Example sentences of "[prep] which [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 2 | In a letter to all white collar and manual workers , chief executive Roger Davies is asking the over-50s to consider an early retirement scheme under which up to ten added years benefits are being offered if people agree to go before June 25 . |
| 3 | The opposition to Raybestos was unusual in that it involved the formation of an autonomous women 's group , in which up to 30 women became involved . |
| 4 | An educational game in which up to four players compete with animals for a set amount of food . |
| 5 | An argument over the length of their Christmas holidays was believed to have triggered the clashes , in which up to 600 people were reported killed . |
| 6 | Hoxha 's statue was pulled down , and there were clashes with police in which up to 20 people were injured according to opposition sources , although eyewitness reports said also that some members of the security forces had gone over to the side of the demonstrators . |
| 7 | Despite such precautions , early on May 22 All-India Radio started broadcasting reports of outbreaks of violence in a number of states in which up to 11 people died . |
| 8 | On Feb. 11 Peter Clowes was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment and Peter Naylor to 18 months for fraud in connection with the collapse in 1988 of the Barlow Clowes investment management group in which up to around 18,000 investors , many of them elderly , faced large potential losses of their savings . |
| 9 | Ophioprium is now defined as follows : the jaws longer than wide with one or two large apical papillae flanked on each side by 4–6 pointed oral papillae distal to which up to 4 elongated spine-like tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , the distal scales markedly distinct from the oral papillae ; the adoral shields long narrow often partially overlain by the large oral shield ; disk covered by scales obscured by dense covering of spinelets and or granules ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm open armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales . |
| 10 | Features of the micro-driven GC include : a memory card system on which up to 25 user-created applications can be stored ; a GC oven and valve block ; wide bore capillary GC columns encapsulated in a novel isothermal oven ; and pre-column backflush . |