Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 2 | It was that — that sense of unpreparedness — which made him feel restless standing there ; made him turn and pace the room impatiently . |
| 3 | Simon gained valuable site experience which helped him to gain chartered engineer status . |
| 4 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 5 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 6 | ‘ Arazi came to today 's race after enduring all sorts of problems — the trip to America for the Kentucky Derby , a hard race at Ascot when he was n't right and an injury which stopped him running two weeks ago . |
| 7 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 8 | The land belongs to the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) , which could have hundreds of thousands of sites , the National Park Service , which identified 2,400 hazardous mines , and the Forest Service , which estimated it has 25,000 mine sites . |
| 9 | By the fifteenth century the King of England was Lord of Ireland , though his new territory was separate enough to have its own parliament , whose power was reduced but not eliminated by Poyning 's Law of 1495 , which forbade it to pass any law that had not been approved in advance by the King and his council . |
| 10 | Once she had identified her goals she , together with her BTEC Course Tutor at her College , chose options on the National Diploma which allowed her to pursue these aims . |
| 11 | Ms Leaming tells it all with vim , though the gossip turns her on far more than the movies : ‘ Aly practised an Eastern art of love known as Imsak , which allowed him to exercise indefinite control … ’ |
| 12 | In one artist 's statement , he remarked : Whilst the Lefevre exhibition established him as urban romantic with a particular feeling for Thames-side subjects , a number of commissions followed which allowed him to develop this vein . |
| 13 | If one may suspend conscience , and forget the conditions and costs of labour which allowed them to create this wealth , then these streets — as they do in London and Edinburgh , and still to be seen in Dublin — define the comfort of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century middle classes . |
| 14 | Many were following the old General ( later Combined ) Degree which allowed them to study three subjects for finals . |
| 15 | It was the emergence of the Chinese Lesbian Group which allowed me to start this process of healing and accepting myself . |
| 16 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 17 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 18 | The food and drinks offered by the hosts were , I thought , just about right , and very reasonable in price , which encouraged us to use this service , despite the service station stops . |
| 19 | Bowden gave a blood sample — because the breathalyser machine was defective — which showed he had 203 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood . |
| 20 | The concert and the reception which followed it generated considerable interest in , as well as funds for , the Alumni Foundation . |
| 21 | The December 1989 coup attempt and the abortive revolts which followed it damaged international investor confidence in the Philippines . |
| 22 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 23 | No less important to Reagan 's political future was the other part of his contract with General Electric which required him to spend 16 weeks a year touring GE plants around the country . |
| 24 | Mr Hook pointed out many of the Division One sides were concentrated round the south-east , which meant they had less travelling expenses . |
| 25 | so she 's still needed , I think she bought a three bedroomed house which meant she had two girls two girls and a boy , she had three children . |
| 26 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 27 | At that time Poole , like John , had to rely on stage presence more than technique , but he had a powerful personality and a quick intelligent appreciation of character which enabled him to give memorable performances in many of John 's early ballets . |
| 28 | Dave Holding , the British No 1 , looked capable of repeating his 1989 triumph until Wesley produced a devastating finish on Birdcage Walk which enabled him to slice 70 seconds off the record . |
| 29 | Sheer mental power was the ability which Coleridge possessed which enabled him to accomplish this feat , as he does in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , when , sitting in his cottage he takes in the ‘ Sea , hill , and wood This populous village ! … with all the numberless goings on of life . ’ |
| 30 | In 1990 Chevallier won a Northern Arts travel award which enabled her to spend six weeks in New York . |