Example sentences of "be [noun pl] which " in BNC.

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1 The examples of ( 32 ) are simply associatives , as treated above in Chapter 2 : ( 32 ) a criminal lawyer subterranean explorer electrical worker 6.6 This leaves us with a small number of other phrases such as those in ( 33 ) , which turn out to be worth further investigation : ( 33 ) a true poet our late president a sheer fraud a real friend the future king my old school We certainly agree that there is an intuitively different " feel " to these , and a few others which can be found in the corps of English adjectives , and we would agree also that this has something to do with the distinction between referent ( or entity ) and sense ; however , we can not agree with Bolinger 's verdict that they are adjectives which qualify sense only .
2 Possibly they are birds which have failed to breed successfully and have assembled here to moult .
3 The following are strategies which can be employed .
4 This chapter has tried to suggest that the poor image project work seems to have as a teaching method is not a necessary one , and that there are strategies which teachers and schools can employ to ensure that it becomes purposeful and systematic .
5 What they must consciously develop are strategies which will enable the same degree of information exchange with other culture and language groups through an interpreter .
6 But theirs are reasons which apply to them and which do not depend on , i.e. are not meant to reflect , reasons which apply to their subjects .
7 No description of the ammonoids is complete without mentioning the heteromorphs These are forms which abandoned the usual plane spiral mode of coiling , and instead became partially or even completely uncoiled , or became twisted in some other fashion .
8 This would be managed by those with an understanding that research and development are investments which produce a return , not merely a cost .
9 These are skills which can be simulated in the classroom , but teacher and learner need to work through situations together in the real world , so that learner can receive the support she needs .
10 These are skills which departments should be adept at developing .
11 The skills involved in drafting work , examining what has been written and thinking about what has been written in relation to the original purpose of the assignment are skills which teachers stress heavily .
12 Both family planning and soil conservation are activities which governments attempt to get people to undertake .
13 Walking and swimming are activities which can be as gentle or as vigorous as you care to make them .
14 These are activities which we would be unable to perform without a detailed knowledge of their personal circumstances , and trying to persuade them auditing is even necessary or that anything has changed since Uncle Albert 's day , is nigh on impossible and certainly not an adequate reason for an additional fee .
15 His past is made up very largely of futures — plans , expectations , anxieties , fantasies , dreams and visions — but they are futures which are closed : every forward thought is stalked by death .
16 These are generalities which describe a culture only now properly coming into view .
17 However , these are generalities which should not be allowed to prejudice us .
18 They hint that there are secrets which can only be divulged and discussed with those who have also been there …
19 However , many Type A organizations are monopolies which challenge the validity of this argument .
20 The issue , shortly stated , is whether there are touchings which do not qualify as treatment so that consent may be irrelevant .
21 That is rarely , if ever , the case , but there are phenomena which approach it , and which need some thought .
22 Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four .
23 Second , are States which ratify the Convention closer to its coming into force bound by the terms of the Convention , or the terms as altered by subsequent actions of non-parties .
24 A dozen spills later I came across the Stigma note : Indicia are signs which create a certain presumption ( proof ) .
25 If there are contracts which are essential to the conduct of the business , the purchaser should make obtaining consent to assign or novate these a condition precedent .
26 There are proposals which relate to earmarking all , or a proportion of revenue from specific consumption goods ( Denton 1982 ) .
27 ‘ Sub-cultures ’ are cultures which exist in a context dominated by the decisions , values and attitudes of others .
28 Choropleth maps are maps which show the distribution of the magnitude of a variable such as population density for each of a set of areal units such as counties or enumeration districts .
29 Given our general theme , that it has been attitudes which determine methods , it is perhaps not surprising for the reader to discover that the amount of research on the effects of the systems of signing is very small indeed .
30 It is all too easy to find that the only properly planned meetings are the ones at which exchange of contracts and completion take place and those are meetings which are usually orchestrated by the solicitors acting for the buyer and the seller .
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