Example sentences of "of which [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The association produces a regular newsletter — one aim of which is to publicise and coordinate research- and is planning a series of conference on appropriate themes . |
| 2 | The seminary itself is difficult to see , the approach from the road leading only to an imposing wall with faceless windows and a usually , barred door It was built by San Carlo Borromeo in 1564 and is square , the four walls enclosing a courtyard that measures 56 metres on one side and is surrounded by a double tier gallery , each floor of which is supported by double Doric columns . |
| 3 | Financial circumstances other than as a result of redundancy under the terms of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 ( notice of which is received after the issue of the Booking Confirmation ) , disinclination to travel or weather conditions . |
| 4 | These are tensioned in the ‘ down ’ position by an elastic or bungee , one end of which is hooked on the bowsprit , and the other linked to a trip line which runs through the two sails to the slotted tube at the rear , where it is retained by the release pin . |
| 5 | Digital Equipment Corp will launch three new Alpha workstations running the OSF/1 operating system tomorrow , April 20 , adding a new high end model and two entry level machines — the cheapest of which is priced at less than £5,000 . |
| 6 | A semiconductor product is defined as : an article the purpose , or one of the purposes , of which is the performance of an electronic function and which consists of two or more layers , at least one of which is composed of semiconducting material and in or upon one or more of which is fixed a pattern appertaining to that or another function . |
| 7 | This year , for instance , the council asked for permission to spend £25m on tackling the town 's housing problems but it has been allocated only £3.8m one third of which is earmarked for improvement grants to private homes and the rest to ongoing council schemes . |
| 8 | It is not Leavis 's goal to produce " national intellectuals " to serve as state missionaries , but rather a free.floating and critical educated class , membership of which is characterized by a particular kind of mental orientation : " It is an intelligence so trained that is best fitted to develop into the central kind of mind , the co-ordinating consciousness , capable of performing the function assigned to the class of the educate . " |
| 9 | The mosaic comprises eight compartments each of which is separated by " spokes ' of simple guilloche . |
| 10 | The pages should be reduced and photographed in columns into the microfiche matrix , the top row of which is reserved so that legible headings or titles can be added to identify the microfiche when it is produced . |
| 11 | With a few exceptions , all fish have a swimbladder , the function of which is to allow the fish to float and maintain equilibrium in the water . |
| 12 | This device should more accurately be described as a freewheel , the intent of which is to allow the blades to rotate at high speed while the motor is idling or stopped . |
| 13 | Awards are made in the form of grants , the level of which is based on financial need , and all matriculated students are eligible for application . |
| 14 | None of which is to say that Galway 's anguish is not fully justified . |
| 15 | None of which is to say the record labels are not trying hard to stretch country where they can . |
| 16 | A multijunction cell , Solarex believes , should be more efficient as it uses layers of different crystals , each of which is optimised for a specific band of the visible light spectrum . |
| 17 | The radio-friendly ‘ Talk Much ’ features a couple of serious John DaSilva mixes , one of which is named after the Hacienda Shiva nights . |
| 18 | Right there are two iron oxides commonly used in the blast furnace , one of which is named because of its colour Excuse me a moment . |
| 19 | Restaurants , cafes and a couple of seasonal shops line part of the shore , some of which is made up into sandy beaches . |
| 20 | The simplest integrated circuit consists of three layers , one of which is made of semiconductor material . |
| 21 | Written entirely in two parts , the lower of which is made of standard accompanimental figures ( mostly Alberti bass ) , it is nevertheless somewhat more expansive and faintly more interesting than the ‘ Eckard ’ The following Corrente ( which demands a keyboard compass of F' to d'' ) , while made exclusively out of the rather mechanical formulas of the first few bars , at least generates plenty of energy with its leaps and crashing octaves . |
| 22 | The country is divided for administration purposes into nine departments , each of which is governed by a prefect , appointed by the President . |
| 23 | The country is divided into nine departments , each of which is governed by a prefect appointed by the President . |
| 24 | The second stage is the growth of the crystalline region , the size of which is governed by the rate of addition of other chains to the nucleus . |
| 25 | Spadefoot toads have a number of anti-predator tactics , one of which is to inflate the lungs and hence the body , which may fool the snake into thinking the toad is larger than it really is and act as a deterrent . |
| 26 | Enter Rooms for Windows , a shell that takes the metaphor of a building to give not just multiple desktops , but also multiple environments , each of which is called a room . |
| 27 | The path actually passes between two golf courses , neither of which is called ‘ Barnton ’ , though both are situated there . |
| 28 | Erm there are a number of suggestions , one of which is to open it . |
| 29 | They describe two companies , one of which is experiencing a rapidly decreasing profit margin and is therefore loath to invest . |
| 30 | We have felt very much a part of Queen 's Park during our 3 years in Glasgow , a lot of which is owed to our friends in the 2 fellowship groups which we have been involved with . |