Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter , using significant material not previously published , we shall , for the first time , give a comprehensive picture of the complex efforts which were made between 21–27 May to achieve a state of harmony between ( a ) the various conflicting policies and orders of AFHQ and ( b ) the policies and orders being carried out by Eighth Army IS Corps , in respect of both Cossacks and Yugoslavs . |
| 2 | In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second … |
| 3 | I decided that a rapid look through the papers which were piled into two filing trays on Jefferson 's desk was my best bet . |
| 4 | Sir Gregory ( who was rumoured to be Sam Gristy 's father ) provided quantities of ale and beef , which were consumed at three sittings in Mother Russell 's front kitchen , after which there was dancing to lutes and drums . |
| 5 | Because er I knew the area very well , I was er we had two committees which were composed of two counties , we had the Priory Committee th that was a home at Selkirk , a children 's home , and we had in cooperation with Berwickshire , Berwickshire and Selkirkshire were the owners of the Priory children 's home . |
| 6 | Germany also has alternative arrangements whereby art dealers and auctioneers may elect to pay VG Bild-Kunst ( the relevant collecting society ) a sum equal to 1% of their turnover in relation to all works sold by them which were created after 1 January 1900 . |
| 7 | Bracing himself , he began to walk up the wall , his hands using the knots which were tied at two foot intervals to aid his grip . |
| 8 | In 1993 , more than 1,000 students attended the weekend revision courses which were run at 24 centres around the country . |
| 9 | In addition , branch and class members paid annual capitation subscriptions which were earmarked for three purposes : 20% was retained by the branch , 40% was remitted to the District and the other 40% was forwarded to the National Association . |
| 10 | Reagan gave replies which were videotaped to 159 questions put to him by the lawyers of his former National Security Adviser , Rear Admiral John Poindexter , whose trial was due to open in Washington DC on March 5 . |
| 11 | ONE OF THE experimental bounding bombs devised by Barnes Wallis , later version of which were used by 617 Squadron in the famous Dambuster attack on the Mohne , Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany on May 16 , 1943 , was raised from the seabed off Chesil Beach , Dorset on Wednesday September 30 . |
| 12 | His interest was particularly in chemical investigations ; he devoted special attention to the chemical analysis of vegetable substances , his findings on which were published in three articles in Philosophical Transactions in 1674 . |
| 13 | This was out of 329 volumes which were left after 150 titles were reported missing at the time of the 1865 review . |
| 14 | The spate of record breaking in Irish cycling continues , the latest being the 100 miles figures which were bettered by three riders in the NICF 100 miles Northern Ireland Championship at Cloghmills yesterday . |
| 15 | The subsidiaries which held and operated the refining and marketing operations which were sold on 6 July 1992 were not consolidated and certain borrowings , attributable to these businesses , were also separated and included within businesses held for resale at the end of 1991 . |
| 16 | ‘ The documents specified above relate specifically to photocopies numbering approximately 5,000 pages , which were transported on 22 March 1991 from [ a Middle East state ] to the London offices of [ a London firm of solicitors ] . |
| 17 | Figure 1A shows the area of lesion which was calculated at 30 minutes after the injection of endothelin-1 in a range of 50–500 pmol/kg . |
| 18 | After crossing the Border Charles 's army had split up , but the two sections were reunited at Abington , between Moffat and Douglas , after which , with a short interval between them , both went on to Glasgow , which was preached on 26 December . |
| 19 | Then , a print of The Terror was cut up and plagiarized to fill out Targets which was made in fourteen days at a cost of $125,000 of which Karloff was paid $22,000 and Bogdanovich as director received $3000 . |
| 20 | Despite its poverty and its international isolation , Vietnam has been making a unique attempt to restore its tropical forest , one-fifth of which was lost in 20 years of war and its own mistakes . |
| 21 | Tenison and thirteen of the bishops voted against the Occasional Conformity Bill in the Lords in December 1702 , playing a crucial role in defeating a measure which was lost by seventy-one votes to fifty-nine . |
| 22 | In another letter read out to the Zoological Society in his absence , but which was written on 10 May 1839 , he recalls : |
| 23 | ONE of the Everton greats , Tommy Lawton , had a testimonial match at Goodison Park on November 6 , 1972 , which was attended by 12,209 fans and raised £6,300 . |
| 24 | The presentation was made at a celebration ceremony in London which was attended by four editors of the carpet trade press in addition to many others . |
| 25 | WACC supported the seminar , which was attended by 15 participants from Spain , Portugal , Italy , Switzerland and France . |
| 26 | The first apparent point of impact was a small tree which was broken off three feet above the ground and from his point the aircraft travelled over a clear area for 420 feet on a heading of 183°M . |
| 27 | The Mummerys therefore placed an order for a bitch from the next litter , which was born on 13 July 1963 . |
| 28 | Perhaps the best indication is that the initial flight , which was scheduled for 20 minutes , lasted well over an hour . |
| 29 | When the legislature convened in October , one of the those dismissed moved a vote of no confidence which was defeated by 15 votes to five . |
| 30 | In 1889 he was elected as first county councillor for Dursley , a position he held for thirty years and which was followed by nine years as county alderman . |