Example sentences of "which turns [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three papers published recently in Science move us a little closer to understanding the basis of the disease , which turns out to be highly complex . |
| 2 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 3 | They are going to a planet celled Malecandra ( which turns out to be Mars ) and , having made a previous recce there , they are under the impression that the inhabitants are fierce and eat men . |
| 4 | Nearly crash car again , as I pass what looks from the road like a progressive-minded chemist , but which turns out to be a printer 's shop . |
| 5 | King Idomeneus of Crete , caught in a storm at sea on his way home , vows to Neptune that if he is spared he will sacrifice to the gods the first person he meets on landing — which turns out to be , of course , his own son , Idamantes . |
| 6 | The enticement to covet is like the attraction of an enchanting perfume , one which turns out to be a delicious , attractive , sweet-tasting poison . |
| 7 | The Black Dog — Ken Downie , Ed Handley and Andy Turner — record all their sonic expeditions at the gothic-sounding Black Dog Towers , which turns out to be a terraced house in East London . |
| 8 | In the same fashion , if the witch-doctor offers advice which turns out to be wrong , you write him off as a quack and change your doctor . |
| 9 | Although the analysis focuses on social class , other variables relating to the housewife 's own education and previous ( or present ) employment are also examined : in some cases it is these factors rather than social class itself which turns out to be important . |
| 10 | It finishes just short of the summit with a superb rock pitch that looks hard from below but which turns out to be slabs at a comfortable angle , full of deep cracks . |
| 11 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 12 | Meriel Oliver , the articulate and lively-minded wife of the Archdeacon of Sherborne , runs the Mother 's Union for the diocese , which turns out to be not a quaint pre- war knitting bee , but a widespread and effective support group for troubled diocesan families . |
| 13 | A possible alternative theory is that the committee , the responsible government department and the parliamentary draftsmen all thought that section 15 ( clause 12 ) was needed , which turns out to be a mistaken view when section 1 is properly understood . |
| 14 | But this means that , from time to time , the student will pursue hunches which lead nowhere , or adopt a method of analysis which turns out to be unfruitful . |
| 15 | He will not be called up , owing to his dicky heart ( which I have never truly believed in until now , but which turns out to be genuine ) . |
| 16 | For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella . |
| 17 | I got the impression that chiropractice — which turns out to be spinal manipulation — is n't a money spinner in this part of the world . |
| 18 | The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 . |
| 19 | The equations of motion are used to investigate the sign of σ ( which turns out to be always real ) . |
| 20 | Then , after the inquest , nothing more , until I notice a slip of paper projecting from the book much further on , which turns out to be another of Mrs Tamm 's silent helpfulnesses . |