Example sentences of "which we [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather , we can characterize particular features of our perceptual apparatus ( which we know to be the source of their reliability ) and ask for an explanation of those features . |
| 2 | Iago continues in other , more familiar postures , professing love to Othello and Desdemona ( III.iii. 119ff. , 136ff. , 196ff. , 213ff. , 218f. , 225 ) and feigning a sympathy for their sufferings which we know to be a covert expression of his gloating : As Cicero said , there is no more flagrant injustice than ‘ that of the hypocrite who , at the very moment when he is most false , makes it his business to appear virtuous ’ . |
| 3 | Gaseous or diffuse nebulæ , which we know to be stellar birthplaces , are in general rather disappointing binocular objects , though there are a few exceptions such as M42 , the Sword of Orion ( not to be confused with the Sword-Handle in Perseus ) . |
| 4 | Such a phrase may feature as part of a quotation , or a paraphrase , as in indirect speech ; or it may be used in respect of an object which we know to be fictional , for example in the context of a story or a fairy tale . |
| 5 | There is no point in library staff researching rose varieties for an enquirer , for example , when we can give them the address of the National Rose Society , which we know to be helpful . |
| 6 | It is this time-depth that will interest us in chapter 5 , in which we turn to evidence for vernacular variation in earlier English . |
| 7 | … having myself graduated in Business over 40 years ago , there seems to be a remarkable cycle in which we return to particular models every few decades . |
| 8 | IT has to be said that there 's a growing sense in which this Maastricht treaty ratification business , which we return to today in the Commons , is beginning to resemble the Schleswig-Holstein question . |
| 9 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 10 | This must follow since we move away from direct taxes which we saw to be progressive , towards indirect taxes , which at best are proportional ( VAT ) , and more usually are regressive ( the community charge — now the new Council Tax , uniform business rate , excise duties , import duties , etc . ) . |
| 11 | In the 1960s we started an art theft/loss notification system by which we sent to dealers , auction houses , museums , and police authorities notices of missing works of art . |
| 12 | One of the consequences of the questionnaire which we sent to you a year ago was that we are making particular links with alumni who are teachers . |
| 13 | And er also down at Long Eaton Labour Exchange , which we walked to , or went on the train for tuppence , we had to er fetch our money on Friday night . |
| 14 | One could also mention the printing industry machines which we export to the West . |
| 15 | Taking the example of the Earth 's surface , which we assume to be a perfect sphere , we could place the origin at the North Pole N as in Fig. 3.1 . |
| 16 | But first there was the other thing , which we seemed to be glossing over and which could n't be glossed over . |
| 17 | There is one final point that ought to he made before we operationalise these theories , and it is one which we alluded to in our earlier discussions . |
| 18 | A concept is not just a sticky label , so to speak , which we apply to objects as they present themselves to our senses . |
| 19 | After which we returned to Aberdour where a royal barge later brought the King 's body across the Firth of Forth . ’ |
| 20 | They are the guiding fictions which we repeat to ourselves so often , and with such conviction , that we forget that they are simply themes in a script we have written , and act as if they were true . |
| 21 | We are now operating pilot schemes in five different places , allowing owners of empty property which we wish to be returned to productive use to let that property to homeless families , using a housing association as an intermediary or managing agent . |
| 22 | Surviving rules of gilds of laymen suggest that most such associations had a spiritual aspect ; in tenth-century Exeter gildsmen assembled " for the love of God and for our souls ' need , having regard both to the prosperity of our life and also to the days thereafter which we wish to be allotted to us at God 's Judgement " , and gave any member going on pilgrimage overseas five pence from each of his colleagues . |
| 23 | In this sermon on prayer , I want us to think about prayer as a two-way conversation in which we talk to God and in which we listen to him as well . |
| 24 | ‘ The ultimate aim is to raise £40,000 and when the shed is built it will be able to hold 4 locos which we hope to eventually extend to accommodate 6 diesels . |
| 25 | There will also be a demonstration arena which we hope to be able to use to show our work through display items and open classes . |
| 26 | In which we had to be very responsible like wearing a life jacket and plimsolls so we did n't slip on the floor . |
| 27 | ‘ We only had a matchbox size kitchen from which we had to fees the likes of Spike Milligan , Harold Wilson and Ken Dodd . |
| 28 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 29 | We allow the Bible to redirect our lives , making its authority the standard by which we relate to God , just as Greenwich mean time helps navigators know where they are at sea . |
| 30 | Show the smile by which we respond to the story . |