Example sentences of "which [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the north-east side of the island Captain Ferzenaar also reported that he could see no less than eleven other minor centres of activity , which were either emitting small columns of steam , or occasionally ejecting dust in small explosive bursts . |
| 2 | I did notice those remarks , which were widely reported this morning . |
| 3 | The impact of ‘ Democracy Wall ’ had heightened expectations for genuine change , however , which were soon to bring many students temporarily out of the classrooms . |
| 4 | To assess directly the differences between situations which were recalled and those which were not recalled each subject 's mean accident estimate and risk rating was calculated separately for situations which they recalled and those they did not . |
| 5 | There is an excellent chapter on Diderot 's ‘ Afterlife ’ , and his analysis of Rameau 's Nephew shows how Diderot anticipates problems of personality which were not to become common currency until the 20th century . |
| 6 | They heard Peter slam the car door , then pull down the groaning metal garage door , then approach the house along the path of concrete slabs which were lethally glazed all year round with slippery green . |
| 7 | This recovery has been made necessary because , as we have seen , the rhetorical and historical use of anthropology got so disastrously mixed up in the work of the founders and produced a false picture of the idyllic classless community which was later termed primitive communism and then got further confused with the type of society the Marxists were trying to construct in the future . |
| 8 | However , in an interview with Dutch television on 1 October , the Russian Minister for Culture and Tourism , Yevgeniy Sidorov , did say that the drawings had been ‘ found ’ on Russian soil , and that an invitation had been issued to the Dutch ambassador to come and ‘ verify ’ the collection , which was probably moved last year to the monastery of Pavloviy Posad ( formerly Zagorsk ) in an attempt by the Pushkin museum 's authorities to save their reputations after repeated accusations had been made against them both by Russians and the Dutch . |
| 9 | Private Eye will probably close if it loses its appeal against the award of £600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe , which was also heard last week . |
| 10 | Mozart reported to Constanze that Carl loved the opera ( which was also attended that night by his old enemy Salieri ) , and then went on to discuss the shortcomings of Carl 's education — just like any other anxious parent . |
| 11 | THE Oscar-nominated actress Emma Thompson last night won the best actress prize in the British Academy of Film and Television Awards for her role in Howards End , which was also named best film . |
| 12 | EMMA THOMPSON won Britain 's version of an Oscar last night , taking the best actress award for her role in Howards End , which was also named best film . |
| 13 | But it was from America that British consumers took the idea of the founding of the Consumers ' Association and its magazine Which ? in 1957 , which was soon selling 300,000 copies — almost as many as The Times . |
| 14 | His Elizabethan successors were weak men ; it was a victory for local gentry which was eventually to have profound results when the royal interests of the |
| 15 | This was in part a response to an upsurge in militant opposition to food shortages and profiteering which was simultaneously driving many trade unionists into cooperation . |
| 16 | Final proposals were sent out after the refinance steering committee , led by Barclays , agreed the documentation in a process which was originally started last March . |
| 17 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 18 | McQuillen was responsible for establishing Sun 's Scottish manufacturing plant in Linlithglow — ironically both McQuillen and Irishman Melia have done time at Digital Equipment Corp 's Galway plant in Ireland , the closure of which was formally announced last week , at the same time as news of the planned Sun centre emerged . |
| 19 | The most significant objection , however , was that it would have precluded private prosecutions , the importance of which was amply illustrated several years ago by the Glasgow rape case . |
| 20 | While the experts knew that the status of the atomic theory and of facts and laws was uncertain , those learning elementary science absorbed a world-picture in which unchanging atoms of matter moved according to deterministic laws , in which useful knowledge was paramount , and in which problems could be solved by the almost-mechanical application of scientific method , which was really organized common sense . |
| 21 | Supporters of the plan claimed that it would allow an immediate settlement of the territory 's status and therefore end the climate of uncertainty which was adversely affecting foreign investment . |
| 22 | Several trial runs were carried out on Anerley Hill , to test the special anti-run-back brakes , with which they were fitted , using trolleybus No. 65 , which was purposely dewired several times on the hill to make sure that the brake really worked and for the benefit of the press . |
| 23 | Little did anyone know of the furore which was about to break six hours later at Ellis Park . |
| 24 | In Bogaloosa he drove cars for the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee which was then organizing black voter registration . |
| 25 | It was sufficient to programme one copy , which was then replicated many times . |
| 26 | Mechanical agitation released the epithelial cells into a suspension , which was then washed several times before use . |
| 27 | She sat down on the bench opposite to him and looked at his fat baby face , which was now showing some concern . |
| 28 | Six of those victims were claimed during the match against Australia four years ago , shortly before he signed up with Mike Gatting 's ‘ rebels ’ and sentenced himself to a ban which was only lifted last autumn . |
| 29 | They say more needs to be done to reduce the noise level from the new section of the M-Forty which was only opened two years ago . |
| 30 | Then , at Imola , Niki again failed to finish — he was , I recall , disgusted with himself and with the engine , which was still having some teething problems — and Prost won . |