Example sentences of "which [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first two decades of its existence it was one of many organisations which argued insistently for the creation of National Parks . |
| 2 | In so far as Preobrazhensky claimed that there was a law of primitive socialist accumulation in the Soviet economy which operated along with the law of value , he denied that there could be one , single , regulator for the whole economy . |
| 3 | There was the high-class brothel , managed by Michael Lee , which operated out of the house across the park from Katherine 's own home , and then there were the dozen or so girls — the pick of the brothel girls — who worked the society parties . |
| 4 | Some such unfortunates ultimately abandoned the East Indiamen for a place in the pilot service in India , after they had acquired sufficient influence with important passengers to secure such an appointment , while others might take a place as an officer of one of the so-called country ships , which operated only in the East and did not return to Europe . |
| 5 | She had used some silky material to make a skirt which toned exactly with the wool , covered the buttons with the material of the skirt and the whole outfit was therefore beautifully co-ordinated . |
| 6 | The problem has been compounded by the hot summers of 1989-90 which increased the rate of soil evaporation , thereby further reducing the amount of water which penetrated through to the aquifers . |
| 7 | Now a poised , elegant creature stared back , dressed in a stylish cowl-necked black dress which swooped dramatically at the back . |
| 8 | Consequently , until 1935 the labour movement is of more interest when studied in its extra-parliamentary role , which centred largely around the issue of unemployment . |
| 9 | This was a ground-floor room which bulged out on the side of the house looking towards the big lawn and the stables . |
| 10 | Arctic biological resources have been sufficient to support small , scattered , nomadic populations which lived mainly along the coast or rivers . |
| 11 | Nigel bought a pulley , and the offending object was banished — hoisted skywards , where it hung immobile except when lowered , which became mainly for the amusement of visiting children who nevertheless were informed that any bad behaviour would be punished by hauling them up twenty-five feet into space and leaving them . |
| 12 | Theodora followed the hair-cord runner down the middle of the dark hall to a door behind the staircase which led through to the kitchen . |
| 13 | That is exactly what Jesus did by becoming man , travelling the road which led eventually to the cross . |
| 14 | ‘ Can I get to my room round this way ? ’ asked Belinda quickly as she slid her suitcases from Tom 's grasp and began to walk to the corner of the veranda which led around to the side of the house . |
| 15 | By the side of Gray 's Inn Buildings , which led on up the Avenue , some tall green wooden hoardings jutted out over part of the street and pavement , shielding some roadworks . |
| 16 | The great events of his administration were the return to the gold standard , the Treaty of Locarno , the General Strike , the Imperial Conference of 1926 which led on to the Statute of Westminster , and the measures originating in the Ministry of Health for the reform of local government and the extension of social security . |
| 17 | It required the outbreak of war and the threatened imminence of defeat to produce the power-sharing of 1940 , which led on to the power transference of 1945 . |
| 18 | He edged from the room as swiftly as the impeding furniture would let him , through the door which led straight onto the staircase to the upper storey . |
| 19 | And this organization , which sought to protect the rights of the newly colonized , provided much of the original intellectual and moral impetus which led ultimately to the formation of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain . |
| 20 | He took a prominent and active part in the investigations which led ultimately to the Mines Inspection Act of 1851 , and he was elected the first president of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers , to which he subsequently read many papers , on its formation at Newcastle in 1852 . |
| 21 | The net result was that the stiffness distribution of the structure was significantly altered , creating the high fastener loadings which led ultimately to the fatigue failure in the rear spar top chord . |
| 22 | It is of far greater historical significance that the legends of Kosovo helped to keep alive for centuries the spark of Serbian national consciousness which burst into flame with the Karadjordje revolt of 1804 , and which led ultimately to the founding of an independent Serbian kingdom . |
| 23 | He turned off along one of the dimly-lit back streets and , making the most of his bump of direction , arrived at the foot of the steep slope which led up to The Brigantine , the pub where Tony had taken him . |
| 24 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |
| 25 | Indeed , even at the time of the negotiations which led up to the SEA the European Communities ( EC ) Commission ( the Civil Service which administers the communities from Brussels ) estimated that in excess of 300 measures remained to be adopted before the problem of what came to be called ‘ non-Europe ’ could be said to have been fully addressed . |
| 26 | Kelly walked up the steps into the hall of the Garrick towards the wide staircase which led up to the bar , then hesitated . |
| 27 | Again , there was no direct reference to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ about the destruction of European Jewry , though the whole section of the report was placed under a quotation from the speech which led up to the passage on the Jews : that in the light of the suffering of the Germans at the hands of others , people should ‘ keep well away from us with their humanitarianism ’ . |
| 28 | This region played a relatively small part in the struggles which led up to the Sandinista revolution . |
| 29 | On 19 March the Assembly started a series of debates on a motion to reject Sunningdale and the constitutional arrangements which led up to the conference , and there built up a demand from Loyalists that new elections should be held for the Assembly . |
| 30 | He pulled up in fourth gear at the foot of the balustraded stone steps which led up to the solicitor 's office : Totteridge , Spruce and Hardnut , Commissioners for Oaths , said the brass plate . |