Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So , Fearnley was under continuous threat from the two or three agencies which operated on an international basis , and especially from the most powerful , Mike Martinez . |
2 | A notably successful example of a glass shot ( see page 44 ) appears in the Powell/Pressburger version of Rumer Godden 's 1938 novel , Black Narcissus ( 1947 ) , which centred on a small group of nuns in the Indian Himalayas . |
3 | Courier beat Stefan Edberg in the final , which failed by a large margin to live up to it 's billing . |
4 | England had been one of the first countries to adopt Gothic designs but was one of the last to relinquish the style which passed into a Perpendicular phase unique to the British Isles . |
5 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
6 | The new trial was reopened before the Juzgado Quinto de Primera Instancia Penal de Sentencia ( Fifth Criminal Sentencing Court of the First Instance ) , and new evidence admitted which led to a guilty verdict . |
7 | Apart from the agitation over conditions and pay in the mid-1960s which led to a new contract and the " renaissance of general practice " the profession was virtually untouched by governments of either party , although the escalating demands on the hospital service which successive governments tried to grapple with were largely GP-induced . |
8 | The Pier Head incident proved to be the turning point which led to a new period of industrial peace within the giant Vehicle Division , unfortunately too late to avoid the massive investment switch to the Continent which was already under way with the newly approved corporate plan . |
9 | Since her trial a year ago , which led to a six-year jail sentence , Winnie Mandela has been at liberty on bail , pending an appeal . |
10 | Edinburgh was totally different from London ; a royal burgh , it was built according to some sort of plan : long narrow streets with timbered and stone houses on either side , some joined together , others separated by narrow runnels or alleyways which led to a small garden or croft behind each tenement . |
11 | However , internal feuds and a breakdown of discipline within the ranks of the Communist Party of the Philippines-Marxist Leninist ( CPP-ML ) , which led to a bloody purge of its supporters , seriously affected morale . |
12 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
13 | In the early years of the euro-dollar market 's growth , the USA incurred an increasing external deficit which led to a considerable accumulation of dollar claims ( deposits ) by non-US residents . |
14 | From then on he administered Penang with great skill and energy , which led to a considerable growth in population and trade . |
15 | There was an increase in the population of central and northern Italy which led to a rapid development of agriculture , a rise in general prosperity and a subsequent increase in merchant goods . |
16 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |
17 | Thus the Sino-Indian border disputes which led to a localized war in 1962 brought some joint Anglo-American action to try to deter China from further military action , and especially from air attacks on Indian cities . |
18 | After scooping the majority of prizes at the event the 24-man-troupe found themselves being booked for other carnivals which led to a whole summer 's bookings in 1990 . |
19 | Concern among the party 's grass roots and the parliamentary party was demonstrated by the tenor of the debate at Saturday 's executive which led to a further clarification of the Scottish party 's position . |
20 | Which led to a fresh thought . |
21 | This had dropped to fewer than 200 animals in 1979 in spite of a conservation programme since 1976 , largely because of its relative similarity to the Blonde which led to a high degree of crossing . |
22 | In 1892 , with the appointment of McFadyean as dean ( he became Principal in 1894 ) there began , on the foundations laid by his predecessors , a second century showing a remarkable transformation which led to a marked expansion of the numbers of teaching staff , to a greater development of the staff 's research activities , and to the full incorporation of the College into the country 's university system . |
23 | The special niche Bankers Books has established was enhanced by the publication of its catalogue which led to a significant increase in sales late in the year and a year end profit of £79,000 . |
24 | Looking down the basement steps which led to a paved area from which a door led straight into that kitchen which had secretly housed Bill Egan , he thought he could see that the door was ajar . |
25 | Relations between Becker and the rest of the German team would appear to have deteriorated after the incident in Melbourne when , within minutes of learning that Stich and Udo Riglewski had been nominated to represent Germany in the doubles , in Barcelona , he set in motion a chain of events which led to a quick re-think . |
26 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
27 | In Toronto an immense frontage 752 ft. long had a central colonnaded entrance-way which led into a great concourse with a slightly curving coffered ceiling . |
28 | He always used the side door which led into a small office . |
29 | As well as the fruit there was a tray with cups and flasks of wine and k'miss , and a plate of savoury pastries filled with p'tar meat which steamed with an appetising aroma . |
30 | In spite of her apparent self-confidence , in spite of her twenty-five years , in spite of having had the best that money could buy since she was a little girl , there was an ingenuousness about Harriet which sprung from a yearning need to prove herself — to her father , to her contemporaries , to the whole wide world . |