Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When scoring only the strongly reactive nuclei in the PCNA assay , which were assumed to represent the S phase cells , the individual proliferation indices between the two methods showed a Spearman correlation coefficient of r s =0.6 ( p=0.011 ) ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 2 | The sentence followed an arrangement with the federal authorities whereby the banks had pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Jan. 16 , in return for their co-operation in ongoing investigations which were believed to include the case of Gen. Manuel Noriega , the former ruler of Panama currently awaiting trial in the USA [ see p. 37179 ] . |
| 3 | Indeed , for many of the unskilled or sweated trades the sort of organisations which were beginning to make the strength of labour movements were quite impracticable . |
| 4 | Throughout the Italo-Abyssinian conflict of this period , Nizan forcefully argued the need for collective security , on the one hand , by voicing his implacable opposition to the colonial ambitions of Mussolini , and on the other , by focusing attention on the highly dubious diplomatic manoeuvres of the British and French governments , the more reactionary elements of which were seeking to use the conflict as a " pretext for a new imperialist arms race " . |
| 5 | The problem of incorporation of standard terms and conditions has been dealt with in a series of cases generally known as the " ticket cases " , which arose from the practice of printing terms and conditions on a variety of documents from railway or steamship tickets , to deck chair or swimming pool tickets , which were intended to govern the contract between the proprietor and the person using his services ( see for instance Parker v South Eastern Railway ( 1877 ) 2 CPD 416 , Hood v Anchor Line ( Henderson Brothers ) Ltd [ 1918 ] AC 837 , Chapelton v Barry UDC [ 1940 ] 1 KB 532 and Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [ 1971 ] 2 QB 163 ) . |
| 6 | This research aims to explore the origins and implementation of a politically sensitive policy in the context of other recent initiatives which were intended to enhance the quality of educational choice . |
| 7 | Set texts I acquired at Manchester ; set texts Lynn got at Keele ; various important books bought since which were going to change the way we thought and lived , but somehow failed to . |
| 8 | These were mainly near the rivers , which were used to transport the coal easily and cheaply . |
| 9 | Like Pandora 's box , from it came a screw driver , a Stanley knife , scissors and an adjustable spanner , all of which were used to keep the Stoddard Templeton units in tip top condition . |
| 10 | The IMF announced on Oct. 9 that it was to realign the currency weightings which were used to calculate the value of the special drawing right ( SDR — the unit in which its internal dealings and most of its loans were denominated ; for the last five-yearly review see p. 34140 ) . |
| 11 | Counsel for the SFO announced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , that charges against Seelig and David Mayhew ( a stockbroker ) which were to have formed the basis of a third trial had now been withdrawn . |
| 12 | On July 16 Shatalin broke with the DRM and announced the formation of a new political party , together with Svyatoslav Fedorov , Nikolai Travkin , leader of the Democratic Party of Russia , and representatives of the Democratic Parties from republics which were planning to sign the Union Treaty . |
| 13 | In both schools , key individuals were observed to adopt management strategies which were designed to improve the chances of the scheme 's success . |
| 14 | When the film had finished playing , twenty questions were asked which were designed to test the observation of the people present . |
| 15 | North Korean Prime Minister Yon Hyong Muk and his South Korean counterpart Chung Won Shik signed three agreements — on non-aggression , reconciliation and exchange — which were designed to facilitate the implementation of the inter-Korean reconciliation pact signed in late 1991 [ see pp. 38659-60 ] . |
| 16 | In the aftermath of the July 1989 Supreme Court decision undermining the 1973 landmark judgment Roe v. Wade ( the foundation of legalized abortion ) , numerous bills were introduced in more than 40 state legislatures , the majority of which were designed to restrict the availability of abortion [ see pp. 37310 ; 37406-07 ; 37605 ; 37999 ; 38138-39 ] . |
| 17 | Several features of the Act which were designed to reduce the possibility of public disorder seem more likely to promote its occurrence . |
| 18 | The changes , which were designed to bring the Hong Kong exchange into line with international practice , were opposed mainly by the smaller Chinese brokers , and supported by the larger international institutions which had moved increasingly into the Hong Kong exchange in the 1980s . |
| 19 | The introduction of value for money auditing in Canada was accompanied by a number of other institutional innovations , all of which were designed to increase the accountability of public sector organizations . |
| 20 | Thus the angular and straight lines drawn by the legs were also drawn simultaneously by the arms and hands , which were allowed to cross the centre line of the body , very often with a twist sideways at the waist . |
| 21 | A large number of the words are simple inflections which were solved using the information in the Text710 version ( Mitton , 1986 ) of the OALDCE . |
| 22 | But this pattern was not unique to Britain and it merely confirmed the strength of the economic forces which were coming to determine the development of the newspaper industry and of the newspaper itself . |
| 23 | The guidelines emphasised process skills which were expected to permeate the school curriculum . |
| 24 | These included regulations covering the registration of political parties and a number of amendments to the Constitution which were reported to include the implementation of a semi-presidential regime , with executive powers vested in a prime minister . |
| 25 | Economic consequences were particularly severe for countries which were forced to bear the costs of accommodating large numbers of refugees , such as Jordan [ see p. 37639 ] and Turkey [ see p. 37641 ] , or suffer the loss of workers ' remittances , such as Egypt , Pakistan , India , Bangladesh and the Philippines . |
| 26 | On the same day two of Spain 's leading private electricity companies ( Iberduero SA and Hidroeléctrica Española SA ) announced plans to merge to compete with the state-owned ENDESA ( Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA ) , in a move welcomed by the government which was aiming to reorganize the power industry and planned to introduce a new national energy plan by the end of July . |
| 27 | Officers of all the Thames regional authorities were also heavily involved in the work of the London Health Planning Consortium , which was aiming to rationalize the numbers of acute ( general medicine ) beds in the capital . |
| 28 | A comparative newcomer , David Sillito , was assigned as navigator on a patrol which was sent to destroy the track near Sidi Barani . |
| 29 | Under the decree , which was intended to create the mechanisms of a free market to replace the administratively determined distribution system of the old Soviet economic system , local governments were ordered to organize facilities for wholesale markets in cities . |
| 30 | To this list we can now add Taurus — a system which was intended to automate the transfer of ownership of company shares in a way analogous to the transfer of money in the banking system and which collapsed spectacularly in March after countless delays and problems . |