Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intensive surface geophysical surveys comprising galvanic resistivity , electromagnetic ( including TEM ) , magnetic and radiometric measurements were made at four sites in where strong photolineaments , which were assumed to indicate regional-scale faulting , have been recognised . |
| 2 | Twenty years later at least four major families of drugs were widely used , as well as a considerable number of supporting agents which were believed to help some patients in particular circumstances . |
| 3 | I can only say I was shocked and disgusted by the conditions in the factory , which were seen to constitute definite health and safety hazards . |
| 4 | De Gaulle used the extraordinary powers granted to him in June to introduce a set of major economic measures , which were intended to remedy these problems and to show France and the world that a state worthy of the name was now in charge . |
| 5 | One line of evidence is the fact that severe ‘ inner city ’ deprivation is no longer to be found just in older urban areas but also in the outer council-housing estates on the edges of cities which were built to house inner city residents displaced by renewal programmes ( CES Ltd , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | It is also interesting to notice that although it was the back bed needles which were used to create this pattern , the design actually shows on the front . |
| 7 | The cattle of Belgium owe much to Dutch and British breeds , particularly the Friesian types and the Shorthorn , which were used to improve local stock and create the national Belgian breeds , the most famous of which today must be the double-muscled Belgian Blue . |
| 8 | A tower where Robert Watson-Watt carried out the early experiments with radar can still be seen , as can the crumbling remains of the curious Pergola-style buildings which were used to test nuclear triggers following the Second World War . |
| 9 | If this figure applied to the county as a whole then the criticisms which were used to attack progressive methods were quite unjustified ; far too few schools had embraced Plowden for them to be having the catastrophic influence which their detractors attributed to them . |
| 10 | Tarvaras was a quarantine world , cut off from contact with the rest of the universe by orbiting weapons platforms which were programmed to destroy any craft which did not identify itself with the appropriate recognition codes , and it had seemed unlikely that the civilian survey crew would be tempted to break the stringent regulations which applied to the situation . |
| 11 | The basis of the calculations caused some confusion among oil companies which were planning to run overnight computer programs on the impact of the changes on their operations . |
| 12 | The budget contained details of an array of tax changes — outlined in the State of the Union speech [ see above ] — which were designed to stimulate economic growth . |
| 13 | A series of peripheral boulevards was begun , though not finished before 1870 , which were designed to provide easy access to the central area at the desired point of entry . |
| 14 | B. When trade started , people walked or rode on horseback or in waggons to those villages which were chosen to have weekly markets . |
| 15 | Springs or wells which were found to have healing properties were especially venerated , and towns such as Bath , with its famous Roman baths , developed . |
| 16 | Sun Life did not know before the move how many employees would choose to relocate from London to Bristol although , at the end of the exercise ( which was phased to ease potential business problems ) , 500 staff moved with the company . |
| 17 | OSI was established as a direct rival to IBM 's systems network architecture ( SNA ( which was intended to allow all IBM machines to talk to each other , while locking out non-SNA equipment . |
| 18 | The grand alliance favoured a new set of standards called open systems interconnection ( OSI ) , which was intended to allow all types of computer in the world to talk to each other within any kind of network . |
| 19 | They are cases in which a promise was made which was intended to create legal relations and which , to the knowledge of the person making the promise , was going to be acted on by the person to whom it was made , and which was in fact so acted on . |
| 20 | THE Social Fund — which was intended to target social security on the poorest — has failed , according to a report published today . |
| 21 | But while Anselm was engaged in these researches , another definition of liberty was emerging , chiefly in the circle of Gregory VII , which was destined to have growing influence during the next hundred years and beyond . |
| 22 | Northern Foods was one of the largest and most successful companies in the country , with a steady record of expansion which was beginning to attract foreign investment . |
| 23 | The turning-point in his fortunes came in October 1861 , when he was asked to take on the printing and publishing of the Union newspaper , which was trying to bring Tractarian Anglicans into touch with Roman Catholics . |
| 24 | Respondents identified a number of procedural deficiencies in the Act which was said to lack sufficient powers to enforce compliance . |
| 25 | According to press reports the King was expected to convey a message to Bush from Saddam , which was said to include fresh proposals to solve the crisis . |
| 26 | The other point of view was that the origin and route of funding , whether it be via Jordanian or Israeli authorities , or from an external funding agency — even Palestinian nationalist sources — necessarily implied a kind of patronage which was bound to strengthen external control over the community . |
| 27 | The government in the 1930s saw the BUF as a nuisance which needed to be watched , but which was felt to have little impact on wider society and which suffered from grave internal weaknesses . |
| 28 | About half way down the hill forming the eastern slope of Nafferton Slack , by the road-side , to prevent waggons leaving the roadway , stood a large stone , which was believed to have wonderful powers . |
| 29 | Coastguards were alerted and Department of Transport officials travelled to Eyemouth and boarded the boat , which was believed to have ten people on board . |
| 30 | We are able to offer you a comprehensive letting and management service which was created to suit all needs . |