Example sentences of "which [was/were] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless the working classes were caught up in the new sectarian movements of Protestantism ( which were themselves a reaction and response to modernity ) , they were liable to slip into unbelief . |
| 2 | Unlike their counterparts in the longue durée , they were seen not so much as steady constraints with which societies had to contend over long periods , but as patterns of change which were themselves part and parcel of social life . |
| 3 | Previously the support from central government was to some extent related to the provision of services , which were themselves related to local needs , at least in the view of the local authority . |
| 4 | There were also four federal councils of 165 members , which were themselves sub-councils of a big federal council of 660 ; one of these sub-councils prepared the business for the others , a job which probably rotated . |
| 5 | The opposition between capitalism and socialism has thus remained throughout the century a dominant feature of political life , whatever the modifications that have been introduced into the opposing doctrines and policies in response to changes in the economy and society ; which were themselves , in part , an outcome of this conflict . |
| 6 | It was not only a constitution which really was and is effective in the running of the state , but which was itself the product of the hegemonic culture already established . |
| 7 | As head of its armed forces , General Noriega rules a country which was itself brought into being by the United States . |
| 8 | However , in practice this was only achieved as a result of the very public support of Kibaki and of Charles Njonjo the influential Attorney General ( working against the interests of the founders of GEMA ) , a triumvirate which was itself to break apart with the public humiliation of Njonjo at judicial hearings in 1984 . |
| 9 | The basic dimension of a mill was its width which determined both the length and the height , and which was itself determined by the length of the cotton-spinning ‘ mule ’ . |
| 10 | Backed by the Emperor , Haussmann planned to bring fresh water to supply fountains and reservoirs by means of aqueducts , in preference to the use of the Seine which was itself becoming more and more contaminated . |
| 11 | Nor did it want the more advanced economic state of the West Bank , which was itself backward compared with the coastal areas of Palestine , to continue . |
| 12 | We were to ride in a rickshaw which was itself a gift from a delighted tourist . |
| 13 | Among many hundreds of aircraft destroyed or severely damaged as Hurricane Andrew swept across southern Florida in August were those housed in the Weeks Air Museum at Tamiami Airport , which was itself totally destroyed . |
| 14 | Under attack on all sides , not least from the infant population which was itself unwittingly helping to spread disease through the narrow streets and alleys of the town , some Frome people found a temporary escape in one or other of the forty or more pubs which vied with each other for custom ; drunkenness was commonplace , and many of those who did n't go to an early grave with some infection or other departed this life with a putrid liver . |
| 15 | For a start , 80% of its staff come from the former graphics system builder , which was itself born of a marriage made in hell between bitter rivals Ardent Computer Inc and Stellar Computer Corp back in 1989 . |
| 16 | Essentially based on war , too , were the martial associations , the orders of chivalry , election to which was itself an honour and a sign of good military reputation , whose members vied with one another in the stakes for further recognition born out of daring and courage shown in war . |
| 17 | Kim Il Sung presented a report in which he deplored the division of Korea , which was itself attributable to the machinations of the Americans . |
| 18 | Worse still the crisis coincided with the Suez expedition , the ill-fated Anglo-French invasion of Egypt , which was itself condemned by Moscow as an ‘ imperialist ’ venture . |
| 19 | However , in the FDP ( which was itself troubled by a financial scandal in 1981 ) certain elements believed that government spending must now be cut and taxes lowered . |
| 20 | It will be seen that section 61(1) does not require the Secretary of State to release any person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life on licence , but imposes two conditions which must be satisfied before he may do so , namely , that the release must first be recommended by the Parole Board ( a body which was itself constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and that the Secretary of State may not release on licence except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 21 | It was published as an Appendix to Hardy , which was itself the result of an inquiry by the Greater London Enterprise Board ( GLEB ) into the music industry . |
| 22 | The shears were sharpened on a stone which was turned by a wheel , which was itself turned by a handle . |
| 23 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |
| 24 | Karadjordje 's dictatorial tendencies came into conflict with the older tradition of peasant democracy , which was itself in conflict with the patriarchal structure of Serbian village life . |
| 25 | Dramatic , popular depictions of cellular processes and biochemical reactions generated a language which was itself implicitly moral in its narrative stress on dynamic causalities , portrayed as inevitable and irreversible . |
| 26 | The latter ( which is not internationally recognized other than by Turkey ) was declared in November 1983 by the Assembly of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus , which was itself created after the occupation by Turkish troops of about 40 per cent of the island 's area in July 1974 . |
| 27 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 28 | In response the government , eager to distance itself from the ruling FLN , which was itself in disarray [ see pp. 37628 ; 37795-96 ] , and secure its own survival , promised that free and open parliamentary elections would be held in the first half of 1991 . |
| 29 | The decision followed strong reactions by the US administration and the UN to an incident earlier in the day , when Iraq troops had fired shots in the air allegedly to deny UN inspectors access to a nuclear weapons site , which was itself the culmination of a series of such refusals by Iraq . |
| 30 | The remaining 1,000 staff at Subic , once the largest US naval facility outside north America , were transferred to Cubi Point naval air station , which was itself due to be returned to Philippine control on Nov. 24 . |