Example sentences of "which [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 2 | Simon gained valuable site experience which helped him to gain chartered engineer status . |
| 3 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 4 | By the fifteenth century the King of England was Lord of Ireland , though his new territory was separate enough to have its own parliament , whose power was reduced but not eliminated by Poyning 's Law of 1495 , which forbade it to pass any law that had not been approved in advance by the King and his council . |
| 5 | Once she had identified her goals she , together with her BTEC Course Tutor at her College , chose options on the National Diploma which allowed her to pursue these aims . |
| 6 | Ms Leaming tells it all with vim , though the gossip turns her on far more than the movies : ‘ Aly practised an Eastern art of love known as Imsak , which allowed him to exercise indefinite control … ’ |
| 7 | In one artist 's statement , he remarked : Whilst the Lefevre exhibition established him as urban romantic with a particular feeling for Thames-side subjects , a number of commissions followed which allowed him to develop this vein . |
| 8 | If one may suspend conscience , and forget the conditions and costs of labour which allowed them to create this wealth , then these streets — as they do in London and Edinburgh , and still to be seen in Dublin — define the comfort of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century middle classes . |
| 9 | Many were following the old General ( later Combined ) Degree which allowed them to study three subjects for finals . |
| 10 | It was the emergence of the Chinese Lesbian Group which allowed me to start this process of healing and accepting myself . |
| 11 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 12 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 13 | The food and drinks offered by the hosts were , I thought , just about right , and very reasonable in price , which encouraged us to use this service , despite the service station stops . |
| 14 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 15 | No less important to Reagan 's political future was the other part of his contract with General Electric which required him to spend 16 weeks a year touring GE plants around the country . |
| 16 | At that time Poole , like John , had to rely on stage presence more than technique , but he had a powerful personality and a quick intelligent appreciation of character which enabled him to give memorable performances in many of John 's early ballets . |
| 17 | Dave Holding , the British No 1 , looked capable of repeating his 1989 triumph until Wesley produced a devastating finish on Birdcage Walk which enabled him to slice 70 seconds off the record . |
| 18 | Sheer mental power was the ability which Coleridge possessed which enabled him to accomplish this feat , as he does in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , when , sitting in his cottage he takes in the ‘ Sea , hill , and wood This populous village ! … with all the numberless goings on of life . ’ |
| 19 | In 1990 Chevallier won a Northern Arts travel award which enabled her to spend six weeks in New York . |
| 20 | With a career as an actress already established it was the success of Lynda La Plante 's 12 part series for Euston Films , WIDOWS , ( 1982 ) , which enabled her to concentrate full time on writing . |
| 21 | A number of studies have brought out the bargaining strength of trade unions during the period of near full employment [ Brown , 1981 ] , which enabled them to reinforce long-established work practices which were an incubus on British industry in the form of overmanning . |
| 22 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 23 | By bourgeoisification , Taylor is referring to the increasing emphasis within the game on comfort and entertainment manifested in such developments as the reconstruction of grounds as commercial stadia ( with covered stands , seats and floodlights ) , the payment of large transfer fees and the freedom of contract for players which enabled them to command large salaries . |
| 24 | The high level of enquiries resulted in another intensive year 's effort by the tendering teams which enabled us to submit more tenders by number and value than we did in 1991 . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , he decided to side with Detroit on the day , so that he might be as comfortably partisan as usual , but he did so among a group of Pittsburgh supporters , whom he referred to throughout the same as Pitts-buggers , which did nothing to improve inter-City relations . |
| 26 | Unfortunately Gaunt had claims on the Castilian crown which induced him to put these interests before priorities in France and at the same time drove the formidable Castilian navy into alliance with the French . |
| 27 | It was not only duty which pushed him to make this offer , but also his old passion for her . |