Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [verb] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Provincial Commissioner , Philip Mitchell , then near the beginning of the career which was to culminate in the governorships of Uganda and Kenya , complimented Murrells on his anthropological acumen — and advised him that the local councils of elders should ‘ consist where possible of one man , with three or more advisers , rather than a Committee because of the notorious weakness of Committees as executive instruments ’ . |
| 2 | The Romans had an old tradition of chronicling which was kept in the hands of aristocratic pontiffs . |
| 3 | ‘ Not only the members of the small governing class but every squire , tradesman and farmer who could afford to modernize or rebuild his house , even the parson , deputy of Christ , lived behind a façade which was conceived in the terms of a Classical Order , entered his home through a doorway deriving from the portico of a pagan shrine and sat at a hearth which resembled a miniature triumphal arch or an altar to the Lares . ’ |
| 4 | This measure provided in part the financial discipline which was lacking in the budgets of earlier years . |
| 5 | I presume neither Mr Baker nor Mrs Rumbold was aware that for over ten years I had been conducting a campaign to make creative writing a central feature of the English curriculum , and that in October 1983 I helped to organise a manifesto on this subject which was published in the Times Higher Education Supplement . |
| 6 | Deer , which were hunted by the rich therefore came to be associated with affluence ; and the peony , which was cultivated in the gardens of the nobility , was thus seen to symbolize the rank , wealth and well-being that accompanied this station in life . |
| 7 | It is built of freestone rubble which was quarried in the grounds . |
| 8 | This included a Registry function for receipt and despatch of correspondence , acting also as custodian of the central filing system , which was supplemented in the branches of the two departments by outposted files maintained by branch clerks . |
| 9 | The Calatrava exhibition in October received exceptional coverage which was reflected in the numbers attending the exhibition . |
| 10 | Its cooking partner was the Costard which was sold in the markets of Oxford from 1296 until the end of the seventeenth century and bequeathed us the word ‘ costermonger ’ — meaning someone who hawks fruit and vegetables in the street . |
| 11 | It is widely believed that the mines also produced gold which was used in the crowns of Scotland 's kings . |
| 12 | The great sun god had many forms and names , seventy-four of which were listed in the Litany of Re , a text which was inscribed in the entrances of royal tombs of the New Kingdom . |
| 13 | The Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma at the Memorial Service for Marjorie , Countess of Brecknock , which was held in the Guards Chapel , today . |
| 14 | Princess Alice , Duchess of Gloucester , was represented by Major Nicholas Barne at the Memorial Service for Marjorie , Countess of Brecknock , which was held in the Guards Chapel today . |
| 15 | The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Captain the Honourable Christopher Knollys at the Memorial Service for Marjorie , Countess of Brecknock which was held in the Guards Chapel , today . |
| 16 | Her sister Jane had asked her to be chief bridesmaid at her wedding to Robert Fellowes , the son-of the Queen 's land agent at Sandringham and now her private secretary , which was held in the Guards Chapel in April 1978 . |
| 17 | It is perhaps for this reason that the Court of Appeal in Faccenda left open the question as to whether an employee could sell the information which was comprised in the skills acquired in the course of employment which he could not be prevented from using himself . |
| 18 | The Save the Children Fund , which was working in the camps , made a report which exposed the scandal of the Ethiopian camps . |
| 19 | It seemed to Jehan as he watched Alexei 's face that the offworlder was reflecting inwardly upon the sum of his own knowledge , testing it against his belief in what was recorded in the books controlled by the Sechem . |
| 20 | The tabloid newspapers decided it was their duty to reveal that Gatting had invited a barmaid to his hotel room during the Test match , and that he and other players had taken part in ‘ sex romps ’ with girls from the hotel ; though how the newshounds , scrabbling around in the bushes outside , could see what was happening in the rooms was not really clear . |
| 21 | The child 's task was to point to the picture which correctly depicted what was described in the sentences . |
| 22 | A rich and powerful odour , not unpleasant outside here in the yard where the air was already scented with manure and compost , with the melons ripening in the wire garde-manger , with whatever was rotting in the dustbins . |