Example sentences of "which [verb] our [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not early retirement and high unemployment continue , however , they should not blind us to the need to consider other factors which influence our capacity to care for dependent populations . |
| 2 | However , it is now widely accepted that there are powerful forces of which we are not aware which influence our behaviour . |
| 3 | In addition to the power associated with positions and functions or units there is a network of control mechanisms which influence our behaviour on a day-to-day basis . |
| 4 | We are dealing here with a poetic concept but one which fits our relationship to the landscape and our awareness of variations from place to place . |
| 5 | Others are merely temporarily hidden , such as whether there is fire behind a building which obstructs our line of sight ; we could come to know about this by going to see . |
| 6 | We had ample occupation watching the play of the clouds over the sides of the hills , and the bits of rugged moor and moss and flowing stream that enlivened the way ; but at a turning within some three miles of the inn of Kinlochewe , as we were about to pass the east-going mail gig with its complement of travellers , our driver jerked the horses into a ditch , which upset our machine and broke one of the springs . |
| 7 | Which made our budget er , that problem obviously that much more difficult and just showed the problems we live with , Mr Chairman . |
| 8 | ‘ Let us return again ’ , they cry , ‘ to the source of the faith ’ — to the purity of Shiite Islam , to a Bible which is safe and secure or to the creed which made our nation great . |
| 9 | More importantly , it 's er conveys to the client that we care about quality , that we 've gone to the trouble to set up procedures which make our product as good as it possibly can be . |
| 10 | But in the late 1980s it is the upscale shopping mall — relentlessly post-modern in design , surrounded by a sea of imported cars — which symbolizes our economy . |
| 11 | They wanted to see a positive statement from the Government which demonstrated our commitment to the future of the railways . |
| 12 | Each of these essays has important observations about these negotiations which enrich our experience of the plays . |
| 13 | Mona Doyle , president of Consumer Network Inc in Philadelphia which studies our food habits , has a philosophical point of some interest . |
| 14 | If there is any similarity between their treatment of pigs and ours , that 's probably it : we do n't know which pig our pork came from either . |
| 15 | Experts , including Sir Richard Doll and Professor Philip James , of the NACNE report committee which changed our eating habits , suspect that our present diet ( too high in animal foods , too low in cereals , fruit and vegetables ) is the main cause of coronaries and cancers which have replaced the now conquered infectious diseases as major killers . |
| 16 | On the contrary , this nation 's deep-rooted and flourishing tradition of doing good by voluntary service is something which enriches our community . |
| 17 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 18 | Scientists , meanwhile , have shown that our activities affect not only the air we breathe , but the air which regulates our climate and even climates on the other side of the world . |
| 19 | The Sign of the Serpent is derived from the spiralling motion of all energy beginning with the primal formative process which spawned our galaxy and solar system , as seen in the configuration of a Spiral Nebula and reflected in the formation of sea-shells and flowers , in the nature of the flow of energy in an electrical current , in the human body and in the double helix of the DNA molecule , the transmitter of genetic information throughout the physical entity . |
| 20 | The second purpose is to show how the beliefs and values which organize our society are produced by the history of the social formation . |
| 21 | The fact that heads and teachers of very differing professional styles and values were working in Leeds throughout this period demonstrates , of course , that other factors were at work and that the wilder accusations of patronage which came our way needed to be treated with considerable caution . |
| 22 | We had our own British equivalent in The Professionals and The Sweeney which added our apocrypha to the Gospel according to Hollywood . |
| 23 | The five stories which catch our eye will win the author a pair of tickets and may appear in the magazine in future months . |
| 24 | We set up a Small Self-Administered Scheme with a £50,000 contribution which cut our tax bill by £12,500 , bought the machinery with a £25,000 from the pension fund and the loan repayments go back into our fund to increase our pensions . |
| 25 | But the ordinary events of life — illness , bereavement , infirmity — all heighten our urge to behave in ways which echo our childhood needs . |
| 26 | We cling to the symbols which give our life meaning and help us in answering this question . |
| 27 | ‘ We are delighted with our new position which underlines our commitment to the area and already the response from the public has been most encouraging . ’ |
| 28 | All of the beliefs and thoughts which create our reality are now accessible at a conscious level . |
| 29 | In Christifideles Laici , 51 , the Pope speaks of ‘ two great tasks ’ which merit our attention . |
| 30 | ‘ We crossed the equator on the 7th of July , having been more than twenty days within the tropics , part of which time our vessel lay becalmed . |