Example sentences of "from which i [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that my local Labour party is circulating a leaflet , from which I shall now quote —
2 I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two .
3 Apart from which I would think it highly unlikely that you would even get into my little car . ’
4 It had not been my direct responsibility to purchase it and I was operating in a field where everyone else — the companies from which I might buy , those from which we now bought , and the management of the division — was an expert .
5 I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology .
6 Instead I have to start by describing something of the unease I feel about its use and study within the literature , and gradually move toward a position from which I can either offer a definition of labourism or construct boundaries within which it exists and operates .
7 In Men 's rooms , which are the only ones from which I can report personal experiences , there are elaborate rituals for avoiding the impression of suspect motives .
8 In initiating my original purchase I incur an obligation to make a payment in money , but I in turn have to have a source from which I can acquire the money in the first place , and this will , directly or indirectly , put me into at least a temporary relationship with a great variety of people , including the reader who purchased this book from a bookstall and paid out money , some small fraction of which will eventually find its way back to myself .
9 The home in which we both live is a nonsense , and a nonsense from which I can see no way of ever extracting us .
10 The order of events was the same each year : first , the bus or train ride to whatever town The Walk was to be held in ; then being stationed somewhere from which I could see the parade .
11 I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits .
12 This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose .
13 I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box .
14 I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box .
15 This contract was , perhaps , the only evidence from which I could deduce Helmut 's hurt .
16 He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’
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