Example sentences of "which [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a psychological tonic which helped me to cope with a silent Parliament . |
| 2 | Berger 's race was ruined by electrically-related gearbox problems , which caused him to start from the pit lane , and then a resultant overheating engine , which caused his retirement after four laps . |
| 3 | But because these interests in land were protected by personal and not by the real actions , they developed a set of legal characteristics which caused them to differ from the interests classed as real property . |
| 4 | Secondly , and most serious , are allegations of ‘ Clever Hans ’ errors ; named after the German horse early in the century that gave correct answers to arithmetical problems shown it on a blackboard ( by tapping with its hoof ) until it was unmasked as reacting to unwitting symptoms of tension in its trainer which caused it to stop at the right moment . |
| 5 | This was a pool hall expression alluding to a cue ball played with side , or spin , which caused it to behave in a deceptive way . |
| 6 | Now she had developed a self-assurance and experience which allowed her to perform on the public stage . |
| 7 | Minton 's continuing involvement with the River Thames is also affirmed by his illustrations for John Herbert 's essay , ‘ London 's Port and River ’ , in the book Flower of Cities , published in 1949 , and which allowed him to draw upon a well-developed vocabulary , with freedom and confident mastery . |
| 8 | Guiding his entire policy was a sense of perspective , which allowed him to look beyond the immediate impasse and to visualize a future beyond Algeria . |
| 9 | An elaborate version of pass the parcel , which allowed me to travel around the southern part of the state doing workshops in a variety of places . |
| 10 | We could have catered for ourselves , but preferred the no-hassle option of half board which allowed us to indulge in the superb hot and cold buffet dinner provided with free wine . |
| 11 | The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins . |
| 12 | His body clock free-ran so that on occasions he was the victim of a clash between an internal cause — which thought it was night and wanted him to sleep — and an external cause , society — which required him to work in the ( real ) daytime . |
| 13 | Well educated in Latin , French , German , Flemish , Spanish and Italian as well as in the Gaelic which enabled him to talk to the most suspicious and recalcitrant Highlanders , he gathered about him scholars and artists to add distinction to what soon became not merely the constitutional but also the cultural capital of the north . |
| 14 | It would appear from paragraph ( a ) that a seller who has a monopoly over the supply of the kind of goods in question is unlikely to convince the court of the reasonableness of a wide exemption clause , especially if it was a large demand for the product which enabled him to insist on the clause being in the contract . |
| 15 | Likewise , it was his image of a party united by a scientifically based theory which enabled him to insist upon a steeply hierarchical structure . |
| 16 | It was the experience he gained in Greenock which enabled him to go to the United States and feature so prominently in American deaf education . |
| 17 | However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy . |
| 18 | Theda murmured , unable to help admiring Rose 's social address , which enabled her to gloss over the incident so easily . |
| 19 | The US Congress at the end of March 1988 allocated humanitarian aid to the contras which enabled them to continue as a force , but Nicaragua from May 1988 unilaterally extended the Sapoá ceasefire on a monthly basis throughout 1988 and for most of 1989 [ see pp. 36421-22 ; 36681 ; see also below ] . |
| 20 | It was that independence which enabled us to participate in the Gulf war and to initiate the Falklands conflict without having to secure the agreement of our 11 Community colleagues . |
| 21 | Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place . |
| 22 | That duration testifies to the substantial fact that for all the alarm the crisis produced , the British financial system had reached a level of sophistication and general confidence which enabled it to live through a moment which in earlier times would have seemed the harbinger of doom . |
| 23 | In any event , before the disastrous situation which sent him to jail for a short period , I had one other encounter . |
| 24 | To all complaints about his conduct he made the same answer : he was bound by the decree of 1099 , which obliged him to withdraw from the communion of all who had taken part in ceremonies of investiture or homage . |