Example sentences of "which [ex0] are a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is little sign of this on your trees you may well have had the luck to inherit or wisdom to plant one of the less scab-prone varieties , of which there are a surprising number . |
| 2 | He described Chelsea as a little village a couple of miles from London where the Thames ran between nurseries and market gardens , ‘ of which there are a frightful number ’ . |
| 3 | Because the list of festivals included saints ' days ( of which there are a large number ) the system became complex . |
| 4 | A semi-double bloom , of which there are a great many , is somewhere between , but tending more towards ‘ single ’ than ‘ double ’ so that , although there may be as many as 15 petals , the flower opens more loosely than a double and reveals the anthers more readily . |
| 5 | We inspect the drains via three manhole covers and establish that the oil is coming from a certain area in which there are a number of cam-cutting machines . |
| 6 | A major reason for this contradiction of trends was a change in the structure of British employment away from manufacturing towards service industries in which there are a higher proportion of non-manual occupations . |
| 7 | Thus a ‘ school ’ can be literally that , in its modern sense : an institution in which there are a master and pupils , whose characteristic work can be identified . |
| 8 | Universities themselves are manifestly communities , within which there are a number of sub-communities involved in science . |
| 9 | in addition to which there are a number of market deposits : |
| 10 | We had good weather whilst we were with Richard , and he kept us well entertained both with walks , and with visits to the local museums , of which there are a good many , mostly very interesting , especially a complete mining village with a working ‘ cage ’ driven by an enormous steam engine . |