Example sentences of "which [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A courtesan , an expensive courtesan , who drenches herself in sandalwood oil to cover the nauseating stench of the bedbugs with which she is infested . |
| 2 | She has won awards for many of the sporting activities in which she is involved . |
| 3 | She can not abjure , give up , control the force by which she is possessed . |
| 4 | The ensuing discussion is based around the concept of value : whether Helen is worth the daily blood with which she is painted . |
| 5 | There are rules for deciding how much is taxable , and these should be explained to her by the insurance company with which she is dealing . |
| 6 | For her subjects it will undoubtedly confirm our respect and affection for her as a person ; but , more importantly , by its sequential emphasis , it reasserts the awesome spiritual power with which she is invested . |
| 7 | In certain extreme circumstances , Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision . |
| 8 | Instead , she argues for a socialization theory which sees the individual as ‘ a function of what people around her expect her to be , and what the over-all situation in which she is acting implies that she is ’ ( 1973 : 395 ) . |
| 9 | Since Seia is coheir , and therefore already in receipt of a benefit under the testator 's will , the trust with which she is burdened is valid , and does not ( as in the previous case ) depend on construing a further disposition of which she is the beneficiary . |
| 10 | Because of the difficult position in which she is placed , any training provided on ‘ preparation for retirement ’ should encourage the farmer , his wife , and the family to attend . |
| 11 | And she has got the courage to look at that million people , which takes courage , and look at the thousand which she is helping and saying , no love is never wasted . |
| 12 | at the dismissal date she is incapable because of her pregnancy of doing the work which she is employed to do ; or |
| 13 | Hermes at the left end holds the winged horses of Athena 's chariot which she is mounting ; on the central slab another goddess , almost certainly Aphrodite , steps down from a chariot which faces the other way . |
| 14 | He even painted their absences , painting empty cradles , or the mother attached to an unseen cradle by a cord which she is pulling , as he did when he painted Madame Roulin 's portrait at Arles . |
| 15 | One strange thing about her books is that they nearly all tend to be set a little bit back in the past , so that the position of the women that she is describing and the society in which she is describing them is n't quite what 's actually going on a the time she 's writing . |
| 16 | That was in keeping with the respect in which she is held for her tireless work , especially on behalf of the world 's children . |
| 17 | Barbara Everett 's subtle and disconcerting essay proceeds to say that ‘ Difficulties with girls is much more like The Waste Land than Kenner leaves room for guessing it is ’ , in the book by him which she is examining . |
| 18 | in such of the terms on which she is offered employment as make provision in relation to the way in which she will be afforded access to opportunities for promotion , transfer or training or as provide for her dismissal or demotion ; or |
| 19 | He subjected both to repeated analysis , ending up with a version of Maria Luisa in which she is transformed into a sharp-beaked , staring owl , and of Francisco Lezcano in which he has metamorphosed into a dog . |
| 20 | She does not fly from history , yet as a woman of the labouring class there is a great deal from which she is excluded . |
| 21 | In broad psychological terms , it can be said that the male is achievement-orientated , directing his efforts towards a specific goal , whereas the woman is more concerned that the differing elements in her life should be in harmonious relation to one another , and that the circle of light in which she is centred includes them all . |
| 22 | In a survey of London 's trades in 1747 , the wages of milliners were said to be " poor and mean " : " Though a young woman can work neatly in all manner of Needle Work , yet she can not earn more than Five or Six Shillings [ 25-30p ] a week , out of which she is to find herself in board and lodging . " |
| 23 | Another of the sheets is ‘ Studies of the penitent Magdalene ’ , in which she is shown in two stances , kneeling before a crucifix and asleep ( est. £12–18,000 ; $21–32,000 ) . |
| 24 | The Other Woman has a category to herself in Silhouette 's construction of the necessary elements of the romance novel , an indication of the extent to which she is considered to be an essential ingredient : ‘ The Other Woman Usually means over sophisticated , well groomed . |
| 25 | There is a point of despair at which she is forced to choose between life and death , however unconscious that choice may be . |
| 26 | JULIA Roberts ' latest film is Joseph Reuben 's Sleeping With The Enemy , in which she is terrorised by a jealous , violent husband ( Patrick Bergen ) . |
| 27 | Mitch offers Blanche an escape from a life which she is trapped in . |
| 28 | Sensual , sexy tale — a style for which she is becoming renowned . |
| 29 | ‘ I have already packed the few things to which she is entitled , in a small box . |
| 30 | A source close to the princess said : ‘ All she is concerned about is her future life , which she is working out . |