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

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1 Characteristics which were found to be statistically significant in their relation to manufacturing employment change were deemed to be contributory causes of it .
2 At the same time , SCOTVEC is continuing to respond to the wishes of some industry Lead Bodies to develop units which are designed to be delivered and assessed in the workplace .
3 Thrifts were banned by law from investing in equities which were deemed to be too risky .
4 However , some commuters are designed with micro-instruction formats much more similar to normal machine code instruction formats , especially those computers which are designed to be microprogrammed by their users .
5 The GEF is likely to handle most of the funds which are expected to be pledged by donor countries under conventions on climate change and the protection of biological diversity due to be agreed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , in June .
6 Parents are also totally against shutting schools which are seen to be unsuccessful an integral point of Education Secretary John Patten 's new Bill .
7 The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ .
8 Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust .
9 Words which are meant to be comforting and familiar may be frightening or threatening .
10 Words which are meant to be symbols of reality take the place of what they stand for .
11 The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday .
12 For examples of bye-laws which were held to be ultra vires , see Scottish General Transport Co. v. Glasgow Corporation , 1928 S.C .
13 It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic .
14 Local education authorities which were found to be abusing their powers risked direct action by Whitehall , he said in a letter to 108 chief education officers in England .
15 The Government has stated that , as well as continuing cover on non-vested markets for NCM , it will provide reinsurance for those contracts which are deemed to be in the ‘ national interest ’ for as long as the Government considers its existence essential to meet the reasonable needs of exporters and so long as it performs satisfactorily as a trading facility .
16 These distinctions are vitally important : whereas teachers of foreign languages are working with a body of knowledge and skills which is expected to be put to use mainly in employment or during vacations abroad , community language teachers are relating to perceptions of identity , culture , and prejudice as experienced by dynamic sections of the population here in Britain .
17 ‘ Regulations , directives and decisions of the Council and of the Commission shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall refer to any proposals or opinions which were required to be obtained pursuant to this Treaty . ’
18 3.3 While it may be sufficient , in practical terms , to know that the assessment of damages for pain and suffering or other non-primary loss , is , in any particular case , going to depend largely upon the amounts awarded in previous cases which are perceived to be similar , or at least , where there are no such cases , upon the generality of awards of compensation for injury of that general type , that is unsatisfactory as a conceptual basis of compensation .
19 Furthermore this number underestimates the number of external programmes which were expected to be attended during 1984/5 because a number of authorities ( 16 in our sample ) were not able to indicate or estimate this , in the spring of 1984 :
20 Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so .
21 Although British merger policy has lacked consistency and coherence , it has been based on the principle that mergers which are deemed to be ‘ against the public interest ’ should be prevented .
22 The new gondola lift whisks you high into the mountains , to views which are reputed to be the finest in the Tyrol .
23 However , products which are known to be available on request may receive better ongoing coverage in the media simply because they are useful for photography .
24 Other animals featuring on the list are wallaby , bandicoot and potoroo , and 12 species of animals and birds which are feared to be already extinct .
25 Rewards which are perceived to be unfairly distributed are a major switch-off .
26 The first draft provides guidance on the auditor 's responsibilities relating to the audit of figures from preceding periods which are required to be included in , and therefore form part of , the current financial statements .
27 On reflection , does my right hon. Friend agree that precious police resources — the figure of £2 million has been mentioned — should not be used on vindictive , Soviet or Israeli-type show trials which are bound to be a travesty of British justice as practised by this country for a long time ?
28 There is no uniform or objective way of reporting events in all their detail , exactly as they happen in the real world ; the structure of each language highlights , and to a large extent preselects , certain areas which are deemed to be fundamental to the reporting of any experience .
29 Their erm conditions were very basic , and I took two fluffy hot water bottles which were going to be used as incubators for the premature babies , that 's all they had , and I took out lots of needles and the surgical gloves and a special instrument for operations .
30 Given the horrific effects which are bound to be visited upon the countries of Eastern Europe in the event of a prolonged conflict , the Warsaw Pact 's non-Soviet members may be disinclined to resist he logic of Soviet strategy .
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