Example sentences of "events which [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter became InterCity property in 1986 , following a long and complicated sequence of events which began near the end of 1983 with the enforced withdrawal of the SLOA Pullman set , following the discovery that the potentially dangerous blue asbestos coach body insulation had become exposed . |
| 2 | First Lieutenant Jaroslav Oudran was sentenced on March 14 to 4 1/2 years ' imprisonment and stripped of his rank by a military court , having been convicted of using force in an " inadmissible " way during the violent police dispersal of a demonstration by students on Nov. 17 , 1989 , which had set in motion the events which led to the removal of the communist regime [ see p. 37026 ] . |
| 3 | Chamorro , 60 , was the widow of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro , whose murder in 1978 had sparked off events which led to the Sandinista revolution and the overthrow of the Somoza regime in July 1979 . |
| 4 | MPs today begin investigating the events which led to the Government dropping its golden share in Jaguar and the subsequent deal to sell the company to Ford . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 6 | At the trial of the action the plaintiff conceded that the defendants could not have foreseen the precise chain of events which led to the explosion . |
| 7 | The events which led to the loss of HMS Impregnable make interesting reading and through research , we have been able to obtain a transcript of the court-martial . |
| 8 | Other events which contributed to the decline of the madeira wine industry were the American Civil War ( which meant a temporary loss of the American market ) and the opening of the Suez Canal ( which meant a reduction in the number of ships calling at Madeira ) . |