Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 2 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |
| 3 | He pulled up in fourth gear at the foot of the balustraded stone steps which led up to the solicitor 's office : Totteridge , Spruce and Hardnut , Commissioners for Oaths , said the brass plate . |
| 4 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 5 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 6 | Rousing herself , she glanced at the huge diamond solitaire on her left hand as if for reassurance , before picking up her luggage and heading for the steps which led down to the landing-stage and the vaporetti . |
| 7 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |
| 8 | When ripe these pear-shaped fungi are filled with dust-like spores which pour out of the small central opening at the slightest movement . |
| 9 | The incident was one of many domestic crises which crowded in upon the royal couple in those tumultuous early days . |
| 10 | The state also has authority to determine disputes which arise out of the operation of its laws . |
| 11 | Unlike a bus , its wheels are guarded by lifeguard trays which drop on to the rail when the hinged gates under the front of the tram are swung back upon impact . |
| 12 | Every few weeks he will have to spend a weekend at home near a telephone on call to handle any emergencies which crop up in the area . |
| 13 | The surface of each of the dendrites which branch out from the neuronal cell body is covered with synapses — perhaps up to ten thousand in all — arising from the other neurons which thus make contact with them . |
| 14 | Charles remembered from working on The Strutters with him that George had always had an approximate approach to the text , relying , as did so many television actors , on a sort of paraphrase of the speeches which homed in on the right cue . |
| 15 | The fact that trajectories which wander out of the region may later return ( after wandering chaotically near the strange attractor ) is of no concern ; we are concerned only with trajectories that remain forever within the small region , and a strange collection of these is removed . |
| 16 | This is overlain by further sandstones and silty red-beds which pass up into the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone . |
| 17 | Instead of being built on a mound , natural or artificial , and surrounded by a moat , Dunbar 's rose in lofty towers on a series of pointed rock-stacks which thrust out of the sea , these linked ingeniously by covered stone bridges . |
| 18 | In the attic they uncovered an exciting collection of 19th century Cambridge University calendars year books which fit in with the fact that Mr Edelson was closely connected with Trinity College . |
| 19 | Certainly those responsible for some of the decisions that have lead to outright closures could learn a lot by looking at these institutions which date back to the nineteenth century and earlier and will no doubt continue to survive . |
| 20 | This would enable readers to identify outhoused books , and to submit requests for them at times which tie in with the scheduled delivery service . |
| 21 | A big cat that has only recently gone extinct is the sabre-tooth ( " tiger " ) , named after its colossal canine teeth which jutted down from the upper jaw in the front of what must have been a terrifying gape . |
| 22 | Qualified staff at the centre , plus out own Staff from Heriot 's enable us to work with groups of five or six pupils on fieldwork and practical activities which tie in with the year 's curriculum . |
| 23 | We both reach the slanting , stepped strata which dip down round the summit , and above us , suddenly , came a lightening ; an orange disc , a blueness , a sudden bursting through and resolution of mountain form , a drama of cloudfall , a flotilla of peaks afloat on the vaporous sea . |
| 24 | Tamar turned along the track which led away from the village and the harvest fields , choosing instead the path through the thick woods which stretched down to the river bank . |
| 25 | Even along the coast in the marvellous new holiday centres , you will appreciate the deep blue seas and surprisingly uncrowded beaches , and wonder at the mountains and fragrant , herb-scented woods which tumble down to the shore . |
| 26 | They also reduce land loss , since it is estimated that channels with 50 per cent tree and shrub cover on both banks require only approximately half the width for a given volume of bankfull flood-water speeding through the channel , compared to treeless brooks which erode out into the adjacent fields . |
| 27 | The group then undertook local information meetings which built up to the campaign 's first large public meeting in Letterfrack , Co . |
| 28 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 29 | Everyone is happy to jump-to and work hard on a new factory opening or a big product launch , but they are not so eager to rush off and fulfil the everyday requests which come in from the media . |
| 30 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |