Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of these are astrocytes , which are supporting cells occupying the spaces around the nerve cells ; the third kind are oligodendrocytes which wrap closely around the nerve , providing an insulating layer which speeds conduction of the nerve impulse . |
| 2 | Genetic make-up , early childhood socialisation , class divisions and inequalities of opportunity are things which we either do not know how to change , or would involve a degree of social and economic transformation which is very unlikely to be embarked on in the name of reducing crime . |
| 3 | Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant . |
| 4 | The cost of one card is £15 which will admit up to 12 people . |
| 5 | The result is music which is overloaded with restless movement of little significance . |
| 6 | They edit games and the result is highlights which bear NO resemblance to the actual match . |
| 7 | Now , you know , behaviour that 's visible to college is behaviour which the college starts to think about wanting to regulate in some way . |
| 8 | The maximum holding is £10,000 which grows to £15,036.57 over five years . |
| 9 | In the first debate , in Clayton , Missouri , Bush was out-shone by Clinton , although in the opinion of most commentators the real winner of the contest was Perot whose performance was characterized by an informal approach and an engagingly comic eccentricity . |
| 10 | The term used to denote the relationship between the girl and her lover was sambandham which in other parts of South India denotes " marriage " of a more straightforward kind . |
| 11 | Parental attitude to smoking and peer influence are factors which affect both boys and girls taking up the smoking habit . |
| 12 | A SCHEDULE or a PLAN are concepts which can be defined as entities . |
| 13 | Dr. Edwin Pugh , director of public health medicine , said there were 1,001 things the authority wanted to do but those in the business plan were items which were thought possible during the coming year . |
| 14 | The total Community Charge arrears at 31 March 1993 as reported to the Council were £148m which represents over 10% of the total liabilities for the 4 years of Community Charge . |
| 15 | A typical Russian bread is Kulitsch which is spiced with cinnamon , cardamom , saffron and nutmeg . |
| 16 | That particular case I do n't know who this judge is judge what court is this in ? |
| 17 | The first fruit of their work was legislation which provided that no land which was not already operational could become so unless certain planning requirements were met . |
| 18 | Structure , certainty and security are goals which are closely linked to comfort goals . |
| 19 | Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis . |
| 20 | Of far greater practical importance are questions which may arise when the company 's articles of association impose restrictions on the freedom of transferability of its shares . |
| 21 | Walking and swimming are activities which can be as gentle or as vigorous as you care to make them . |
| 22 | Inadequate pre-school provision in the neighbourhood , poor play facilities for children in the evenings and holidays , the poor state of fencing on local stretches of railway or canal are things which , although vital to parents and children , are issues which are beyond the control of the school . |
| 23 | All of the group are cooks What ? |
| 24 | erm He apparently is adopting the position of a scientific naturalist , and yet all the ways in which he talks about nature are ways which personify it . |
| 25 | The impression given by the Bulletin and its Supplement is that there is universal acceptance that the car will be the preferred and available mode of transport throughout the lifespan of the houses that are being constructed ; that individual car-ownership for all eligible people will be the norm ; and thus , though the need to curb the excesses of the car is recognised , other forms of transport are aberrances which must be made to fit around the key elements of the design , which are car-friendly . |
| 26 | It is not surprising therefore that the first video materials that came with video into the classroom were materials which had been made originally as films or broadcast television programmes . |
| 27 | The first drugs which could be relied on to reduce the dangerously high arterial pressure which precedes strokes and heart failure were substances which blocked the actions of acetylcholine at these ganglia , and so prevented the passage of nervous messages which put up the blood pressure . |
| 28 | The chronometers , now kept in full working order at the observatory were clocks which kept accurate time at sea , solving the problem of determining longitude and paving the way for some of the greatest world discoveries . |
| 29 | Erm , live in Manchester , my natural place is Stockport which is , a little just outside Stockport , where I 've lived Erm , it 's taken me years to live |
| 30 | While Word for Windows 2 already included Drag and Drop , a more novel use of the mouse is SmartClick which uses the right button . |