Example sentences of "which [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence is provided by a number of low scarps which wind for considerable distances across the Mercurian surface . |
| 2 | Scott Cairns , promoted from within to fill the role vacated by Mr Milne , aims to lift Scottish investment from 63 p.c. to 70 p.c. , and increase the retail content at the expense of offices , which account for 55 p.c . |
| 3 | Conversely , musculo-skeletal problems , which account for few deaths of those aged 65 + , are a major cause of disability in the community . |
| 4 | And the figures would have been higher still , but for a smaller rise in car offences which account for three quarters of all reported crimes . |
| 5 | Filter tip cigarettes , which account for some 97% of cigarettes sales in the UK , yield less tar than plain cigarettes although some filter brands yield more carbon monoxide . |
| 6 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 7 | Majority opinion in the ILP was best expressed in the resolution moved on behalf of the Rugby Branch , which argued for continued affiliation on the basis of a satisfactory revision of Parliamentary Standing Orders . |
| 8 | Black people are now moving back to the People 's National Movement , which ruled for 30 years before Mr Robinson came to power . |
| 9 | The oldest known tree was a bristlecone pine in Nevada which lived for 5100 years . |
| 10 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 11 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 12 | The idea of the humane , creatively enlightened State , which cared for ordinary men and their development , was in his thinking always overshadowed by that of the power-State , Spartan , demanding and careless of the feelings or immediate interests of the individual . |
| 13 | As Robyn Penrose is winding up her lecture , and Vic Wilcox is commencing his tour of the machine shop , Philip Swallow returns from a rather tiresome meeting of the Arts Faculty Postgraduate Studies Committee ( which wrangled for two hours about the proposed revision of a clause in the PhD regulations and then voted to leave it unchanged , an expenditure of time that seemed all the more vain since there are scarcely any new candidates for the PhD in arts subjects anyway these days ) to find a rather disturbing message from the Vice-Chancellor 's office . |
| 14 | Organs ranged from the 1,000 guinea pipe organ to ‘ The Sunday School Union 's ‘ New Baby Organ ’ ’ which sold for five guineas and promised a ‘ very sweet tone ’ . |
| 15 | And yet , he painted delicate water colours which sold for high prices . |
| 16 | He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner . |
| 17 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for five years and consists of six appointed Senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 18 | Both countries were among the non-permanent membership of the Council , which sits for two years , the others for that particular two-year period being Canada , Colombia , the Ivory Coast , Ethiopia , Finland , Malaysia , Romania and Zaire . |
| 19 | But here and throughout there is an illuminating clarity of texture , purity of sound and impeccable intonation which make for satisfying listening . |
| 20 | One such was an Ajdabiyan municipal policeman , one of the body of men employed to enforce local traffic and marketing regulations , rules about the disposal of garbage — all those minor matters which make for such amenity as the growing towns manage to achieve . |
| 21 | I find it important that the ‘ ceiling ’ of the cave should be reasonably low and the entrance small , for which reason I usually use broken pots which make for smaller caves . |
| 22 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 23 | And yet surprisingly little is known about the factors which make for public acceptance . |
| 24 | Some have wide spools which make for longer casting . |
| 25 | Clearly there is no complete consensus regarding the effects of emotional arousal on memory , the reason for this is that there is no single simple relationship which holds for all types and degrees of arousal on all types of memory performance . |
| 26 | Prosamo ( which stands for planned release of selected and modified organisms ) is sponsoring a wide range of studies on the behaviour of genetically engineered organisms in the environment . |
| 27 | SQL , which stands for structured query language , is a calculus-based language used on a number of database systems , for example , DB2 and Oracle . |
| 28 | According to the Limited Partnerships ( Unrestricted Size ) No 1 Regulations 1971 , which provide for limited partnerships in surveying and allied professions beyond the usual maximum of twenty members , not more than one quarter of the total number of partners can be limited partners . |
| 29 | stage 1 modules which provide for basic competences |
| 30 | pay policies which provide for just rewards ( individual or team bonuses ) for outstanding effort , achievements and innovation ; |