Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] its [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The character of the design does not differ from that of contemporary marbles , but arms and hands free of the body ( cf. fig. 72 where , in spite of the struts , the hands are lost ) demonstrate the much greater tensile strength of bronze , which was to allow its use in the classical period for compositions which the Greek marble-worker would have shunned .
2 More recently , the Court of Appeal set aside an order prohibiting reporting by radio or television of a trial of fraud and corruption charges which was nearing its end at Stafford Crown Court .
3 Ed Riverton was a top executive in INCUBUS , the great American banking syndicate which was spreading its tentacles across Europe , investing in just about every type of company which existed .
4 He also started the city 's silk industry which was to underpin its economy for many years .
5 To a large extent , the cabinet reshuffle of 1957 marked the point at which the Franco regime adopted the style which was to become its hallmark in the 1960s and 1970s .
6 This chapel marks the ultimate halt in a via sacra of 14 chapels which was to wind its way down the hill to the Malá Strana .
7 Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party .
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