Example sentences of "which was [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original timber used was Oregon Pine , the inherent softness of which was aggravated by the wet conditions in which it lay . |
| 2 | Held , dismissing the applications , that prior to 1873 judges sitting as visitors to the Inns of Court to hear appeals by barristers who had been ordered to be suspended or disbarred were acting as judges and performing judicial duties which were an essential part of the administration of justice in their courts ; that the disciplinary jurisdiction of the visitors in respect of fitness of persons to become or remain barristers , was a jurisdiction which was transferred to the High Court by section 16 of the Judicature Act 1873 and retained there by section 18 of the Judicature Act 1925 and section 10(3) ( b ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ; and that , accordingly , there was no jurisdiction to hear the applications for judicial review ( post , pp. 1007D–E , G — 1008A , 1010B ) . |
| 3 | Accordingly , the jurisdiction of the visitors in these matters was a jurisdiction which was transferred to the High Court in 1873 and retained there by section 18(3) of the Act of 1925 and section 10(3) ( b ) of the Act of 1981 . |
| 4 | As recent research is beginning to uncover , the 1880s witnessed the beginnings of a questioning of current forms of sexual morality from feminist intellectuals — a move which was stimulated by the various public sexual scandals of the decade . |
| 5 | In addition , a bathymetric survey of Finlaggan Loch , Islay , which was made for the National Museum of Scotland , was combined with investigations by a BGS diving team . |
| 6 | The Government must find an answer to that key point , which was made by the hon. and learned Member for Burton , who has long experience at the Bar , and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook . |
| 7 | The impression which was made upon the British by what came to be known as the Canadian model was correspondingly deep and powerful . |
| 8 | Several of the people involved in the ZETA story , directly or as spectators , are still working or living in retirement in and around Harwell : many of them feel that the publicity and interest generated in ZETA made many politicians and administrators aware of fusion , and helped to gain support for the funding of Culham Fusion Laboratory which was built during the early 1960s . |
| 9 | On the hillside above is the Pico Fort ( Castelo de São João de Pico ) which was built during the Spanish occupation . |
| 10 | The world 's largest aircraft is a flying boat , the 200 tonne Spruce Goose , which was built by the elusive millionaire Howard Hughes . |
| 11 | This is a direct reference to this technique , which was written in the old days of long boats , but as the boats in use get still shorter this steering effect reduces and the ease of veering off course increases . |
| 12 | Neither of the brothers spoke during their 13-minute appearance at the court which was attended by the dead girl 's father Kevin . |
| 13 | When he talked about the " transformation " of Algeria , as he did a great deal in 1959 and 1960 , de Gaulle slipped back into the rhetoric of his other association idea ( labour-capital association ) , a rhetoric which was influenced by the social catholicism of his early years . |
| 14 | This theme was also played through in the photograph and text work , which was sited in the Special Care Baby Unit where Rory was born , six weeks prematurely , in 1987 . |
| 15 | This led to Meredith posing for the face of the dead poet , Thomas Chatterton [ q.v. ] , in Wallis 's painting ‘ Chatterton ’ ( Tate Gallery ) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856 . |
| 16 | The artist Trevor Stubley at work on a portrait of Hannah which was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery |
| 17 | The victims were laid out in the churches to be claimed by relatives , many , reportedly , still showing a spark of life which was ignored in the general rush to clear up . |
| 18 | His time in office was marked by a high degree of state intervention in the economy , an approach which was rejected by the Labour Party in the 1980s and , following Muldoon 's replacement as leader in November 1984 , was also rejected by the National Party . |
| 19 | The County Arms at Blaby was subject to a proposal for ‘ theming ’ as a Beefeater steakhouse some years ago , which was rejected by the local authority with support from the Thirties Society although the building is not listed . |
| 20 | We felt , at the time , that there was a large gap between the type of grammar which was studied in the English language classroom , and the type of grammar which was studied in linguistic departments : there was a consequent need for the reconciliation of theory and practical pedagogy in the study of English grammar . |
| 21 | Two black leather chesterfields faced each other across a low glass-topped table bearing a cylindrical flower vase of highly polished stainless steel surrounded by three slimmer and smaller cylinders of the same material , which , empty , could have been a rather large cruet set , but the true function of which was illustrated by the pure white candles , long and pointed , which emerged from their upper openings . |
| 22 | LORD LAWSON was in charge of the Treasury before Norman Lamont and is blamed for the boom which was followed by the present bust . |
| 23 | Or the jurors could have taken the path they did in fact elect , which was to go to the very heart of the matter and conclude that these officers were only doing what they have been trained to do and that all the famous video footage demonstrated was that they had indeed gone by the book . |
| 24 | The third named victim was a woman lawyer in a case which was traced in the Daily Mail ( on three days ) and its sister-newspaper , the London Evening Standard ( once ) . |
| 25 | On the generous mouth was a half-smile which was echoed in the golden-brown eyes . |
| 26 | Five of the 15 Council members — Cape Verde , China , India , Morocco , and Zimbabwe — abstained from the vote , which was supported by the other 10 countries . |
| 27 | The Government 's new funding policy — which was supported by the Labour party during the passage of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , so the hon. Gentleman can not complain about that — is aimed at ensuring that the workload is taken into account in allocating resources while encouraging the management of magistrates courts to improve the efficiency of local justice so that it is better carried out . |
| 28 | Chatichai Choonhaven , the Prime Minister deposed by the military in the February 1991 coup [ see p. 38003 ] , was now allied with the Samakkhi Tham party , which was supported by the National Peace-Keeping Council set up by the military after the coup . |
| 29 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 30 | In the case of BNB , timeliness is closely allied to the UK Cataloguing-in-Publication programme ( CIP ) , which was begun by the British Library in 1977 . |