Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [vb past] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Such aspects of Fascist economics were almost an anticipation of Labour government policy in the crises which followed the Second World War .
2 In the history of the six generations which succeeded the first H.O .
3 The ‘ middle class ’ designation has retained some validity for so long , covering such disparate socio-economic categories , largely because of the remarkable tenacity of the amalgam of cultural values which characterised the nineteenth century middle classes : part bourgeois ( thrift , independence ) and part acquired from the aristocracy and gentry ( respectability , ‘ gentlemanly ’ behaviour ) .
4 Indeed , as Maxine Berg has well explained , a feature of those same closing decades which saw the first cotton mills was the spread of such manufactures .
5 They were dismayed by the crop of books and articles which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Wales 's marriage and Diana 's 30th birthday .
6 ‘ I was always afraid of things which worked the first time . ’
7 Above the doorway was a succession of clocks which indicated the next departures to the principal destinations .
8 But it was the failure of the Windscale Inquiry to represent adequately the protesters ' arguments which encouraged the first example of direct action in this country .
9 Chairman , he wo n't have to , it 's like this , he wo n't have to worry as they did when the televisions which caused the last fire in the House of Commons , I mean , set fire to them and er , caused that one .
10 I hope that , in the first session of the next parliament , there will be less of the constant bickering and exchange of insults which marred the last sessions of the previous House of Commons .
11 This claim illuminates one of the recurrent features of the military history of the period ; the frequent presence of the men of one civitas or another on campaign , above all during the civil wars which bedevilled the second half of the sixth century , when rivalry between cities seems to have exacerbated problems .
12 " Pedro Churruca " — wayward child , self-seeking politician , defender of the Republic and bringer of pain to his mother — represented a mixture of Ramón Franco and Francisco 's detestation of politicians and of the democratic ideals which inspired the Second Republic .
13 She wanted clothes which reflected the 19th century Australian outlaw 's wild and woolly look , and hired the latest member of her design team , Ian McMaugh , to provide it .
14 Yes , these are the very same thoughts which marred the first tour .
15 There was certainly no repeat of the violent confrontations which marred the last Springboks ' tour in 1970 as only a group of about 70 chanting protesters stood outside the ground .
16 Yorick had discarded the strong rhythms , the simple melodies and the accessible lyrics which characterized the first phase of his career .
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