Example sentences of "which is [adj] of " in BNC.

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1 We have only two years in which to change the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ ideology into a social attitude which is tolerant of ethnic , political and other minority groups , and individuals who are threatened by the ruling moral standards .
2 Moreover , the law continues to require that RE syllabuses should be non-denominational ; RE must not be given ‘ by means of any catechism or formulary which is distinctive of any religious denomination ’ .
3 Can we , at a deeper level perhaps , identify elements of a form of life , with its own values , which is distinctive of the academic community in general ?
4 Which is back-slapping of the highest order .
5 And we 're like that : we write ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ and then we can do ‘ Further Away ’ , which is reminiscent of ‘ Light My Fire ’ . ’
6 What is anatomical basis of this orientation selectivity ? ( personal communication ) suggests an answer which is reminiscent of that proposed by to account for the ability of octopuses to recognize spatial patterns .
7 The installation , which is reminiscent of a Victorian dormitory or hospital ward , is dominated by a large photograph of the artist in back view , further obscured by bunches of dead sunflowers .
8 The whole circular design is set within a square formed by the inner border of an arrangement of repeating geometric panels ( panels which , themselves , are significant not only for their suggestion of links with the continent ( section 4.4 ) and with other simple , geometric designs , but also for their inclusion of eight circular medallions , each of which is reminiscent of the three , minor concentric circular designs listed above ) .
9 Sausage and mash is the perfect foil for hearty , spicy wines , born in southern sunshine , such as Asda 's St Chinian , which is redolent of the scents of the sunsoaked hillsides of the south of France .
10 Curiously , Joseph Kosuth uses a language which is redolent of relentless Christian morality .
11 We have now studied a revertant of RJ2.2.5 , a MHC class II negative mutant which is prototypic of one of the four complementation groups so far identified ( 15 ) .
12 The news has stunned Heenan 's old school , Cheltenham College , in Cheltenham , which is proud of its 14 VCs .
13 The Policy Statement also concluded : ‘ No working class party exists , which is capable of bringing Catholics and Protestants together inside a single political organisation to further their interests as workers . ’
14 It is the learning process itself which is capable of bringing power to those who feel themselves to be powerless , and galvanising them for action on their own terms .
15 In this communication I wish to draw attention to a substance present in the tissues and secretions of the body , which is capable of rapidly dissolving certain bacteria .
16 If you are cutting your food , you automatically calculate the size of piece which is capable of fitting into your mouth … and the process continues throughout the day .
17 In the words of King ( 1987 ) the potential of agroforestry is ‘ … fast becoming recognised as a system which is capable of yielding both wood and food and at the same time of conserving and rehabilitating ecosystems ’ .
18 Moreover , through their well directed efforts , that vast resource of past literature and scriptures , every item of which is capable of innumerable interpretations , could be saved from that ultimate oblivion and loss to humanity which could result from its sheer overwhelming quantity and complexity .
19 But whatever definition one accepts , let us agree that there are such categories , and for the purpose of this work I shall define productive labour as being : labour which is exchanged with capital and produces a surplus-value , a surplus-value moreover which is embodied in material commodities , the form of which is capable of being used as capital for the reproduction and extension of capital .
20 It is often feasible to choose from more than one material or composite which is capable of selective transduction of the biolayer reaction ( Fig. 2 ) .
21 But any law which is capable of setting limits across the whole range of publications must acknowledge the risks inherent in the very concept of limits .
22 If the Commission decides that the Regulation does not apply , it must take a decision to that effect ( which is capable of challenge ) .
23 Stigma make a very good 50 mm , f 3.5 lens with a full macro facility , which is capable of focusing down to one inch and giving one to one magnification .
24 Man 's essential Self or Ātman , is the imperishable and eternal soul , and ahi sā is the power of the soul ; it is the soul force which is capable of being practised by everyone and not simply by the cloistered few .
25 Presumably this must be because , unlike the war-tax protesters , they do succumb to a competing individual right which is capable of being derived from the principle of equal concern and respect .
26 And they include the most powerful steam locomotive ever built for the 1ft 11¾in gauge , the 1928 built German ‘ 77 ’ ( 2.6.2 plus 2-6-2 ) which is capable of hauling 600 tons on the level and 180 tons up a 1-in-33 gradient .
27 Each of these secondary attacks should be treated as having WS 25 and S 3 ; it is impossible to destroy everything in the room which is capable of delivering these attacks , and the only way to stop them is to destroy the clock .
28 As shown in Map 13 overleaf , there is a massive throne-like wooden chair , with comfortable cushions , which is capable of magically moving around the room on command , to give its occupant a view through any archway he desires .
29 Furthermore the term register is sometimes used to refer to any device which holds a group of one or more bits of information , and which is capable of being accessed at electronic speeds : in this book we use it only for storage devices provided for some special purpose ( such as the SAR ) , and do not apply it to a general store location .
30 That is to say , the superposition of a state with an electron " here " and a state with an electron " there " does not produce a state with an electron at some point in between " here " or " there " but a state in which the electron can be found either " here " or " there " , with probabilities which depend ( in a way I have not defined but which is capable of precise specification -see Appendix , AS ) on the balance between the two states .
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