Example sentences of "which [vb -s] for [det] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For this latest run there are 10 young reporters , sometimes investigating in pairs , which allows for some of the ideas examined to be dramatised .
2 As Shaw and Stockford ( 1979 , p. 122 ) state , ‘ it is the problems of implementing ‘ socially-based ’ policies for rural areas through the medium of the statutory planning system which accounts for much of the gap between society 's expectations of planning , and the results in practice' .
3 It is this high degree of order which accounts for many of the physical properties of solids .
4 Only 15% of the population of Thailand lives in the Bangkok area , which accounts for half of GDP .
5 The data does not include Britain 's trade with EC countries which accounts for half of total business .
6 Skippers in the Scottish white fish fleet , which accounts for most of the UK 's North Sea haddock catch , are particularly aggrieved at the EC 's ‘ swingeing ’ cut in quota this year .
7 This pattern holds for nitrate , which accounts for most of the nitrogen in the bay , and especially for nitrogen from ammonia , which , though a small part of the total , is far more prevalent in rainwater than in run-off .
8 The rapid expansion was due to development of the country 's mineral resources , dominated by diamonds ( which contributed over 84 per cent of export earnings ) and the beef industry ( which accounts for most of agriculture 's 3 per cent contribution to GDP ) .
9 A group of actors has set up a company which asks for more from its audience than just applause .
10 This leads to a famous metaphor which comprises for many among the non-political the sole sliver of political theory of which they acknowledge possession , namely Pareto 's distinction between lions ' and ‘ foxes ’ in ruling elites :
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