Example sentences of "which [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next claim which constructivism makes is that centralsystem thinking emerges out of the organism 's interaction with the environment , an interaction that is initially a literal inter- action but which is later carried out internally , at least in the human case . |
| 2 | It is probable that this was a transitional period , in which cavalry techniques and the use of stirrups were being developed , while the earlier form of the armed group and shield wall was still extensively used . |
| 3 | BROOD parasites and their hosts are thought to engage in a coevolutionary arms race in which parasitism selects for adaptive defences by the host ( such as egg rejection ) , which in turn select for counter-adaptations by the parasite ( such as egg mimicry ) . |
| 4 | The shoot grew into an apple tree bearing a totally new apple which Hiatt named ‘ Hawkeye ’ . |
| 5 | I felt slightly uneasy with the direction he took in his last book , Under Siege , in which Coonts ' hero Jake Grafton forsook the jet fuel , grease and steam-slick decks of nuclear carriers for the even more treacherous corridors of the Pentagon , and The Cannibal Queen has n't reassured me that he 's back on track . |
| 6 | Baer , better known as Ursus , claimed originality in 1588 for a scheme in which planets other than the earth revolved about the sun , while the earth merely spun on its axis . |
| 7 | One boxing scribbler of the tabloid persuasion used to recite a Guardian intro which Keating dashed off in a Bavarian hotel room , while struggling to complete a long overdue script for children 's television : ‘ Tonight in Munich , Muhammad Ali of The Universe will defend his world heavyweight title against Richard Dunn of 23 Railway Cuttings , Bradford , West Yorkshire . ’ |
| 8 | It was how most of their arguments started — the sudden stirring of discord caused by their lack of understanding of one another 's attitudes — an incautious word which stubbornness would not permit to be retracted . |
| 9 | The Werner Plan assumed that the IMF international monetary system would survive and , therefore , provide the background against which intra-EC exchange rates would irrevocably be fixed and intra-EC capital movements be completely liberalised . |
| 10 | And this often results in a simple ‘ return ’ theory of history in which oral , literate and electronic stages represent an arch shape . |
| 11 | He demonstrates instead the extent to which oral and literate forms of language complement each other : ‘ The development of writing takes place within an oral framework of thought and this may continue to dominate the uses of literacy ’ . |
| 12 | Of the ‘ Fault , Guilt , refusal of guilt , paranoia ’ which Fanon sees ( surely correctly ) as symptomatic of racism , he adds ‘ one is back in homosexual territory ’ ( p. 183 ) . |
| 13 | But it this ‘ assumption of … manhood ’ ( Fanon , Black Skin , 41 ) has constituted an agency of resistance — no small achievement when one recalls the crippling effects of domination and exploitation at the subjective level , effects which Fanon himself charts — it is one which perpetuates , in terms of sexual and gender relations , the very oppression being resisted at other levels . |
| 14 | He suggests that such tendencies occur here as an overcompensation for the closed consciousness or ‘ dual narcissism , to which Fanon attributes the depersonalization of colonial man ; that ‘ it is as it Fanon is fearful of his most radical insights ’ ( p. xx ) . |
| 15 | Parry sees the problem which Fanon addressed as precisely that of how to constitute self-identity in a way which validates native difference , and thereby empower the native to rebel . |
| 16 | Will the Minister respond urgently to the constructive plea that was put to him for help through which Northumberland could ease those budgetary restrictions this year and , of course , for an eventual change in that system ? |
| 17 | For example , assistance might be given for diversification into tourism , to which Northumberland is ideally suited , as tourism is dispersed , small-scale , labour-intensive industry . |
| 18 | Much later , Nevin , geed up by his goal , danced past two tackles along the byline and pulled back a cross which Aldridge just failed to reach . |
| 19 | Stress : A study done by Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe in 1967 identified stress-provoking times , which Holmes and Rahe called Life Events . |
| 20 | Boxer alternately whistled and sang above the noise of the cart , familiar songs and ballads the words of which Denis allowed his mind to echo in a silent duet . |
| 21 | Oliver took pity , offered a glass which Denis had no problem accepting . |
| 22 | Wilson , another former Forest player , sent over the corner which Shirtliff nodded down for Hirst to score his 19th goal of the season . |
| 23 | This unequal balance is at the heart of the Muslim ( and Syrian ) demand for political reform in Lebanon , a demand which General Aoun will only accept , he says , once the Syrians have left the country . |
| 24 | The main question was whether the Burma Patriotic Front , otherwise known as the Anti-Fascist People 's Freedom League , of which General Aung San was the leader , would co-operate . |
| 25 | Probate — dealing with someone 's estate ( Factsheet no 14 ) explains ways in which money may be collected , debts paid , and the balance distributed to those who are entitled to receive a share in the estate . |
| 26 | The ARR did not require the reporting accountant to report on controlled trust accounts , although Part II of the SAR contained rules determining how a solicitor should deal with the movement of controlled trust money , ie the circumstances in which money could be paid in or withdrawn from a controlled trust account , and the records that had to be kept . |
| 27 | James has always recalled this as a happy period in his racing career : F3 was friendly , money was short , but everyone mucked in together and drivers were friends , not just gigantic slot-machines into which money was to be poured . |
| 28 | Simon , who is on a waiting list to join the police , added : ‘ Now I have two medals which money could not buy from me . |
| 29 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 30 | Low wages are conjoined , in this picture , with atrociously bad houses in which money is eaten away far more voraciously than would ever be thought conceivable in suburbia . |