Example sentences of "which is of " in BNC.

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1 It thus appears to neglect a significant part of care under the National Health Service which is of crucial importance to elderly people and their carers .
2 Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country .
3 Kenya 's one formal window frame manufacturer has been forced to move into a completely different business as the jua kali producers have been able to dominate the market with a product which is of equal quality but considerably cheaper .
4 The house is built of rock-faced sandstone which is of the deepest pink , peculiar to this area , and its roofs are of patterned slate .
5 ‘ She is — was — extremely competent , as well as very good at getting on with people , which is of course critical to jobs like that .
6 This is the Achilles ' heel of Abelard 's theory , because Christ 's death is only explicable if it saves us from a serious and dreadful predicament which is of eternal significance .
7 This is only one of the things that can happen to the electrons , but it is the one which is of interest in the production of TL .
8 But a case which is of enormous embarrassment to sport may not yet be over and the International Amateur Athletic Federation might not regard the matter as closed .
9 It now has a cricket pitch , which is of county standard ; and when the village 's older inhabitants go to town they are ferried in taxis .
10 Even small amounts of out-of-hours work are disruptive of one 's home life , the quality of which is of vital importance given the stressful nature of the team 's regular work .
11 While the report was acknowledging considerable dieback , the press release which accompanied it three days before Christmas ( a traditional moment for government departments to ‘ bury ’ embarrassing statistics ) spoke only of ‘ no sign … of the forest decline which is of such great concern in central Europe ’ .
12 Both are projected activities , for in each case one 's attention is directed away from oneself , which is of course what offers the protection .
13 The debate , amongst both academics and practitioners , which emerged from these reports is still going on and it is this debate which is of interest to schools .
14 A theoretical perspective which is of considerable value is put forward by Gorry and Scott Morton ( 1975 ) , who draw on the work of Anthony ( 1965 ) in the area of managerial activity and Simon 's ( 1966 ) analysis of decisions , to develop a sophisticated framework for management information systems .
15 The Earth is just the right distance from a star , the Sun , which is of just the right kind of size .
16 Inside , the three-storey mill retains much of its equipment , which is of a fairly conventional layout .
17 She was absolutely right about the salt-water lagoon , which is of European status as a bird refuge , but other , neglected parts of the island grew dense and dark with rhododendrons .
18 Peter once said that the true inner self is ‘ the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit , which is of great worth in God 's sight . ’
19 Sometimes we just look for something to do which is n't work or bringing the children up ( which is of course work , but without cash payment ) or sleeping or watching the TV or shopping .
20 Make a note of any page which is of special importance and what its relevance is .
21 Fortunately , a framework was recently developed which is of great help in delineating appropriate value-adding roles for librarians and information scientists .
22 Within such a context it is easier to see how a series of advances , retreats and confusing divisions can be explained as part of a general shift which is of wider significance than the accumulation of a mass of detailed incidents , each of which can only be fully explained in terms of its own unique genesis .
23 The oddity is that the jurist seems to deal only with the second question , which is of much less complexity than the first .
24 It is the simple or formulaic use of the trust clause which is of the greater significance .
25 One further method of tension reduction which is of interest has been described by Graff and Mallin ( 1967 ) .
26 The most practical source of such radiation has been synchrotron radiation , which is of limited spectral purity and is available only at a few facilities .
27 There is yet another vast area of human experience wherein the need to condense many vague and widely varied beliefs and hopes into a single credible interpretation capable of being incorporated into a definition of ‘ god ’ , which is of immeasurable importance .
28 Nevertheless , it is unrealistic to expect clients always to seek advice on these matters from sources other than the building designer , and a basic knowledge of planning law , compensation and the individual vagaries in attitudes of planning authorities is often the basis of releasing latent development value which is of tangible benefit and for which the client is prepared to pay high rewards .
29 But it is the rear-view binocular field which is of particular use in keeping the rabbit safe .
30 For example , the proceedings in the Philip Morris case , which is of significance in the context of mergers and takeovers ( see pp. 87–134 ) , arose from the rejection by the Commission of a complaint by a cigarette manufacturer that certain agreements between two of its competitors were likely to restrict competition .
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