Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B. Farmers in the valleys and on the edges of Dartmoor and Exmoor concentrate more on rearing young cattle , sheep and lambs , which graze on the rough moorland pasture . |
| 2 | A company which dares to be different . |
| 3 | He came from Ethiopia , and his skin was the colour of glistening wet coal except for the palms of his hands , which were sandy pale , and the whites of his eyes , which twinkled like sunshine on fresh clean snow . |
| 4 | Most had already lit their fore-and-aft lamps , which twinkled like glow-worms in the gathering dusk . |
| 5 | The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface . |
| 6 | To produce the low scarps which wind across the Mercurian surface the radius of Mercury need only have decreased by a few tenths of a percent . |
| 7 | For that sweet odour which doth in it live . |
| 8 | They knew the names of certain French dishes and gave orders to Jarveys in high pitched provincial voices , which pierced through their skin-tight accents . |
| 9 | It begins as a sharp and funky hang-out movie which drifts towards real political complexity ( and absurdism ) before retreating to the safer territory of a ‘ black gangster/psycho movie . |
| 10 | ( which overlapped into Stoke Goldington and Weston Underwood ) , were freeholders , a numerous class in this district , the remainder lessees for term of years or at will . |
| 11 | The First is that period which recedes from the very beginning of life on earth and reaches far back into the unknowable depths of the timeless universe . |
| 12 | The other ‘ road ’ had been developed when in Avon Finance v Bridger [ 1985 ] 2 A11 ER 281 the court envisaged the extension of the protection previously given to wives to elderly parents , and in the present case Scott LJ saw no reason why the ‘ protection ’ should not extend to all cases where the relationship between the surety and debtor was one in which influence by the debtor over the surety and reliance by the surety on the debtor were natural and probable . |
| 13 | And they would , I think , conclude that , if a protected class is to continue to be recognised , the class ought , logically , to include all cases in which the relationship between the surety and the debtor is one in which influence by the debtor over the surety and reliance by the surety on the debtor are natural and probable features of the relationship . |
| 14 | But Carl Prean may not be accommodated on one issue , the exclusion of German Bundesliga results , which account for most of his successes . |
| 15 | Though this is good news for American and Japanese firms , who share a paltry 11% slice of the luxury market , it is disastrous for European companies which account for the remaining 89% of sales ( see chart on next page ) , but which sell nearly half of all their fancy products in America or Japan . |
| 16 | But reduced East-West tension has made this even more difficult , clobbering defence sales , which account for roughly half of Deutsche Aerospace 's revenues . |
| 17 | The position is less clear in the case of the 3,000 miles of inter-urban routes , which account for 60 per cent of Regional Railways ' track . |
| 18 | Scott Cairns , promoted from within to fill the role vacated by Mr Milne , aims to lift Scottish investment from 63 p.c. to 70 p.c. , and increase the retail content at the expense of offices , which account for 55 p.c . |
| 19 | The publication details major financial losses and fatalities caused by minor events and provides a prescription for reducing these losses , which account for many millions of working days lost each year . |
| 20 | Emissions from power stations , which account for about 80 per cent of the total , hardly fell at all . |
| 21 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 22 | Although the lines are exceedingly fine ( ie , just resolved ) at this distance , increasing the separation between source and observer can produce very strong lines which account for the glare I have noticed . |
| 23 | The new parent wants to concentrate on rail traction vehicles for railways , industry and mining , which account for 90 per cent of LEW 's sales . |
| 24 | Key resources are technical personnel and aircraft spare parts which account for the largest share of the maintenance budget . |
| 25 | Under the existing byelaws , complaints relating to non-reserved work which account for 80% of all the complaints that the Institute receives — can only be investigated against individuals . |
| 26 | The following set of figures shows new fixed-sum and other retail credit as a percentage of the total volume of spending on clothing and shoes , durables ( including electrical goods and furniture ) and cars and motorcycles , which account for the great bulk of this type of credit : |
| 27 | Doctors will be able to use the kit for regular screening for lung and gastric cancers , which account for 70 per cent of cancers treated in the western world . |
| 28 | Can you think of reasons in others which account for the way you react as you do ? |
| 29 | Heelas has also given a survey of the different attempts at defining aggression , and the main theories which account for it ( Heelas 1982 , 1983 ) . |
| 30 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |