Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] [prep] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never having taken much interest in the garden at Four Winds , other than it being a place in which to read or play solitary games , she at first decided that it was probably best to let him have his way ; but his silences began to unnerve her , as much as his occasional seemingly innocent remarks about his previous employers . |
| 2 | It 's a scene in which only serious players will survive . |
| 3 | Now as you probably know this is a level nine course it 's a it 's a course on which a platform is erected for other courses as Gordon said then the the introduction to management you have to make a short presentation do n't you but it does n't concentrate just on this . |
| 4 | But the station 's spokesman Jeff Simpson said last night : ‘ It 's a direction in which Radio One has been going for a couple of years . |
| 5 | First an interview with Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director , who had written the paragraph in It 's a R.I.P. Off which first aroused our interest in the subject . |
| 6 | It 's a book in which euphoria and anguish mingle uncomfortably . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a task in which I stand ready to join John Major whenever he is ready to begin , ’ he said . |
| 8 | It is a country in which drug traffickers , be they Colombians or of another nationality , are finding it very difficult to operate today . |
| 9 | Both these lights are operative in the writings of the mystics as means by which man sees his own true nature and in doing so also a reflection of God ; it is a state in which they feel themselves to be most fully alive . |
| 10 | One of his last poems , " The Cultivation of Christmas Trees " , was published in the autumn as part of the Faber " Ariel " series : it is a poem in which the memories of childhood Christmases are kept alive through the experience of age and weariness , both the beginning and end of life coming together in the fear and love of God . |
| 11 | It is a film in which little seems to happen yet everything changes . |
| 12 | It is a way in which diversity and the desire to better oneself can be accommodated . |
| 13 | It is a way in which the dominant class of landowners manipulates a subordinate one . |
| 14 | Extent of labour force participation is an important indicator of the position of women because on the one hand , it is a way in which women contribute to the economic development of their countries and , on the other , because work is a major source of income which gives access to education , culture , power and other factors influencing social status . |
| 15 | It is a maze in which Tory Members wander blindly , from time to time colliding with each other . |
| 16 | It is a question of which side of the river you take — the Maidenhead or the Buckinghamshire side . |
| 17 | It is a question with which promoters and television are constantly grappling , but I believe that the answer is self-evident . |
| 18 | It is a system by which people can be governed , that is , made to do things they would not otherwise do , and made to refrain from doing things they otherwise might do . |
| 19 | Classical conditioning requires the combined occurrence of two events ; it is a procedure in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits a reflex or other response until the neutral stimulus alone comes to elicit a similar response . |
| 20 | It is a story with which all machine knitters are very familiar and although there are no magic wands there are many ways out of the hole that she feels she has dug herself into . |
| 21 | It is a story in which the case of Primo Levi , that of a dissident , gifted , magical , mustardly Jew , might at moments be thought to be implicated . |
| 22 | It is a passage in which he is concerned with the nature of life in Christ ( for it is a baptismal statement ) . |
| 23 | The citizens charter is not only a programme of new suggestions ; it is a framework under which we can produce further suggestions ourselves . |
| 24 | It is a subject with which we are thoroughly familiar ; we see hundreds of them every day , and of course , we all live inside a human body . |
| 25 | It is a subject with which we are thoroughly familiar ; we see hundreds of them every day , and of course , we all live inside a human body . |
| 26 | Using Bernstein 's terminology , we can characterize physics as a discipline which has ‘ strong frames ’ and ‘ strong classification ’ ; it is a subject in which ‘ the educational relationship tends to be hierarchical and ritualised , the educand seen as ignorant , with little status and few rights ’ . |
| 27 | I assure the hon. Gentleman that it is a subject in which I take the keenest interest . |
| 28 | Sadly it is a society in which professed ignorance of things scientific is sometimes paraded as a virtue . |
| 29 | It is a disposition with which I wholly agree . |
| 30 | It is a problem of which Mr Major is well aware . |