Example sentences of "which [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there 's no earthly use doing a beautiful piece of evaluation erm which no-one wants to know about at the end , or publishing something that has no affect . |
| 2 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |
| 3 | From the Wilton Weavers she was given a camera as a leaving present and from the Winding Department and the Spool Setters she received a generous gift of cash to which everyone had contributed . |
| 4 | Taken as a whole , the 1950s can be seen as a decade in which everyone had to work very hard just to keep the District on an even keel : it reflects great credit on all concerned that , in statistical terms , the decline of the early fifties was halted so that ultimately an expansionist phase could begin . |
| 5 | In short , a stable and caring society in which everyone can live in reasonable comfort and security and to which everyone contributes according to their means . |
| 6 | On the one hand , some clients may prefer a structured day with routine care , which everyone receives given at set times , very probably by a succession of nurses . |
| 7 | He will know that we propose for the sake of speed and practicality to use an existing valuation register , which everyone agrees exists and can be used . |
| 8 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |
| 9 | The old G201 grade , which everyone thought had had its day , has become a clear success ! |
| 10 | That is why schools increasingly take immense amounts of classroom time to work their way through rule systems with children , so that the end result is a matter of agreement , towards which everyone has contributed and on which everyone has agreed . |
| 11 | True art and architecture collaboration is a process in which everyone has to define his own limits . |
| 12 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 13 | That is why schools increasingly take immense amounts of classroom time to work their way through rule systems with children , so that the end result is a matter of agreement , towards which everyone has contributed and on which everyone has agreed . |
| 14 | I think has summed up quite well there I think , which , what everyone 's aims is , which is that we want an effective and efficient police force , which everyone has got confidence in to make sure that it protects citizens against crime in this country , and nothing could be , I do n't think anybody who is erm , civilised in this county or this country would want anything different . |
| 15 | Which poet described a politician as ‘ an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man ’ ? |
| 16 | Of course , I must be honest : I think some people will probably get hurt , but I suppose that 's a risk which everyone 's got to take in war . ’ |
| 17 | The word for questioning postnominal attributives , which ? , fares no better : ( 4 ) which them does muzak drive ? ( 5 ) which keys did Ellen shake ? |
| 18 | Will was a man of self-discipline and order , and also one of quiet , confident calm which nothing seemed to shake , mishaps being greeted with a reassuring acceptance and often a laugh . |
| 19 | Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses . |
| 20 | In fact it was papier-mache on which someone had done a skilful paint job . |
| 21 | The window behind the altar had been replaced with a piece of board across which someone had scrawled in black paint ‘ This side up ’ . |
| 22 | Close to him was a short , narrow ledge , to which someone had lashed the corpse of a young man . |
| 23 | She had been delighted at her first view of the interior , the grained wood panels on which someone had painted castles and hearts , diamonds and clusters of roses in brilliant reds , yellows and greens . |
| 24 | Ten seconds in which someone had stopped breathing . |
| 25 | A six-pack of beer , which someone had forgotten to stow away , slid back and forth across the cabin floor , over and over again . |
| 26 | Wendell stared down at the glass of brandy which someone had put into his hands . |
| 27 | He shuffled a bit at that , shrinking into his green trenchcoat which someone had told him was yuppily fashionable . |
| 28 | He then reminisced about a house-party at which someone had suggested that Mr Eliot ( who did not go to many such parties ) should be invited to read some of his poems . |
| 29 | If the bill is to be calculated on a daily rate and someone 's auntie comes to stay for a couple of months in the middle of the year , what about all the complications in adjusting for that and how do we account for the period for which someone has lost the discount ? |
| 30 | In addition we are still receiving enquiries about prisoners featured in the first two series in 1988 and 1989 , and we have recently received a copy of a letter from Alattin Sahin , the Turkish prisoner of conscience in the 1988 , which someone has received on his release . |