Example sentences of "[det] which give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under normal circumstances the bulk of government patronage in Scotland would be distributed through the agency of ministers familiar with local politics , and it was this which gave the crown its commanding influence in the country . |
| 2 | It was this which gave the family its peculiar importance in the surveillance , and control , of sexual behaviour . |
| 3 | It is this which gives ethical demands , such as those forbidding incest , their sacred character : |
| 4 | In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama . |
| 5 | And some which gives a effect . |
| 6 | Self-assembly is a means of organisation identical with that which gives rise to the simple spatial order of crystals , which is a concept readily appreciated by physicists and chemists . |
| 7 | It is a hard road to tread , though , for major loss means a frightening separation from that which gives life meaning , satisfaction and purpose , and it often brings other losses in its train that continue to bludgeon the spirit and create feelings of anxiety and insecurity . |
| 8 | They are states of affairs rather than acts : unfenced machinery , substandard housing , adulterated food , a dripping pipe , drunkenness or vagrancy , where that which gives offence is readily regarded as a ‘ problem ’ . |
| 9 | The fair futures price is that which gives a zero arbitrage profit relative to the CTD bond from a cash-and-carry transaction involving the purchase of the CTD bond in the cash market ( with borrowed funds ) and selling it into the futures market on the delivery day . |
| 10 | If you simply enjoy the countryside , we can add an extra dimension — and protect that which gives you so much pleasure . |
| 11 | This kind of survey arose in a political culture very different from that which gave rise to the factual survey . |
| 12 | It was that which gave him locus standi . |
| 13 | ‘ It is times like these which give us all hope , ’ she said . |
| 14 | The river was generally utilised to make water defences and it is these which give to the châteaux the picturesque quality which so many possess . |
| 15 | In fact each department submitted a list of important topics and noted those in which library resources were deficient , and it was these which gave substance to the final spending plan . |
| 16 | But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par . |
| 17 | Those which give cause for concern are primarily the responsibility of the leadership to ensure prompt and effective action . |
| 18 | Function words are those which give structure to a sentence , such as articles , pronouns , prepositions , etc . |
| 19 | Atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons produces global contamination , and the most important radioisotopes of fallout are those which give an external gamma-ray dose and those which become internally deposited in the body , either by direct absorption or via a food chain . |
| 20 | Collinson also acted as intermediary in obtaining seeds from America , particularly those which gave rise to an extensive plantation of evergreens in the park , a principal feature of Woburn at the time . |
| 21 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 22 | Thus there is no world history , with clearly marked and universal stages of development , but only separate histories of different areas of the world ; and we are led to a conception like that of Max Weber , in which the unique features in the history of Western Europe , and especially those which gave an impetus to the development of capitalism , are emphasized . |
| 23 | But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time . |