Example sentences of "which [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even councils which modernised their trams in the 1930s , such as Glasgow and Leeds , abandoned them in the 1950s . |
| 2 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 3 | In a Wales Tourist Board report , Cadw , the Welsh Office agency responsible for historic monuments , is criticised as a South Wales based organisation which concentrated its efforts on the top 20 attractions . |
| 4 | His drastic remodelling of the archaic and irrational administrative system , replacing it by a system of intendants on something like the French model , his abrogation in June 1789 of the Joyeuse Entrée of Brabant , the most important of the constitutional documents which limited his powers in the Netherlands , his collection of taxes which had not been approved by the provincial estates , all aroused furious opposition . |
| 5 | But the old religion had elements which prepared its adherents for the symbolism of the new : the death and resurrection of Osiris , the representations of the mother goddess Isis with her son Horus on her lap , the symbol of life in the form of a cross , the Egyptian ankh . |
| 6 | When France and Spain made peace in 1659 after a struggle which had lasted for almost a quarter of a century it was agreed that their representatives , Cardinal Mazarin and Don Luis de Haro , should meet on a small island in the River Bidassoa , which separated their territories in the Pyrenees . |
| 7 | It was Strongheart 's manifest mental activity which opened his eyes to the mental process present in all living creatures . |
| 8 | Daughter of the Queen Igrayne and half-sister to King Arthur , she revealed to him the intrigue between Lancelot and Guinevere by giving him a magic draught which opened his eyes to the perfidy . |
| 9 | Rostov located the controls which linked his viewscreens to the ship 's external sensors and switched the selector to the vision receptors which were concentrated below and ahead of the Simonova 's path . |
| 10 | Sarah had joined them through another miracle , a cloak thrown by Mary Jacobus which upheld her feet on the water . |
| 11 | In 1950 , Eric Williams published a book , ‘ Education in the British West Indies ’ , which contained his views on the setting up of a British West Indian University . |
| 12 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 13 | Nonetheless , there was constant stress which tested her reserves to the limit . |
| 14 | Kylie is speaking after an amazing journey which tested her nerves to the full . |
| 15 | One of the requirements of that particular council guides to the Chief Officers was that , they should bring before the councils a statement that Treasury Management policy and arrangements and that , in fact , was done in the autumn of ninety-two , and the council adopted a particular statement which reflected its circumstances at the time , erm , and the then policy . |
| 16 | Recipient of the first three Perths was 209 Squadron at Mount Batten , which replaced its Irises with the new ‘ boats . |
| 17 | The 4 p.c. inflation rate which greeted our ministers on the morning of victory means that the real price of money ( that is , allowing for inflation ) is now 6½ p.c . |
| 18 | In the East End of London , some joined the BUF because it appeared to offer a kind of explanation for economic and social problems which had their roots in the interaction between a native working class and a stable Jewish minority . |
| 19 | A warrior king , he patronised Scandinavian skalds who celebrated his victories in poems which had their roots in the world of the pagan gods and heroes . |
| 20 | Gynaecology enjoyed an intricate and fraught relationship with obstetrics , which had its origins in the 18th century . |
| 21 | the famous removals firm still in operation , which had its origins in the reign of Charles I ( 1625–49 ) when a certain Thomas Pickford owned teams of pack-horses for goods traffic . |
| 22 | Extensive state-backed medical involvement in the regulation of venereal disease and female prostitution crystallized an approach which had its origins in the public health programme of thirty years before . |
| 23 | In a typically British way , we have failed to take the credit that is due to us for that achievement , which had its origins in the Kangaroo group of Members of the European Parliament founded by the late Basil de Ferranti specifically to break down the trade barriers that existed in Europe at a time when none of the other major Community partners wanted to know anything about it . |
| 24 | Panama was initially excluded from the agreement , which had its origins in the Tuxtla Gutiérrez trade accord signed in January 1991 in the Mexican state of Chiapas [ see p. 37957 ] . |
| 25 | In this book she shows how in the years of the establishment of the Christian Church , holiness came to be defined by the exclusion of the female , and a concept of purity which had its roots in the Old Testament was used to establish the priesthood as a wholly male structure . |
| 26 | It was the sort of wit , understated and warm , which characterised his years at the International Secretariat , first as head of the Asia Region and then throughout his term as secretary general . |