Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Without the pounds , boats in passage might have to wait while the locks above filled with water , before the lock through which it is passing can fill .
2 But just as the overall form of our body remains the same , despite the constant replacement of the atoms and molecules of which it is made , so is the overall form of nature maintained as identifiably the same old physical universe , though the pattern may alter markedly over the course of time .
3 So the choice comes down to twist or braid , and the synthetic material from which it is made .
4 though the contract is not in itself unlawful , the purpose for which it is made or for which the subject matter is to be applied is unlawful or the intended method of performance is unlawful ; or
5 SKF ( U.K. ) Limited Relocation expense repayment ‘ This payment is made upon condition that if within two years of the date upon which it is made , you give notice to terminate your employment with this company , or we summarily terminate it because of misconduct , you will make repayment to us as follows : — a ) If such notice is given or the employment is so terminated within nine months , the repayment will be the full amount .
6 An evening dress , for instance , would be modelled while the sales clerk answers questions about it , describes the material from which it is made and discusses the sizes and price .
7 The difference is that his compound is a nanocomposite — the crystals from which it is made are between two nanometres ( two millionths of a millimetre ) and ten nanometres across .
8 But , it is important to remember before making a complaint that the manner in which it is made may bear directly on the likelihood of achieving a satisfactory resolution to the problem .
9 Then the spider will roll it up and , so as not to waste the valuable protein of which it is made , eat it .
10 The decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on which it is made shall be communicated by the committee in writing to … the appellant …
11 One of the substances from which it is made , tryptophan , can be used by the brain directly from food .
12 To help you to identify what can be recycled , many Tesco products are clearly labelled with the distinctive Tesco Cares " recyclable " logo and the name of the material from which it is made .
13 The distortion resulting from this can be magnified in various ways ; for example , a total or a sub-total within a table will combine the errors in the counts from which it is made up , as will a variable obtained by calculations using affected variables , or by aggregating several Enumeration Districts or wards .
14 The application shall state the proposed terms , the grounds on which it is made and include a signed statement of the debtor 's means .
15 For buyers , that rarity would be assured by total production of only 20,000 compared with 2 million for the model on which it is based .
16 The film 's producer , Saul Zaentz , waited 20 years to obtain the rights to the Peter Matthiessen novel on which it is based .
17 Labour needs to review its programme , but will never win by ditching the principles on which it is based , says Deputy Leader ROY HATTERSLEY
18 That requires a major re-examination of our programme — though not of the philosophy on which it is based .
19 Otherwise , there will be a tendency to rely on the information that the system provides without adequately reviewing the underlying assumptions upon which it is based .
20 Unlike the eternal ideal model on which it is based , the universe is subject to change .
21 Such a theory is , according to Ives ( 1987 ) , too simplistic not least because much of the data on deforestation and fuelwood consumption on which it is based are unsound .
22 Urquhart says the board 's new figures can not be assessed until the research on which it is based is published in full .
23 From a Christian point of view therefore the root cause of the crisis of capitalism is not bigger government or more complex technology or even defects in the system of property rights , but certain false values on which it is based .
24 Integral-25 , and the Integrative Series upon which it is based , are Yamaichi 's latest advancements in financial information systems — and the beginnings of a new range of information services .
25 The magnitude of this ratio , rather than the exact validity of the aggregate figures on which it is based , ought to be stressed , for it reveals just how much more objective damage is caused to persons at work than members of the public experience through ‘ conventional ’ criminal violence .
26 Certain themes emerge from this discussion of patterns of kin support in the past which give some clues to the type of social processes that underlie the giving and receiving of support in families , and the principles upon which it is based .
27 You do not condemn the whole of his profession , nor question the validity of the underlying mystical assumptions upon which it is based .
28 Although the Black report does not contain any explicit statement about the period that it covers , none of the analyses on which it is based go beyond 1983 .
29 The ‘ facts ’ on which it is based are those of the unconscious emotional life of groups , and as such it can be entertained as an important contribution to the understanding of such feelings and actions in human groups .
30 The question is , does this added complexity and the assumption on which it is based add anything to the overall performance ?
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