Example sentences of "which [was/were] [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 2 | The confidence which was necessary for the successful functioning of a coinage tended to encourage a conservative approach to its design , and one of the largest and most abundant coinages of the ancient world , that of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC , deliberately preserved an archaic appearance , as a comparison with more up-to-date treatments of the same subject reveals ( fig. 9 ) . |
| 3 | Accordingly , we should only interfere with his decision if we are satisfied that he applied an incorrect test , or was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion or was plainly wrong . |
| 4 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 5 | In my judgment therefore the exercise of his discretion was vitiated on the additional ground that by failing to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , he was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion . |
| 6 | But he was also responding to a mounting chorus of complaint about the system of ‘ feeding ’ , which was disastrous for the local population . |
| 7 | Also , the traumas of the Vietnam War and civil liberties clashes caused a crisis of confidence and led to a questioning frame of mind , which was ready for the idiosyncratic and difficult to interpret images made by Friedlander and his contemporaries . |
| 8 | A separate inquiry is believed to be still continuing into the other trustee , Coutts , which was responsible for the remaining five unit trusts . |
| 9 | Another striking feature was the existence of the Main Political Administration which was responsible for the political education and consciousness of the military . |
| 10 | This continued to operate in the Treasury though no attempt was made to coordinate its activities with the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which was responsible for the Economic Survey . |
| 11 | In 1605 it began trading at Surat , which was convenient for the Persian trade already developed by the Muscovy Company and also for diplomatic contact with the Moghul capital at Agra . |