Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , individuals have been the central feature of attempts to understand corporate crime , but unfortunately for criminology , it was their pathological characteristics which were advanced as the cause of their deviations . |
| 2 | However , the European Court has held that a trade association which was established outside the Community and had no part in implementing a price agreement which infringed Article 85 was not subject to the EC competition rules . |
| 3 | This sentiment appeared to be accurately echoed in the terms of reference of the enquiry into primary school methods which were announced by the Secretary of State in December 1991 . |
| 4 | I visited Blamey 's house and studio in Hampstead and admired his highly disciplined and organised working methods which were reflected in the immaculately tidy house with its magnificent north-facing studio , built as a rear extension over two floors . |
| 5 | Dusan Plut , chair of the party , had said earlier that he wished the Greens to " act as a constructive opposition " but later agreed to join the coalition which was led by the outgoing Prime Minister , Janez Drnovsek of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDS ) . |
| 6 | Have you had a copy of , dare I say it , the tabulation which was produced by the panel , which summarized the various er submissions , and if I just read them to you . |
| 7 | Pat Goodman , head of New Zealand 's Goodman Fielder Wattie food group , has withdrawn from the fray in Britain after buying a stake in Ranks Hovis McDougall , mounting a bid which was stalled by the Office of Fair Trading then pocketing a profit by selling his shares to Sir James Goldsmith and partners . |
| 8 | Organizations which were represented on the Council of Representatives and which had " armies " could apply to have their armed forces officially registered . |
| 9 | The Head of Department was first asked to specify how he and his colleagues assessed their pupils ' work , illustrating the process by assessing a pencil drawing which was mounted on the wall . |
| 10 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
| 11 | The administration of President Frei ( 1964-70 ) initiated a land reform programme which was accelerated by the Popular Unity government of President Allende ( 1970-73 ) . |
| 12 | Eight people described consequences of school closure which were related to the extent or the quality of interaction and social cohesiveness within the community . |
| 13 | The header contains information about the writer ( e.g. sex , age , handedness etc ) , the date the sample was collected , the style of writing used ( e.g. lower case , upper case , cursive ) , and one or more sentences indicating the script which was written by the subject . |
| 14 | The club was to nearly kill the magazine as its losses accumulated , but it also provided a link with the United States which was to snap as the magazine moved towards Little Englandism , or Little Londonism . |
| 15 | This process can be traced back until we arrive at a single cell which was formed at the moment of conception by the fusion of two parental germ cells , i.e. one egg and one sperm cell . |
| 16 | This definition was not carried forward into the later Acts , although both the Act of 1979 and the current Act did reproduce some of the provisions regarding depositors which were contained in the Act of 1963 . |
| 17 | Alexei was sitting on the end of a low couch which was positioned in the centre of the room . |
| 18 | When the Soviet Union intervened militarily in Afghanistan the British Foreign Secretary , Lord Carrington , rapidly proposed a plan for Afghanistan which was approved by the Council of Ministers of the EEC and adopted as a joint EEC declaration on 15 January 1980 . |
| 19 | To make a long story short , I finally arranged for Service to record a brief message on tape which was flown to the Yukon and broadcast over loud-speakers during the cinema 's opening ceremonies . |
| 20 | His parents hope the tape which was taken to the hospital this morning by the Cheetah 's co-promoter Peter York will help Dean regain consciousness . |
| 21 | Among the many places to visit are : the 12th-century abbeys of Jedburgh and Melrose ; Abbotsford House , the stately home of Sir Walter Scott which was financed by the Waverley novels ; and the 16th-century Thirlestone Castle , home to a fine collection of china , furniture and paintings and the Borders Country Life Museum . |
| 22 | Clearly , this will be related in some degree to the increase in the number of people owning and driving cars which was reported in the first Plan . |
| 23 | That is precisely the background to the study which was conducted by the four chiefs of defence staff , they were asking that kind of question and I 'll now ask the Group Captain to respond . |
| 24 | In a taped interview which was played to the jury , Paul said : ‘ I just thought it was like a little tap on the head and that he would be all right . |
| 25 | Robyn rose early to skies that promised a truly blissful day of warm summer sunshine , showered and dressed and then drove off in her dilapidated jeep which was packed to the gunwales with everything she might possibly need for the day ahead . |
| 26 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 27 | Had local authorities still the influence over schools which was diminished by the Education Reform Act , it would have been commonplace for each authority to compare the performance of its own policies and of its own schools with a national standard . |
| 28 | Finally , the common law contained areas of tortious liability for interference with family and service relationships which were based upon the archaic idea that a man had a proprietary interest in the services of his family and his servants . |
| 29 | Through the field was a footpath that led via another similar gate to the next field dominated by a line of magnificent elms which were uprooted during the great storm of 1930 . |
| 30 | A report of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education in 1931 ( The Primary School ) contained words which were repeated by the Plowden Report in 1967 , " What a wise and good parent would desire for his own children , that a nation must desire for all children . " |