Example sentences of "which [vb past] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ) . |
2 | Investigator Ken Randall found Gooda Walker had made unorthodox use of ‘ time and distance ’ insurance policies , which led to a possible £10 million overstatement of profits for 1988 on one syndicate , 290 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | From then on he administered Penang with great skill and energy , which led to a considerable growth in population and trade . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Which led to a fresh thought . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | His housemaster wrote to Lord Baldwin asking for help , which led to an extra £150 per annum towards Georg 's keep . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | The results of Edward 's Gascon inquiry of 1273–5 were not entirely dissimilar to those of his subsequent inquest in England which led to the Hundred Rolls and the statute of Gloucester ( 1280 ) . |
26 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
27 | She followed a makeshift , stepping-stone path , through a rapidly deepening quagmire of mud which led to the front door , and knocked loud and firm upon the solid oak panels . |
28 | We 're lucky , outsiders like me , in that we 've got the Franks Report on the origins of the war , which covers the seventeen-year build-up , the era of non-decision-taking almost , which led to the Argentine invasion of 1982 . |
29 | Gently nosing the car down the hill into the village , he turned off the road into the gravelled drive which led to the eighteenth-century stone barn . |
30 | Daisy Mules told the rally how she had been on a Dublin student contingent at the march which led to the Bloody Sunday massacre . |