Example sentences of "which [vb base] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great politician is a man who does not interpret the world in which he intends to act on the basis of appearances … he is a man who is capable at all times of making sense of the various motive forces which combine to produce historical events , and which when analysed provide a perspective on the future . |
| 2 | The species involved are characteristically tall perennial monocots which tend to form pure stands on the edge of water bodies . |
| 3 | It is quite justifiable therefore to picture polymers as made up from stiff by flexible chains freely sliding among their neighbours and constrained only by cross-links or entanglements — unless , of course , strong lateral forces also exist , such as the hydrogen bonds in polypeptides or polyamides , which tend to hold neighbouring chains together . |
| 4 | Moreover , FoE also criticizes the authorities for alerting the public only to short-lived peak incidents , whereas it is the sustained eight-hour incidents which tend to affect vulnerable groups . |
| 5 | Duncan says ‘ the brute fact remains that democratic politics can not prevent the creation of remote , state-entrenched centres of power which tend to promote general apathy , cynicism , and ignorance about politics among the masses of the people ’ . |
| 6 | Note that , roughly speaking , ( i ) ( ii ) and ( iii ) are means to ( iv ) ends which reflect the real purposes of the college ; and it is the ends , the most important elements which tend to get lost or blurred in the confusion of the standard , over-crowded subject-based curriculum . |
| 7 | Whether the beta-adrenergic effects of adrenaline , which tend to increase myocardial work and reduce subendocardial perfusion , are detrimental is still controversial . |
| 8 | But it also has provisions for mineral exploration firms and investment trusts , neither of which tend to have typical trading records . |
| 9 | ‘ The most popular tartans are the more classical blue and white ranges which tend to match existing tableware colours . |
| 10 | It 's little bits of progress like that which make riding young horses so much fun . |
| 11 | Thus , although interest groups may look as if they are organized chiefly for public goods , in practice they are sustained by their ability to deliver selective incentives to their members which make joining worthwhile . |
| 12 | The cladograms so produced displayed a variety of patterns , many of which appear to simulate temporal diversity changes in well-studied fossil groups . |
| 13 | There are plenty of examples in English criminal law of crimes which appear to include harmful consequences as a definitional element irrespective of any actual state of mind referable thereto : s. 47 , Offences Against the Person Act 1861 ; s. 51 ( 1 ) , Police Act 1964 ; s . |
| 14 | Today the once-condemned village has lots of new houses ( including those which appear to have state-of-the-art outside netties ) and more under construction . |
| 15 | Actions which appear to compromise free speech are sure to be criticised in Parliament , where the Attorney must answer for both his and the DPP 's prosecution policy . |
| 16 | Almost all jurisdictions now have schemes which provide state funded compensation schemes for victims of crime , although when the ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ legislation was enacted in New York , victim compensation schemes in many jurisdictions in the United States of America were non-existent or rudimentary . |
| 17 | However , since joint production and ( more clearly ) joint marketing is much more likely to create the undesirable anticompetitive effects which cause concern than joint R&D is , it seems reasonable to insist that firms which propose extending joint activities beyond R&D must bear the burden of proving that such extensions are in the public interest . |
| 18 | The only difference you will notice in normal LIFESPAN operation is that transactions which involve reading offlined modules will take longer than usual , as the modules must first be brought back online . |
| 19 | Activities which involve using traditional rural skills . |
| 20 | jobs which involve using heavy domestic equipment , or climbing steps and taking down curtains can be a real problem , and the thorough spring-clean they always used to do becomes a complete impossibility if they happen to suffer from one of the common disorders of old age , such as arthritis or heart trouble . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , commentators say that while SCSI-2 will alleviate transaction processing problems , it is insufficient to handle multi-media applications which involve moving full-motion video images on a network . |
| 22 | Most experts attributed this to the so-called " greenhouse effect " , caused by a buildup in the earth 's atmosphere of gases which act to prevent solar heat reflected from the planet from escaping into space [ see pp. 36783-84 ] . |
| 23 | In this sense all socialist parties are revolutionary , since their objective is to replace a capitalist form of society by a socialist one ; so also are nationalist parties which seek to overthrow colonial rule , and perhaps in a more limited sense right-wing parties , such as fascist parties , which attempt to restore a more hierarchical and authoritarian type of society . |
| 24 | Recently the Dulverton Trust has contributed more than £1 million to charities which seek to improve industrial relations . |
| 25 | Its scope is very broad , ranging from research which simulates human mental activities such as perception , natural language interpretation and mathematical reasoning , to projects which seek to design intelligent machines , such as robots for deep sea mineral exploration , and consultation programs for diagnosing diseases . |
| 26 | At international level , the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) and the World Health Organization ( WHO ) collaborate to produce various recommendations which seek to establish worldwide standards of safety with the purpose of preventing avoidable accidents at work . |
| 27 | But it has expressed its concern over proposals in the Treasury 's consultative document which seek to impose similar formal and detailed requirements for control and communication on professionals , such as lawyers and accountants , as well as on banks and building societies . |
| 28 | Whilst these ‘ community care ’ policies are soundly based on principles which seek to maintain elderly independence , they can also lead to , and exacerbate , social isolation . |
| 29 | New tillage practices are encouraged which seek to increase vegetative protection of the soil and reduce the effects of wind erosion and direct splashing of rain on the soil . |
| 30 | And way above it all , on top of a nearby mountain , are the anti-aircraft guns which seem to provide scant protection for these 4,000 students . |