Example sentences of "which [vb past] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community , which agreed last week progressively to lift economic sanctions against Serbia , should back the Americans by putting its offer on hold until the federal army withdraws and the irregulars are disbanded . |
| 2 | Further gloom was spread by Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips which revealed third quarter losses of £56.2m . |
| 3 | He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel . |
| 4 | It had happened before — a surge in mortgage lending , which led first to a boom and then to a bust . |
| 5 | Plans for their future brought them into political contact with enemies of the ninth electorate which led first to the secret murder of Königsmarck in 1694 , with the connivance of Ernst August , and later to Sophia Dorothea 's confinement in her father 's keeping at the palace of Ahlden , following her divorce from Georg Ludwig in 1694 , which carried the rider that she could not remarry . |
| 6 | They had allegedly made millions of dollars in the 1980s by borrowing from BCCI to buy and sell shares in the holding company which owned First American , but on Sept. 11 both men , appearing before the House Banking Committee , denied any knowledge of secret control by BCCI . |
| 7 | Further investment is needed at the colliery , which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium . |
| 8 | At the same time the general level of wealth in this unremarkable corner of the East Midlands , peopled entirely by peasant farmers , with a leavening of yeomen and only a handful of rich squires , was lower only than on the fertile cornlands of Norfolk and in the opulent Stour Valley manufacturing district — higher not only than in other , similar regions but also Berkshire , which the yield of the loans , 1522 — 3 , placed fifth jointly with Suffolk , and Gloucestershire which shared fourteenth place with Rutland itself . |
| 9 | There is no sense of accountability in a council such as Edinburgh , which sought last year to tax residents at £584 per head . |
| 10 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced last week , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp profit declines of 39.4% at $699.4m and 48% at $186m respectively . |
| 11 | Beyond the Seventies pastiche which swamped last season 's collections , there is a strong appetite for simplicity and something which perhaps evokes an emphasis on inner beauty . |
| 12 | Mr Parkinson is concerned that the cost over-runs of the tunnel , which rose last month by £1bn to an estimated £7bn , could be repeated in the building of the rail link from Folkestone to London . |
| 13 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 14 | The third member of the team , reporter John Moulson , was not involved in the incident , which occurred last Sunday . |
| 15 | The organisers say that this is a responsibly run event and add that any problems which dogged last years festival have been overcome . |
| 16 | THE recent controversy over the All Blacks ' over-abrasive rucking methods against both New South Wales and England ‘ B ’ — and the injuries which sidelined four Australian and one English player ( see page 30 ) — bring to mind a disturbing complaint which surfaced last season in Britain . |
| 17 | Nonetheless the 1991–92 figure clearly needed to be brought back to a more affordable level , and during the ‘ star chamber ’ exercise in the spring to which referred last year , the contract with Westminster Strategy ( our PR consultants ) was renegotiated , and the budgeted figure for the current year has been reduced to £170,000 . |
| 18 | Which came first , the bottlenecking of the life cycle , or the discrete organism ? |
| 19 | Which came first is anybody 's guess , but the two are now working together to make the patient even more ill . |
| 20 | But in the process of evolution , which came first ? |
| 21 | Homoeopathy did not help him either but at his third visit he commented that he did not know which came first , his sinus problem or his depression . |
| 22 | Leaving aside the question of which came first , let us assume active interest on the part of the man , and a potential interest on the part of the woman . |
| 23 | The strain and tension created by constant difficulties can lead to other problems and it can be hard to sort out which came first ; it is all too easy to blame the surface symptoms of child neglect or indebtedness on irresponsible parenthood rather than on an unjust social system . |
| 24 | THE PROBLEM OF the origin of the universe is a bit like the old question : Which came first , the chicken or the egg ? |
| 25 | ‘ Which came first ? ’ he asked , exerting himself not to sound too eager for the answer . |
| 26 | Sequencing two or more objects to decide which came first is a strategy which is often used , although caution is necessary here . |
| 27 | Pupils could be asked to sequence two or more pictures , to say which came first . |
| 28 | The problem here is analogous to that embodies in the familiar conundrum " Which came first , the chicken or the egg ? " |
| 29 | Which came first , the chicken or the egg ? ’ |
| 30 | I think it 's very hard to separate the two , but it 's a big chicken and egg , to say which came first , the social conditions or the furnishings is erm is very hard to say , but they are , I mean like in that example that I just gave , they 're very strongly tied up . |