Example sentences of "which [vb base] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although Darwinian natural selection seems plainly to deny primacy either to egoism or to altruism , it is interesting to notice that nearly everyone has preconceptions which hinder him from coming fully to terms with the evidence . |
| 2 | Unhelpful behaviours are those which hinder you from achieving your objective and/or which run the risk of giving other people a bad impression of you . |
| 3 | Here the testee is presented with a set of questions or checklists which steer him into trying to think carefully about his own interests . |
| 4 | But county hall staff say there are practical problems which prevent them from laying speed monitoring cables . |
| 5 | From travelling around I get the impression that , although they say they want to , most branches have other concerns which prevent them from taking up recruitment in an effective way . |
| 6 | ‘ The council also hopes that the package will help many women who are subjected to violence to overcome the problems which prevent them from seeking help . ’ |
| 7 | ARC Northern wants a relaxation of planning conditions which prevent them from working their roadstone coating plant at their Penmaenmawr quarry on Sundays . |
| 8 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |
| 9 | The course content includes : exploring fantasy , sexual response , body image , and a look at some of the underlying feelings which prevent us from reaching our sexual potential . |
| 10 | It is our values and not our limited means which prevent us from recognizing that our society possesses adequate resources for the task in hand . |
| 11 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 12 | Woody shrubs too depend on winter snow for protection against extreme cold and wind abrasion , which shape them by killing exposed growing points . |
| 13 | A durian dilettante is a breed apart : there are even special clubs which devote themselves to following the durian season round the entire archipelago — feasting and waxing lyrical on the fruit 's narcotic delights . |
| 14 | It is only their sheltered lives which keep them from facing the same problem . |
| 15 | He therefore sees effective RE as essentially helping to liberate all pupils " from the taboos which inhibit them from exploring freely the experiential and cognitive options available " ( Hay 1990 : 109 ) . |
| 16 | Er , the other motion is of course pointing to so many of the changes that are taking place in our industrial society which prompt us into building a new union . |
| 17 | As Taylor rightly says , most academics simply do not feel competent to comment on what goes on outside their discipline , and even if they do , there are powerful professional and institutional demarcations which deter them from doing so . |
| 18 | We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England . |
| 19 | Students are also given a substantial introduction to a range of practical skills which assist them in applying their academic understanding of the problems of peace and conflict more effectively in their future careers . |
| 20 | For to understand a sentence is to be able to pick out situations which justify us in believing that sentence to be true . |