Example sentences of "which was [verb] by 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The world 's largest aircraft is a flying boat , the 200 tonne Spruce Goose , which was built by the elusive millionaire Howard Hughes . |
| 5 | Neither of the brothers spoke during their 13-minute appearance at the court which was attended by the dead girl 's father Kevin . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Since the first royal radio message in 1932 , which was followed by the first TV broadcast on Christmas Day 1957 , the BBC has been in charge of security . |
| 11 | LORD LAWSON was in charge of the Treasury before Norman Lamont and is blamed for the boom which was followed by the present bust . |
| 12 | Whereas Guedron had considerable sense of drama , Boësset had more talent for lyricism and the love-song , and it was his path rather than that of his father-in-law which was followed by the younger composers , of whom Francois Richard the elder ( d. 1650 ) and Étienne Moulinié ( c. 1600–after 1669 ) were the most gifted . |
| 13 | By the end of the war numbers had increased to 458 , which included 60 in the recently re-housed Junior School , the success of which was indicated by the 136 candidates for the 28 vacancies at the previous Entrance Examination . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The ruin of the German economy which was completed by the Thirty Years War also brought the ruin of the Fuggers . |
| 20 | But Soviet support for the neutralisation of Cambodia and Laos helped to stimulate a regional interest in neutrality in Southeast Asia which was developed by the ASEAN states in the 1970s . |
| 21 | I travelled extensively throughout the country for six months to prepare for a nationwide extension of the programme , which was funded by the European Community . |
| 22 | The project , which was funded by the Scottish Office Education Department , ran from January 1990 to January 1992 . |
| 23 | In August 1975 she produced a consultative document which was regarded by the medical profession at large — although socialist supporters in that profession did not share the view — as a declaration of war . |
| 24 | Hyatt , a Canadian case which was decided by the Privy Council , it was held that where a director holds himself out to be the agent of the shareholders , then he owes the same fiduciary duties as would an ordinary agent to his principal . |
| 25 | Support nevertheless remained strong for the FPÖ , which was led by the charismatic Haider and benefited from anti-immigrant sentiment [ see below ] . |
| 26 | Dusan Plut , chair of the party , had said earlier that he wished the Greens to " act as a constructive opposition " but later agreed to join the coalition which was led by the outgoing Prime Minister , Janez Drnovsek of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDS ) . |
| 27 | A large number of villagers , including my father and me , went to watch the exodus of the prisoners , which was led by the senior British Colonel . |
| 28 | The first concerns a small fish Butis which occurs in the Cigenter river in Java and which was discovered by the German wildlife photographer , Dieter Plage . |
| 29 | The offences only came to light because of an attempt to inflate profits at Alexander Howden , which was discovered by the American company Alexander and Alexander after it bought the company . |
| 30 | General practitioners and the main specialties were represented on the committee , which was chaired by the local coordinator . |