Example sentences of "which [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many early r'n'r bass players continued to use the upright bass , which lent a distinct voice to the records of the time . |
| 2 | The work has a masterly sense of proportion , an elegiac richness of palate and a spiritual far-sightedness which lent a radiant depth to the work 's mythological tapestry . |
| 3 | Erm , but , you know , which lent a certain point to the whole argument . |
| 4 | For a moment she stood looking around the wide hall , closely carpeted in dark , velvety blue which lent an added drama to the vivid Impressionist paintings , the apricot-coloured Knole settee . |
| 5 | Here he describes the unprecedented amount of sculpture he has found , whose quality demonstrates that the sculptors of Aphrodisias were no mere copyists but artists ofa distinctive school which made a major contribution to ancient art . |
| 6 | Much later the Boots Pure Drug Co. endowed professorships in honour of Lord and Lady Trent which made a substantial contribution to the academic growth of the University . |
| 7 | But the towns were by no means insulated from its far-reaching effects , nor , within the towns , the trading community which made a substantial contribution to the wealth of the kingdom in this period . |
| 8 | But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt . |
| 9 | These were the only two factors which made a significant contribution to the persistence of symptoms . |
| 10 | Also the subject of slugs , he felt , was not one which made an easy stepping-stone to such delicate matters as he himself had in mind . |
| 11 | I deliberately chose the hydrangeas for their pointed petals , which made an interesting contrast to the very rounded shapes of the yellow potentillas and the roses . |
| 12 | But topping the event , which drew a large crowd to Banbury Stockyard , were cattle from noted breeders J Close and Sons that sold to 1800gns . |
| 13 | Subsequently , in the 1970s this approach was also addressed by M.A. Carson in The Mechanics of Erosion ( Carson , 1971 ) in a book which provided a unified introduction to the mechanics of erosional processes and which was aimed at undergraduates in earth science . |
| 14 | Dick Whittaker , deputy secretary of the JMB , said that there were now calculators available which , for example , offered computerised foreign language dictionaries and others which provided a complete guide to fossil groups in palaeontology . |
| 15 | A grim , angst-filled film by Ingmar Bergman became ludicrously enjoyable through the persistent hiccups of the person sitting in front of me , which provided a perfect counterpoint to the strangulated Swedish voices onscreen . |
| 16 | The long beans were fresh from the fields , crisp and extremely sweet , the silk squash had a soft , spongy texture and earthy flavour which provided a nice contrast to its coarse skin . |
| 17 | In that universal approach , which provided a thought-provoking challenge to the established temperate models , King ( 1962 , pp. 162–3 , 643 ) introduced his model as : |
| 18 | But it was Aldridge 's flying header at the edge of the six yard box on 14 minutes which provided a conclusive finish to a classic down-the-line move between Keane and the overlapping Irwin . |
| 19 | Further impetus to parent teacher co-operation was given by the Plowden Report ( 1967 ) which devoted a whole chapter to ‘ Participation by parents ’ . |
| 20 | Hiroshima was originally written for the New Yorker magazine , which devoted an entire issue to it in 1946 . |
| 21 | The ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) condemned the remarks as a " senseless statement " which posed a direct threat to the " free democratic system " . |
| 22 | Even if he had been so inclined it would have been extremely difficult to pursue reforms which posed a significant threat to the interests of the landed nobility . |
| 23 | Political developments in 1990 were dominated by the insurrection launched in October by armed forces of the FPR , which posed a significant threat to the Habyarimana government [ see pp. 37765-66 ; 37950-51 ] . |
| 24 | After Strahler one of the earliest movements in this direction was by E. Yatsu in Rock Control in Geomorphology , which proposed a quantitative approach to the underlying mechanics of processes , and as Yatsu ( 1966 ) remarked : |
| 25 | According to international development director Edward Sharp , the brands which emerged most strongly were those which adopted a pan-European approach to their above-the-line marketing , but a more flexible , country-by-country approach to direct marketing and promotions . |
| 26 | The three abortion cases , which may be reached in December , are unlikely to lead to a clean reversal of Roe v Wade , the 1973 Supreme Court ruling which granted an absolute right to abortion in the first three months of pregnancy and an almost unrestricted right in the next three . |
| 27 | Er , I understand there was problem because of the computer breakdown which caused a certain record to be lost but then I discover that there is no copy of man manual copy of orders sent to the contractors for repairs kept so that having lost the computer record the council do not know what lights have been reported to contractor for repair and then find out the basic clients |
| 28 | Bruce Wood has written of the long- and short-term factors coinciding in 1966 which caused a Royal Commission to be appointed in this controversial area . |
| 29 | Britain 's growing involvement in the highly profitable slave trade from the middle of the seventeenth century gave further impetus to the spread of racist caricatures and subsequently to the developments of the more systematic racial classifications and doctrines of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , which added a pseudo-scientific legitimation to earlier myths ( Banton and Harwood , 1975 ) . |
| 30 | The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders . |