Example sentences of "[noun] which [was/were] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another striking feature was the existence of the Main Political Administration which was responsible for the political education and consciousness of the military . |
| 2 | ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ . |
| 3 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 4 | I was in command of a heavily laden Stirling which was renowned for the fact that on a cold night the engines took a long time , even with the grills closed , to warm up . |
| 5 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 6 | In Chapter 3 the focus will be directed instead on those contacts between the guberniia centres of Saratov and Samara and Moscow which were crucial for the alleviation of the famine conditions . |
| 7 | Andrewes was chairman of the committee which was responsible for the books from Genesis to Kings . |
| 8 | With the expertise of a well respected manufacturer aware of the demands of modern catering , the hotel installed equipment which was right for the job and which culd be relied upon to help meet strict hygiene standards . |
| 9 | The confidence which was necessary for the successful functioning of a coinage tended to encourage a conservative approach to its design , and one of the largest and most abundant coinages of the ancient world , that of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC , deliberately preserved an archaic appearance , as a comparison with more up-to-date treatments of the same subject reveals ( fig. 9 ) . |
| 10 | Some have maintained that the Liberal Party was being rapidly undermined before the First World War and that its decline was almost inevitable , others , however , assume that it was the First World War which was responsible for the decline of a vapid Liberal Party — the divisions within Liberal ranks creating the political vacuum into which the Labour Party slipped . |
| 11 | The 3,500 Zimbabwean troops guarding strategic trade routes remained in position and did not withdraw by Nov. 15 as originally envisaged , on the grounds that their departure would leave unprotected the corridors which were essential for the transport of drought relief aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi . |
| 12 | We had a freezing spell which was exceptional for the islands . |
| 13 | A stance which was appropriate for the Age of Brezhnev and Galtieri now seems out of date and out of touch with the spirit of the times . |
| 14 | In Chapter 7 , we saw how several nutritional factors were detected — Will 's principle , found in yeast extracts and active against a tropical anaemia ; a similar material to that which prevented anaemia in monkeys ; the substance derived from spinach which was necessary for the growth of various microbes ; and substances from yeast and from liver also needed by microbes . |
| 15 | It was this group of AHA members which was responsible for the establishment of an Area working party on mental health services . |
| 16 | It is clear from this that it was social and not technical factors which were responsible for the emergence of factory production . |
| 17 | It was these ancient devices that allowed the followers of darkness to move so swiftly about the world , and the cataclysmic release of their corrupting energies which was responsible for the spawning of so many beastmen and monsters . |
| 18 | Accordingly , we should only interfere with his decision if we are satisfied that he applied an incorrect test , or was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion or was plainly wrong . |
| 19 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 20 | In my judgment therefore the exercise of his discretion was vitiated on the additional ground that by failing to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , he was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion . |
| 21 | This continued to operate in the Treasury though no attempt was made to coordinate its activities with the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which was responsible for the Economic Survey . |
| 22 | As oral amiodarone had no adverse effect on the liver function in our patient , we suggest that it may have been one of the other constituents of the intravenous solution which was responsible for the hepatotoxicity . |