Example sentences of "of which [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But about half of US R and D was financed by the federal government , 80 per cent of which went for space and military purposes . |
| 2 | The former was the obvious clash between Britain 's need for exports to pay her way in the post-war world and the requirement of the rearmament programme , both of which competed for the same scarce skills and resources of the metal-working industries to the detriment of the export trade . |
| 3 | We propose that this daunting list of stages , each of which calls for different information skills , can only be satisfactorily incorporated in the school 's programme by a curriculum policy built around these skills . |
| 4 | The rector of Weston-Longville in Norfolk was well placed to appreciate the contrast between the six-figure income of Prinny at Carlton House , the building of which accounted for much of his debt , and the nine pounds annual wage he paid his servant Ben Leggatt . |
| 5 | This year the prize table was especially attractive and the wide variety of ‘ white elephants ’ presented quite a problem of which to choose for the higher scoring competitors . |
| 6 | The government has endorsed many of the Elton Committee 's recommendations , most of which call for action by schools and LEAs rather than central government . |
| 7 | The people and Government of Mexico take pride in supporting what came to be known as ‘ The Declaration Of Stockholm , ’ a key component of which called for declaring the 5th June World Environment Day . |
| 8 | The UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , had on Nov. 28 , 1989 , presented a report to the Security Council , Paragraph 41 of which called for priority to be given to the withdrawal of forces and release of PoWs . |
| 9 | Some half dozen new submarine cables have been laid annually since 1945 , the longest of which runs for 15,032km . |
| 10 | The UK has a system of stock exchange accounts , each of which lasts for two ( occasionally three ) weeks . |
| 11 | The most important social division ran between a dominant class based on the legal ownership of industrial and commercial capital ( and sometimes having little to do with either management or labour ) and a population most of which worked for wages . |