Example sentences of "[prep] which [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are new flat roof systems about which are supposed to be better , but they suffer from the same inherent disadvantages as their earlier counterparts . |
| 2 | Measor ( 1983 ; 1984 ) , for example , has shown that children have very clear ideas about which are high-status subjects in school , and which low-status . |
| 3 | Bear that in mind and also an important part of communications that 's why there 's always so many problems about which is right . |
| 4 | Even granting that theory is involved in applying concepts like ‘ money supply ’ and ‘ inflation ’ , and that there is room for dispute about which is prior to which , there is no substitute for observation . |
| 5 | For his drawings Rembrandt made use of any old piece of paper lying about which was suitable . |
| 6 | But I do n't think it really ever I mean there were quite a lot of initiatives like that you know of people thinking of different ways really of of sticking together to combat er you know what I 've been talking about which was smashing unionism and er forcing lower wages really onto the the already low paid , which er really seems to be what Thatcher 's all about you know in order to er curb inflation and create a very divided society where er half the population seem to have to live either on the dole or in in poverty really in in derelict bits of Britain . |
| 7 | We 're talking about hundreds , not thousands here because there are six hundred clubs , so we 're talking , but I think though we , we hope to be able to give significant amounts of money to pay for perhaps safety boats , perhaps instructors , perhaps rescue boat fuel , enough to kick-start these courses off which is important and those forms are going out at the end of the week and when the money 's gone we 'll stop giving the grants out . |
| 8 | Yeah erm so er yeah right that 's er because I mean what 's nice to see in these things is if you 're able to tell some sort of coherent little story from er y'know kind of these er people 's ideas , themes , speculations , evidence from previous studies and all that kind of thing and this is this is the data that we 've got that tells us something about those and says how misconceived they all are or how it may confirm them or whatever and then y'know a couple of bits sort of so it 's like a nice narrative but sort of fairly y'know sort of continuous argument going through which is nice to see and so er yeah . |
| 9 | But he stresses that the progress in contemplative experience , reformation in feeling developing from reformation in faith , is part of an organic process of growth to a peace and fulfilment the longing for which is innate in man who may mistakenly and unnaturally think it resides in material circumstances : Scale 2 is pervaded by a sense of the reality of a dimension to human experience beyond the confines of time and sin , though it is only accessed through them . |
| 10 | , built in 1630 , gets its name from the cannon-ball embedded in the wall , the reason for which is unknown . |
| 11 | Senior Citizen Railcard holders can obtain concessions on Golden Rail Holidays , brochures for which are available from railway stations or travel agents , and can also purchase a Rail Europe Senior Card from British Rail , which entitles holders to discounts of up to 50 per cent on Continental rail travel . |
| 12 | The charter explicitly promised the privatisation of British Rail , detailed plans for which were supposed to be set out in a white paper . |
| 13 | Further investment was made during the year with the acquisition of 47% of Houston-based ERC Industries Inc. which is involved in the remanufacture and repair of valves and wellhead equipment . |
| 14 | Indeed , on the evidence of surviving specimens ( the numbers of which are surprising given the delicacy of the material ) the glass worker is often seen to have embraced both a painterly and sculptural flair for colour , form and detail highlighting his creativity and sophistication . |
| 15 | Archaeologists have found 28 skeletons , six iron spearheads , five iron shield bosses , 18 iron knives , 12 decorated bronze brooches some of which are gilded , six pairs of bronze wrist and clothes clasps , two spindle whorls -one ceramic and one of glass — one bone comb , two pots and 90 beads . |
| 16 | My intention was to juxtapose two of her works , both of which are illustrative of different periods . |
| 17 | You may enjoy a visit to the farm shop or see the collection of animals , some of which are rare breeds . |
| 18 | Among the extant Hotteterre instruments there are only three transverse flutes , all of which are representative of the earliest three-piece model , and are stamped ‘ Hotteterre ’ with an anchor below . |
| 19 | At present , the accurate diagnosis of PVO requires either arterial portography or splenoportography , both of which are invasive radiological proceedures that may have complications , particularly in patients with a coagulopathy . |
| 20 | That policy seems to have done the Norwegian Red , some of which are black , no harm in other respects . |
| 21 | Indeed paragraph 1.17 of the White Paper lists five important aims of the changes proposed , four of which are financial : |
| 22 | Labels are often supplemented by well written ‘ data sheets ’ giving additional information some of which are usable as wall posters . |
| 23 | Though in America there are about 1,000 biotechnology companies , 100 of which are successful , in Britain they are rare . |
| 24 | Many governments thus resort to financing expenditure through domestic bank borrowing and printing money , both of which are inflationary . |
| 25 | There are at least six million abortions every year in India alone , five million of which are illegal . |
| 26 | This contribution takes several forms , all of which are complex and contested . |
| 27 | These are heterodimers consisting of one αchain and one β chain , both of which are necessary for adhesive binding . |
| 28 | The cyclic of rise to power and decay of elites is held by Pareto to be inevitable and is explained by the alteration in elites of the proportions of these residues , both of which are necessary for the maintenance of rule . |
| 29 | Neither figure displays the within-group variation or the numbers of subjects within each stratum , both of which are necessary to assess the meaningfulness of the between-group differences . |
| 30 | Chinese food runs the gamut — from the healthy fish and vegetable soups , steamed fish and rice , and quick-cooked shellfish and stir- fries , all of which are good choices for the figure-conscious — to the calorie-laden sticky spare ribs , deep-fried batter prawns and spring rolls , and glutinous sweet-and-sour sauced dishes . |