Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE NUNS in Northamptonshire who are battling to save their 5,000 chickens from slaughter said yesterday that the Ministry of Agriculture had changed its story over the type of salmonella responsible for the outbreak of food poisoning which led to the flock being tested . |
| 2 | These interventions , associated with the Keynesian revolution in economic thinking which called for the state to become involved in maintaining the level of aggregate demand in the economy through the use of budgetry policies , have been seen not as a triumph of democratic struggle but as a further example of the use of the state as an instrument of the interests of the ruling class . |
| 3 | When war broke out in South Africa MacBride was one of the first and most prominent members of the Irish Brigade which fought for the Boer republics , and at Ladysmith , Colenso , and elsewhere he proved himself to be a brave and resourceful soldier . |
| 4 | These gateways gave entrance to avenues with covered arcades on each side which led to the centre of the enclosure . |
| 5 | A state entrance was under a porte-cochère on the Downing Street side which led to the suite of reception rooms occupying the entire first floor of the northern wing . |
| 6 | He found the warehouse which corresponded to the number on the invoice lying beside him on the passenger seat and slowed the Golf to a halt in front of it . |
| 7 | This was the reasoning which lay behind the foundation of the Zollverein in 1834 . |
| 8 | Reference has already been made to the examination by the Sumner Committee of the 1905 Hague Convention , and the reasoning which led to the Committee 's recommendation that the United Kingdom should not accede to that Convention but proceed rather by way of bilateral treaties . |
| 9 | The reasoning which led to the discovery of the antimalarial pyrimethamine was applied equally fruitfully 15 years later , to the drug trimethoprim , which was as specific for certain bacteria as pyrimethamine was for malaria parasites . |
| 10 | Although the PDM held fewer seats than Namaliu 's Pangu Pati , Wingti successfully constructed a coalition which consisted of the PDM , the People 's Progress Party ( PPP ) , and the League for National Advancement ( LNA ) — which had formerly participated in the Pangu-led government of Namaliu — together with a majority of the many independent MPs . |
| 11 | There was nothing imaginary about the shooting which erupted in the street outside . |
| 12 | Firms in North Wales here along the coast which came after the war of course . |
| 13 | The logical alternative was to promote the " ministerial " principle by strengthening the chain of command which led from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the provincial governors . |
| 14 | A creature appeared , a lion , red and huge , bounding up the narrow winding streets of Edinburgh , splashing through rivers of blood which poured from the castle . |
| 15 | Perhaps the attraction was due to the German blood which flowed in the veins of some of my ancestors ; it was no doubt helped by my veneration for the genius of men like Wagner and Goethe . |
| 16 | Sarah Leigh , prosecuting , said the two men were in a car which drove into the rear of a parked car in Reaper Close , Great Sankey . |
| 17 | The fundamental difference between the traditional City and Guilds awards and the new NVQ award is that the former were awarded by City and Guilds to students who had attended an approved course of study in a college which led to the student successfully passing the relevant City and Guilds examination . |
| 18 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 19 | Labour 's employment spokesman was blamed for much of the confusion which arose at the TUC on the issue . |
| 20 | A more fruitful response would be to acknowledge the research which went into the arguments supporting the opinion , and make use of the opportunity to explain more clearly the Church 's position in the matter . |
| 21 | This attitude both belittles the quality of the author 's work and also underestimates the wide reading and research which went into the creation of her most famous character . |
| 22 | As early as 1705 there were five of these with well-defined functions each handling relations with a specific group of countries , and new departments were added as time went on ( for example a Ceremonial Department which evolved in the reign of Catherine II ) . |
| 23 | In order to wean the company away from a reliance on theatre plays , he set up a major script department which drew on the talents of writers like Frank Launder , Sidney Gilliatt , Val Guest and Michael Pertwee , as well as occasionally giving jobs to young writers like Christopher Isherwood . |
| 24 | It was a ritual which resulted in the children feeling guilty and confused . |
| 25 | The village was built on a fairly steep hillside and on a terrace which functioned as the village square a party was getting under way with a barbecue and a band consisting of sound-system , drums , electric guitar , bass guitar and electric keyboard . |
| 26 | Normally , a ride in a car , even a police car , would be something of a treat for a child particularly now that a gratifying crowd was beginning to collect to witness his notoriety , drawn by the yards of white tape which sealed off the whole of the south part of the church and by the police cars and the unmistakable black and sinister mortuary van parked between the church wall and the canal . |
| 27 | To loud applause Karlinsky shook hands with the President before ascending the steps where he put his face against the blue and white silk curtain with the gold braid which hung before the doors of the Ark . |
| 28 | Walker ( 1988 ) , in a study which looked at the race of young males disposed of by the courts in London in 1983 , found that of those prosecuted , more blacks had their case dismissed without trial due to insufficient evidence , suggesting according to Walker , that either ‘ … the police more readily prosecute black people ’ , or that ‘ the court requires more convincing evidence for black defendants ’ ( Walker 1988 , p.459 ) . |
| 29 | Government forces then laid seige to the building and , after a standoff of several hours , there was a four-hour gun-battle which culminated in the storming of the hotel . |
| 30 | The mortice joints were cut with the router using a template which located in the housing , I then assembled the bottom frame dry using home-made cramps . |