Example sentences of "which is [vb pp] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminists researching the psychology of androgyny , which is characterized by its new methodological approach to gender , have been unusually sensitive to the problems their field of study presents . |
| 2 | Tenascin is a multifunctional extracellular matrix glycoprotein which is characterized by its expression in fetal tissues and association with the neovasculature and stroma of tumors ( 1–5 ) . |
| 3 | The business that is not being purposefully led in a clear direction which is understood by its people is not going to survive , and all of history shows that that is the case . |
| 4 | The Catholic Church 's position , which is based on its experience of the constant tradition of faith since the time of the apostles , is that ‘ the Church , in fidelity to the example of the Lord , does not consider herself authorised to admit women to priestly ordination ’ ( Introduction , declaration on the question of the admission of women to the ministerial priesthood , CDF 15 October 1976 ) . |
| 5 | According to Graham , Software AG divides its expenditure fairly evenly between its three main strands of business : application engineering , which is based on its proprietary Natural generator ; data management , which centres around the Adabas database management system ; and distributed computing , which is based on its Entire Net-Work communications software . |
| 6 | According to Graham , Software AG divides its expenditure fairly evenly between its three main strands of business : application engineering , which is based on its proprietary Natural generator ; data management , which centres around the Adabas database management system ; and distributed computing , which is based on its Entire Net-Work communications software . |
| 7 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 8 | I would in addition commend to your Lordships an article by Marianne Giles and Steve Uglow in The Journal of Criminal Law , vol. 56 ( 1992 ) , part 2 , p. 179 , entitled ‘ Appropriation and Manifest Criminality in Theft , ’ which is distinguished by its regard for principle and the absence of undue deference to dubious judicial pronouncements . |
| 9 | From the Devonian of Greenland and other localities comes a true four-legged animal ( tetrapod ) that is not far from the ‘ fish with legs ’ we might have visualized ( which is commemorated in its name — Ichthyostega ) . |
| 10 | Widespread in the Pacific is Broussonetia papyrifera ( Moraceae ) , originally from Asia and now grown from China and Japan through Malesia to America , where it is naturalized : it is the basis of Polynesian tapa cloth , which is made from its bark . |
| 11 | Each catalyses a single reaction of a particular chemical , which is recognised by its shape . |
| 12 | Consider a cube which is disassembled into its pieces and imagine reassembling the pieces so that the outside facelets remain outside and the centres remain in the same relative positions . |
| 13 | Each term in the search is given a " weight " which is determined by its relative frequency in the file being searched . |
| 14 | If we transfer this sail to a board which is restrained by its daggerboard from moving sideways , we can look more closely at the driving force ( Fig 18 ) . |
| 15 | Test methods usually convert the manganese to permanganate , which is estimated by its pink colour , by comparison with standards , or absorptio-metrically . |
| 16 | In view of the government 's ‘ presumption in favour of development ’ , which is enshrined in its latest planning policy guidance , it is not difficult to foresee a chaotic future in which intense development pressure is countered by equally intense environmental opposition with the county council less and less able to take a strategic view . |
| 17 | To meet these demands , Daintyfit make use of the most recent developments in fabric technology such as ‘ coolmax ’ , which is used in its sports bras to draw moisture from the skin and hold it within the fabric . |
| 18 | The government is trying to improve fruit and vegetable production , and recently the kiwi fruit , which is known for its prolific yield and good export price , has been introduced . |
| 19 | Both the 1965 ‘ plan ’ and devaluation can be seen as technocratic measures , equally inadequate to abolish the competitive weakness of the UK economy — a weakness which is inscribed in its industrial structure , and the slow growth of productivity which is linked to the development of social relations within enterprises as well as the shortfall of investment . |
| 20 | The realm of public discourse is that of events , expert diagnoses and scientific prognoses , whereas the private sphere is that of opinion and anecdote , subjective reaction , and cultural mythology which is devalorized by its implicit feminization . |
| 21 | It is a non-profit-making organization which is controlled by its members . |
| 22 | As a result of this arrangement , the Flexifoil does not require a bridle — the lines are connected directly to the spar ends , and therein lies another unusual feature.As the inflated Flexifoil is launched and airloads take effect with movement , the spar which is tapered in its end components flexes into a curve to create a ‘ channel wing ’ like an inverted ‘ U ’ with the control lines at each of the cusped ends . |
| 23 | Gordon Heald of Gallup , which is owned by its four working directors , said polls published outside election campaigns were more useful for name recognition . |
| 24 | In any case a company formed under the Companies Act has a considerable power of altering the objects stated in the Memorandum of Association which is signed by its first members at the formation of the company , subject to the power of the holders of fifteen per cent of its shares or debentures to apply to the court to cancel an alteration . |