Example sentences of "[noun] which was [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cindy gave a laugh which was half a sob . |
| 2 | There is no licence for the sale of alcohol at today 's fairs , in an attempt to curb the drinking which was such a feature in the past . |
| 3 | This fact , and the limited spread of settled land suggested in Chapter IV , do much to explain the lack of vocal protest about settlements which was such a feature of the early modern counterpart of the Roman settlement . |
| 4 | There they were at the table , his mother in a hat like a helmet , his father carving the bloody paw which was all the food on offer . |
| 5 | Now , er , before I hand over to Frank er , a word about the dividend er , in recent years we 've paid an interim dividend which was half the total of the previous year 's dividends and so , er , had a built-in increase . |
| 6 | Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go ! |
| 7 | The draughtsmen were by this time becoming separated from the engineers , in that specialization which was such a feature of all aspects of life in the age of science . |
| 8 | This kind of higher popularization was an aspect of the specialization which was such a feature of the nineteenth century , and since . |