Example sentences of "[prep] which [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly the strangest of Sulawesi 's amazing fauna , the babirusa , a species of pig with four tusks , two of which curve backwards over the head . |
| 2 | Though personal taste tends toward late nineteenth- and twentieth-century European art , his gifts many of which went directly into the galleries have ranged from Egyptian and Roman antiquities and Tiffany glass , to Ming armchairs , an eighteenth-century Italian chest , and a Native American painted elk hide . |
| 3 | Two console tables and two encoigneurs in the same taste complete the furniture , with the exception of the carpet , which is Axminster , of suitable design , and the rich tones of which contrast advantageously with the delicate effect of the other furniture : in the centre of the design are the Royal Arms . |
| 4 | Individuals and corporations hold portfolios of assets , the precise composition of which depends both on the characteristics of those assets and on the asset holder 's attitude to risky outcomes . |
| 5 | The report recommended a number of wide-ranging changes to company reporting , many of which correspond closely with the recommendations put forward in the UK by Sir Ron Dearing . |
| 6 | After four attempts to set our 45lb CQR in the thin sand-over-rock bottom , we gave up and put out a couple of 40lb Danforths , both of which bit hard on the first attempt . |
| 7 | With this approach the current crisis of Western societies is the inevitable outcome of the contradictions implicit in capitalism society , all of which derive ultimately from the ownership of the means of production being in private hands . |
| 8 | Moreover , it has already been argued ( in Chapter 1 ) that there was a combination of influences at work internationally during those years which was conducive to rapid expansion , some of which arose directly from the war . |
| 9 | The huge quantity of accumulated paper values are tokens , the realisation of which lies wholly in the future and depends , on the one hand , on the conditions of capitalist reproduction and , on the other hand , on the very existence of the capitalist system . |
| 10 | These cells are specialized sensory neurones embedded in a mucous membrane , each of which connects directly with the brain by means of a single long nerve fibre . |
| 11 | There have been more cancelled and postponed competitions here in the last few years than live ones — all of which reflects badly on the BMC as controllers . |
| 12 | Many of the great trees of the Carboniferous were lycopods , the trunks of which contributed largely to the formation of coal . |
| 13 | Golf and fishing are the national sports of Scotland , for both male and female , and I remember Mother , who was also a moderate golfer , fishing on a river adjacent to a golf-course , avoiding the balls flying past her head , many of which flew straight into the river . |
| 14 | The first three are measures from the GRE assessment , all of which rely heavily on the ‘ standard ’ measures of housing characteristics from the Census . |
| 15 | Before joining battle on the value judgements in the theses of Fairlie and Butt , both of which agree basically with the assessment given here of the powers and role of the House of Commons today , it is worth establishing the facts , both historical and contemporary . |
| 16 | The election result has given the Conservatives five years in which to press ahead with the changes . |
| 17 | Those of you who are still concerned about our results should take comfort in the fact that these are early days and with the season barely three-quarters over we still have ten games remaining in which to pull away from the bottom . |