Example sentences of "which [verb] occurred [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are now undoubtedly the most endangered of the dolphin species , largely because their small and isolated populations are particularly vulnerable to the industrialisation which has occurred throughout much of their range in the past few decades . |
| 2 | One theme which has occurred throughout this book , is that law and order , and indeed Conservative criminology , has developed in response to social anxieties felt by ‘ respectable ’ elements of British society about a Britain which has difficulties in coming to terms with its position in a changing world . |
| 3 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind the magnitude of soil erosion which has occurred in sensitive areas including the Dust Bowl , parts of China and of Africa it is surprising that more attention has not been directed to this aspect of the human impact . |
| 5 | This season all female competitors had to undergo a compulsory sex test , a sad indication of the ridiculous cheating which has occurred in top level sport in the past . |
| 6 | That this is not always the case is apparent from our policy in cervical cancer screening , the bulk of which has occurred among young women , in whom the risk of dying of cervical cancer is substantially less than among older women , who have not been the focus of public screening policies for this disease . |
| 7 | That commodities such as simple sardine or anchovy butter which we had hitherto regarded as sandwich fillings , egg dishes which belonged to the breakfast table , the bed-sitting room or the night club , and little hot dishes which were ordinary English family supper savouries were valuable resources which could be quite differently deployed and offered as party dishes were ideas which had occurred to few people in pre-Boulestin days : |
| 8 | However , a light but bitterly cold breeze was a strong reminder of the horrors which had occurred to previous travellers , in far worse conditions . |
| 9 | Recent opinion polls , taken in the light of the changes which had occurred in Eastern Europe , showed a further erosion of support . |
| 10 | Over 3,000,000 people took part in the 1990 May Day celebrations , and on July 26 , the anniversary of the 1953 Moncada uprising , Castro told a mass rally that Cuba 's commitment to socialism was irreversible , in spite of changes which had occurred in Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | The background to the case lay in two allegations brought against the company in respect of incidents which had occurred in 1990 at their Newton Aycliffe factory , where microwave ovens were manufactured . |
| 12 | However , we shall also discuss the changes which have occurred over these three and a half decades . |
| 13 | You therefore get an increasing tangle of bureaucratic instructions which seek to legislate for an endless series of unlikely events which have occurred at some time in the organization 's past . |
| 14 | Borrowers and lenders must share the responsibility for financial fiascos which have occurred on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 15 | However , it is generally recognised that economic considerations are undoubtedly important in shaping the changes which have occurred within existing structures over the course of time since collective bargaining itself is an evolving social institution . |
| 16 | Save The Children Fund 's years of experience shows it does n't work and indeed that form of incarceration can lead to some of the tragic circumstances of self image , damage and even death which have occurred in penal institutions and been reported recently . |
| 17 | Writing this book has encouraged me to reflect upon the changes which have occurred in primary education in England and Wales since the end of World War II . |
| 18 | Hence , the Listening Test can be said to measure students ' communicative ability by exposing them to the kind of authentic misunderstandings which have occurred in real situations . |
| 19 | As we have already seen in the previous chapter , this conflict has also been reinforced by the social changes which have occurred in rural areas , so that disputes concerning environmental preservation often coincide with local — newcomer , rural — urban , and agricultural — industrial divisions in the rural population . |
| 20 | The third is possible changes in meaning which have occurred in certain words since the time when the writing was executed and the present day . |
| 21 | They relate basically to the widespread changes which have occurred in agricultural technology and husbandry techniques during the ‘ second agricultural revolution ’ of the last thirty years . |
| 22 | The examples which follow are just some of those opportunities which have occurred in particular circumstances . |
| 23 | ‘ On your allegiance , ’ Cranston bawled , ‘ I ask you , do you know anything about the deaths which have occurred in this household ? ’ |
| 24 | published their review , little has happened to improve the acceptability of the ITPA and , in terms of the developments which have occurred in linguistic theory and our knowledge of children 's language acquisition , a great deal has happened further to undermine its theoretical foundations . |