosen way of life rather than one which imposes a conception of the virtuous life upon everyone .
30 First , in many cases the previous foreign owners of those companies which passed into local ownership , either private or state , were invited to continue as managers for which they received a management fee .
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