Example sentences of "which we [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our farmers , seeking retribution or justice , and our consumers , who are equally seeking those concepts , now have to go to Brussels , for there is no way in which we may satisfy their aspirations . |
| 2 | The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . |
| 3 | We can perhaps clarify this particular case further by adopting a very simple notation , where r superscribed to a morpheme M indicates the entity ( whether identified explicitly or not ) demanded by the use of the morpheme M , which we shall call its referential locus . |
| 4 | Fluctuations in the value of the pound were , however , to be made up in Marks and Spencer underwear which we would get our friends to mail out from Britain . |
| 5 | It now runs quite well apart from two problems on which we would like your advice . |
| 6 | Nor do we ask the poet to combine the roles of priest and sage , or to enlighten us with revelations , or teach us the morality on which we should base our lives . |
| 7 | As for the question of partnership and friendship in the 1990s , the joint declaration that we signed sets out a series of bases on which we can improve our relationship with Russia . |
| 8 | Recently , I met with er , the probation people from Social Services to discuss exactly what Major has asked about , which is follow up on juvenile fire setters , and find out if there 's any way in which we can modify their behaviour . |
| 9 | Erm this whole problem does give ministers erm a great deal of tension and heart searching erm and er we 're in the throws of , of , of looking for a leaflet that 's gon na help ministers faced with er parents who come and have to be turned away because we feel embarrassed , we feel erm the weight of our , our turning away people and our inability to minister the grace of God to them , although I 'd of thought gravity of but er anyway erm er but we have this problem and erm it seems to me that one way out of it is to pick up on what our brother from the Church of England said and look at new rites , and new ways in which we can open our arms to a public out there which is desperately in need of rites of passage . |
| 10 | Everything I have seen and heard in the ensuing months reinforces my belief that drift-netting is a manifestation of an attitude which , unchecked , will in due course murder the only planet on which we can make our home . ’ |
| 11 | And they provide part of the norm against which we can evaluate our attempts at organised , careful , refined , precise expression . |
| 12 | It would be a more serious objection if there were no real truth there at all to which we can hope our judgements may approximate . |
| 13 | As well as providing a useful way of looking at people 's response to the Earth through the physical structures which have survived , and as a way of interpreting legend , the Spectrum of Response is also a framework into which we can fit our own relationship to the landscape . |
| 14 | But the degree to which we can control our environment is often determined by others as Morgan goes on to point out : " We all construct or shape our realities but not necessarily under circumstances of our own choosing " ( p. 140 ) . |
| 15 | We have been living in a jungle all our lives and we have struggled to bring our minds into cultivation but without hope and suddenly we have found this meadow of cleared land on which we can plant our gardens . |
| 16 | Royal Mail spokesman Adam Novak said : ‘ The twin town award scheme is just one way in which we can demonstrate our commitment to the European single market by recognising the extensive contribution twin towns all over the UK have made in furthering the development of international communications . ’ |
| 17 | These Holy Ones set out the rules by which we can live our lives and , in turn , reach the state of a higher being which is dormant within each one of us . |
| 18 | It 's a marvellous profession through which we can help our fellow citizens , an enriching one which , like medicine , saves lives … |
| 19 | This special report provides a base from which we can develop our health , safety and environmental service into the next century . |
| 20 | Let us consider possible distortions and ways in which we can minimize their effect . |
| 21 | It became evident that there was no shortage of topics , and we decided that a conference was indeed called for in which we could pursue our shared interest in peaceful societies and attempt to challenge what we all regarded as a biased approach which presented human behaviour in terms of how aggressive drives are handled . |
| 22 | That fine piece of legislation would have long since passed into law and we would have had lots of time to spend on Opposition days , motions of censure and other matters on which we could spend our time much more effectively . |