Example sentences of "of [noun] which [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , the extension of this system might well reach the stage when directives are given from political headquarters as to the line of action which ought to be taken locally . |
| 2 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 3 | Certainly those who had been accused of witchcraft or committed suicide could not be buried in the churchyard : second best was usually the crossroads , a memory perhaps of some measure of sanctity which may over time have become attached to leys because of their association with other sacred sites . |
| 4 | Named after the strips of lead which used to be inserted between lines of metal type . |
| 5 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 6 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 7 | The only really satisfactory way to solve the whole problem is to assume that there are certain types of goods which can at the same time be " ordinarily " for private use and for commercial use . |
| 8 | It was miraculous to find so young a girl , of Juliet 's own age , with a depth of passion which could by rights only have belonged to an older woman ; the problem of casting the ideal was solved . |
| 9 | In their Narratives of love and loss ( 1987 , pp.1–2 ) they have set out ‘ to understand and … explain the astonishing emotional depth and moving power of works which might at first sight appear deceptively simple to adult readers , written as they are to be read by children ’ . |
| 10 | That operation as I understand it is certainly either available on the National Health or er likely to be available on the national health I have not understood that it is the sort of operation which will for any reason suddenly need to be done and I bear in mind that the plaintiff has had already an operation on his hip done on the National Health , it seems to me on the probabilities that there is a very strong probability that that operation will be done on the National Health and not done privately and for that reason it does not seem to me right to include any sum in relation to that in the damages . |
| 11 | He accepted in principle the " right of return " of Greek Cypriot refugees ( apparently abandoning his preference for mass compensation ) , but suggested a number of restrictions which would in fact limit that right . |
| 12 | The argument advanced here is that insider dealing is the sort of conduct which ought to be criminal . |
| 13 | ‘ You still have the kind of face which ought to be in the business of launching ships . ’ |