Example sentences of "which was [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside is a circular canal enclosing a small island on which was built a fine pavilion with domed halls and a central fountain . |
| 2 | The recipe which was causing a minor commotion was for a lobster set ablaze with whisky . |
| 3 | Dr Nicholas Parkhouse had come to Kurdestan in 1985 under arrangements set up by International Medical Relief , a body linked to the French Medecins sans Frontières which was organizing a medical assistance operation spanning both sides of the frontier at the request of KDPI leader Qassemlou . |
| 4 | The pro-Washington stance of most post-war regimes in Latin America , along with the onslaught of anti-Communist propaganda generated by the Cold War , were the main reasons for the refusal of all but three nations to have diplomatic relations with the USSR during that period , and of all but one ( Perón 's Argentina , which was undergoing a near-total trade embargo imposed by Washington ) to engage in commercial activity . |
| 5 | It comprised a platform raised on baulks above the truck on which was mounted a rectangular water tank . |
| 6 | Claudia groaned and held her head , which was holding a big-band concert of its own . |
| 7 | By January 1946 de Gaulle was also disturbed by the growing influence of the main political parties , following the October elections of a Constituent Assembly , which was to devise a new constitution . |
| 8 | He was still alive , as was evident from the harsh rattling breathing , which was forming a bloody froth on his pale lips . |
| 9 | Mature students also make up the Evening Programme , which was given a major boost at the end of the year , by winning the highest award in the UK under the UFC 's scheme to promote flexible teaching . |
| 10 | Sociology developed markedly in the USA too , and received more widespread acceptance there than in Britain : in many ways the USA early this century was ideal sociological material — a rapidly expanding and industrialising , cosmopolitan , immigrant-based society which was experiencing a wide range of social changes . |
| 11 | And they were no longer held in check by the culturally conservative trade-union movement , which was experiencing a sharp decline in its prestige and power . |
| 12 | I once walked , or rather limped , the thirteen miles of tarmac , plagued by a protruding nail in the sole of my shoe which was digging a small crater in my heel , and during the whole journey not a single vehicle passed me . |
| 13 | The Ridgeway which was designated a national trail by the Countryside Commission in nineteen seventy-two , runs from Overton Hill in Wiltshire Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire . |
| 14 | On the death of his wife Lambarde feared he might lose the right to stay at Halling and petitioned a request to Lord Burghley through his friend Lord Cobham , to ask for custody of Maximilian and a lease to the Palace , which was granted a few days later . |
| 15 | Brakspear 's employed him , with as much time off as was necessary to run the Club , which was charged a mere £5s. 0s. 0d. per annum for his services . |
| 16 | Washington 's stance seems sure to complicate the United Airlines buyout , which was to close a few days after the 10 October deadline set by Mr Skinner for information on BA 's involvement . |
| 17 | When I took a rolled-up sample of legal tender , printed by the Royal Mint , applied one end to my right nostril , placed a restraining finger upon my left nostril , rested the other end of the said note upon a mirror or any other shiny reflective surface , upon which was displayed a slender tranche or ‘ line ’ of exotic Colombian snuff , and breathed in as deeply as my lungs would allow , I was merely relaxing in a manner by no means untypical amongst overworked show-business operatives . |
| 18 | I also well remember the shame I felt when , having caught a pipit which was bearing a foreign ring , I accidentally let the bird escape from my hand before anyone had a chance to check the ring number . |
| 19 | The UDA/UFF is now operating under a reorganised leadership which was dealt a heavy blow by the Stevens Inquiry into security force collusion with loyalist paramilitaries . |
| 20 | Of the manner of making clergy , very early texts speak of prayer and laying on of hands , by which was conferred a charismatic gift appropriate to the office ( 2 Tim . |
| 21 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 22 | On the front of the astrolabe there was a thin plate ( the tympan ) on which was engraved a stereographic projection of the lines of altitude and azimuth ( angular distance along the horizon ) as they would be for an observer at a given latitude . |
| 23 | On 27 November , just before their departure , Mozart was granted the title of Concert Master — an honorary appointment which was to become a paid post on his return from Italy : now he had not only a title , but also a position , in Salzburg . |
| 24 | Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee , then a Group Captain commanding 904 Wing , took over the airfield at Kemajoran which was to play a key role in the repatriation of POWs and internees . |
| 25 | An important feature of these interactions , which was to play a major part in the new interactionism , was that we use stereotypical ‘ labels ’ to make sense of other people , based on cues or knowledge that we have about them . |
| 26 | Two weeks later Springtown residents staged a demonstration in the public gallery of the Guildhall , a tactic which was becoming a regular resort of protest groups . |
| 27 | They had thick flat soles , to each side of which was stitched a straight flap of leather . |
| 28 | Apart from the system of Speenhamland , which was judged a disastrous failure in Britain , little thought was given again to the idea until the turn of this century when proposals for family allowances were being seriously discussed by a variety of left-wing political and feminist groups . |
| 29 | In the black winter of early 1947 , something else happened which was to provide a general justification for the next forty years of dredging and river clearance . |
| 30 | Full credit goes to secretary for organising the event which was deemed a great success . |