Example sentences of "[noun] which [verb] them [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the goals from McStay , McAllister and McClair which gave the Scots a stirring win in Norrkoping , and the bite of McCall which gave them a formidable balance . |
| 2 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 3 | The argument gains force when applied to boxing where the emphasis shifts to the muscular flexibility and , as manager Terry Lawless put it , the ‘ natural fluidity ’ of black fighters which gives them a distinct edge over their more rigid white counterparts : |
| 4 | The Young Engineers Clubs aim to encourage a greater number of Scotland 's more able youngsters to continue with subjects which give them the option of tertiary education in science or engineering . |
| 5 | They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense . |
| 6 | cylinders of butter wrapped in butter-muslin which gives them a ‘ cloudy ’ appearance . |
| 7 | With great trepidation and much backsliding the tsar eventually granted the serfs a sort of freedom , but if their interests had been dear to his heart he could have committed himself earlier and pressed harder for a settlement which gave them an economically viable future . |
| 8 | Worse still , the new Leeds are as sly and provocative as Don Revie 's sides , with none of the skills which made them the Liverpool of the Seventies . |
| 9 | They do not uplift or inspire by style or ‘ credo ’ as do , say , C S Lewis , Primo Levi or Bonhoeffer 's LETTERS FROM PRISON , but James and Spark certainly have a richness of language and a liveliness which makes them a good read . |
| 10 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 11 | Moreover attempts to relate language classes to other strands systematically have not always been popular , many students preferring a language course which gives them an insight into cultural trends , with texts drawn from recent magazines , broadcasts , etc . |
| 12 | Even if there never will be any easy answers to such questions , and certainly not ones which could be read off from some kind of ‘ correct analysis ’ , it is still the case that the better informed we are about the complexities which underlie them the quicker we will be able to learn from our mistakes . |
| 13 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 14 | Despite the exhortations of the British , they were very often reluctant to carry out police duties which brought them no profit . |
| 15 | As well as the conventional cytochrome and flavo-protein electron transport system , many nematodes have " haemoglobin " in their body fluids which gives them a red pigmentation . |
| 16 | Early air travellers often flew for adventure , not just speed , and some travellers today , who do not have to cram a two-week break into a busy year , have gone back to earlier forms of transport which give them a far sharper sense of going places . |
| 17 | Bell Lawrie has 14,000 portfolio clients against Brewin Dolphin 's 18,000 and together they are one of the largest private client brokers in the UK which gives them a certain amount of clout . |
| 18 | They see Caller Display as a service which gives them a window on the world , through which they can stop unwanted calls and increase their sense of security . ’ |
| 19 | The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success . |
| 20 | In 1943 , the Maronites had agreed to an unwritten National Covenant which awarded them the presidency of Lebanon , command of the Lebanese army and other assets in return for their abandonment of French protection . |
| 21 | Hirszowicz summarizes the specific features of communist bureaucracies which make them a new species of bureaucratic order as follows : |
| 22 | Beside giving them access to a number of secret SimFic files — files which gave them the location of several special projects Berdichev had instigated — they had also contained several items of particular interest . |
| 23 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 24 | Scientism is a not-unattractive doctrine , and was especially so to a rising professional middle-class who associated with it theories of eugenics and of mankind which gave them a pleasing sense of class and racial superiority ; but in the later nineteenth century there was no reason to anticipate these darker sides of progress . |
| 25 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 26 | They owed much to their New Zealand coach , Murray Kidd , for a 20–9 victory which put them a point ahead of the rest , Shannon being thrust down to second place . |
| 27 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 28 | In a bid to simulate a cave of ice the set walls were coated in a fibre-glass matte mixture which gave them a shiny , brittle look under the correct lighting . |
| 29 | What , Europe wondered , were they looking for on their whirlwind tour which allowed them an average of twenty-eight hours at every city they investigated ? |
| 30 | ‘ People ought to be able to decide whether they want to take risks on the basis of information which gives them an idea of how much risk there is , ’ says Helen Peggs , ‘ but at the moment the information they get is often distorted . ’ |