Example sentences of "[n mass] which [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 INFORMATION required on a rescue attempt by a Walrus which went to the aid of B-17 2102610 Boomerang on Saturday December 30 , 1944 , after it had crashed into the sea approximately 16 miles off Beachy Head .
2 In 1935 he helped to form the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company , and thus facilitated the development of the Hurricane aircraft which fought in the Battle of Britain ( 1940 ) .
3 Out of every hundred aircraft which ventured over the border , eighty-seven returned safely .
4 Among the 14 awards presented were the Zoeftig Furniture Award of £1,000 which went to the RCA 's Adam Brinkworth and Alison Thomas for their ensemble of stool and armchair .
5 The flocks of sheep which grazed in the pastures near the villa were similar to the Soay breed — hardy creatures which produced milk and hard-wearing wool .
6 Thus , if the taxpayer can show that in year 1 he had been assessed under s739 on the £100,000 which accrued to the trust then the trustees are able either in that year or in subsequent years to pay the monies out without any tax charge under s742(2) ( c ) .
7 Girobank handled £47m in retail deposits and transactions last year , which the bank says works out at £1 in every £3 which passed through the nation 's tills .
8 Have people lost a clearer ‘ sense of obligation ’ to assist their kin which existed in the past ?
9 Instead , men were tramping through the shrubbery , parting the delphiniums , running their hands between every pansy and wallflower , even lifting the clumps of lobelia which cascaded down the side of a weathered stone urn .
10 Social minded reformers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries collated statistics which pointed to the influence of lack of sanitation and poor living conditions on a host of diseases such as diphtheria , scurvy , smallpox , and TB , little aware that later generations would dignify their efforts as alternative medicine .
11 Some of these animals were and are big : one species which existed around the time of the catastrophe was 15 m ( 50 ft ) long .
12 Piston-engined trainers were also still being produced during this time , including the Yak–18 series which culminated in the Yak–18T , an example of which is on display .
13 Along with millions of youngsters , the trio are huge fans of the series which finished at the weekend .
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