Example sentences of "which to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the police force she joined in 1963 was a very different and difficult place in which to be ambitious . |
| 2 | THERE are more glamorous places than Glasgow in which to be liberated , but Dariusz Dziekanowski has no complaints . |
| 3 | Second , such support as there is , via the National Endowment for the Arts ( currently it is funded at $130m , which to the federal government is peanuts ) , is the more visible for being infinitesimal and therefore vulnerable . |
| 4 | And then he gave what Ramsey thought a startling answer to a question which to Ramsey was a crux . |
| 5 | Ramsey 's confirmation as the new Archbishop of York was held at Lambeth on 13 March 1956 and was marked by one of those protests which to the outsider are amusing and which to the subject of the protest are vexatious . |
| 6 | Ramsey 's confirmation as the new Archbishop of York was held at Lambeth on 13 March 1956 and was marked by one of those protests which to the outsider are amusing and which to the subject of the protest are vexatious . |
| 7 | Man more than woman , and ( which to none can hap ) |
| 8 | The significance of using this starting point , outside of the actors ' consciousness , can not be exaggerated , because it set Marx , Engels , and other Marxists on an analytical course which was fundamentally different from other social analysts of their time , and which to a certain extent still distinguishes Marxist analyses from many others . |
| 9 | Aden was the right place for forward operating facilities , but its scorching barren rocks and unhealthy climate made it an unattractive place in which to station Army and RAF units of the Strategic Reserve . |
| 10 | A sighted person can make predictions about the future course of tangible experience — falling over a precipice or hitting a wall — which to a blind man ‘ seem as strange and unaccountable as prophecy doth to others ’ . |
| 11 | She proceeded to do this earnestly , seriously , and she sounded like an old steam-engine wheezing from the depths of the water ( that idyllic sound , now long forgotten , which to those who never knew it can be described in no better way than the wheezing of an old woman breathing in and out by the edge of a pool ) . |
| 12 | She loved the night sky , brilliant with stars , which to her town dweller 's eyes , seemed much nearer to earth here in East Anglia . |
| 13 | Events in the race itself summon up less pious images , for this running of the world 's greatest Classic saw a brawling match up the straight and a sensational disqualification which to many smelled of more than one personal vendetta . |
| 14 | He would not leave his quarters , holing up like some manic , wounded beast , pacing back and forth , drinking , pausing to spout unbelievably complex monologues on genetic theory , which to Zambia sounded more like the ravings of a demented priest . |
| 15 | I would be content to keep the events locked away in my head , if only out of plain charity , or respect for those other characteristics of the person in question which to some extent balance or even explain the apparent iniquities of his behaviour . |
| 16 | I would be content to keep the events locked away in my head , if only out of plain charity , or respect for those other characteristics of the person in question which to some extent balance or even explain the apparent iniquities of his behaviour . ’ |
| 17 | It had refused to discuss an issue which to many was becoming a red herring in an attempt to win Presbyterian and , more importantly , Wesleyan support . |
| 18 | ( Some were less successful than others and had the appearance to Rose of blunt and rather insecure rowing boats , which to the end of her life she believed them to be . ) |
| 19 | For a host of reasons , the nation today has much for which to be thankful . |
| 20 | The greenery-yallery mush makes a terrific flavour to smear under or over the skin of poultry , in which to steam or microwave fish or to marinate prawns before grilling . |
| 21 | In the village , there are plenty of cafes and bars in which to while away a pleasant evening . |
| 22 | Koalas are extreme specialists — they eat very few things besides eucalyptus ; and eucalyptus is packed with fibre , tannins , and aromatic ( ‘ essential ’ ) oils which to most animals would be toxic . |
| 23 | It seems fitting to close this story — which to some degree has been the tale of redeeming the bonds , and a modest emancipation of the Ladies — with Robert Naish 's final , official words at the end of 1983 — the most auspicious year in all 80 of the Club 's history — ‘ the future is bright : let us go forward with good will and good fellowship , and enjoy it . ’ |
| 24 | In support of the proposition that the development of the nouveau roman corresponds to the transition from modernism to postmodernism , it can certainly be shown that the early productions of the nouveaux romanciers are susceptible to readings which to some extent meet the criteria of psychological realism so important in modernist aesthetics . |
| 25 | The magazines of the time carried article after article laying down the law of correct and essential dress in which to be seen on ocean crossings and cruises . |
| 26 | At the time of writing , synthetic insulin — which to the scientist is chemically identical to that secreted in the pancreas — can not be administered to diabetic people because it simply does not work ; yet pig 's insulin injected into the human body does ! |
| 27 | The most comfortable surface on which to work is a purpose built massage couch . |
| 28 | Despite these complaints — which to a large extent were valid comments on BNB at the time of the survey — the main advantages of national bibliographies as selection tools relate to two of the factors mentioned . |
| 29 | The River Otter , Coleridge 's ‘ dear native brook ’ , borders the town to the west , and makes its leisurely way through a landscape which to eighteenth-century inhabitants seemed ‘ the richest finest Country in the world ’ , and which even now preserves the striking beauty which so impressed itself on Coleridge 's young mind . |
| 30 | Where reported strain had increased , this was usually described among both action and control sample carers as due to deterioration in the sufferer 's condition ( which to the action sample carers even enhanced home care could not help ) . |