Example sentences of "which was [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to demographic changes , such as falling population , land can be released for residential development which was previously designated for other uses , such as schools and recreation grounds . |
| 2 | And this was what we proposed to do , based on the Dutch ship ‘ Plancius ’ , a sturdy forty metre long ex-pilot-boat which was well equipped for Arctic exploration with up to twenty-four passengers . |
| 3 | Sykes 's system , which was also used for interlocking railway swing bridges across rivers , was applied widely in Britain and in the USA , Russia , and Japan . |
| 4 | The decision , which was officially taken for administrative reasons , was widely considered to have been taken in order to reduce the Cardinal 's strong socially progressive influence based on the doctrine of " liberation theology " . |
| 5 | so we devised a Mode 3 CSE which was continuously assessed for four terms … |
| 6 | Richardson was the inventor of the cane-spliced cricket bat and a catapult for bowling which was successfully used for many years . |
| 7 | Sixteen hundred pupils now attend the school which was originally built for thirteen hundred . |
| 8 | The data were analysed both visually and with the help of the Synectics Gastrosoft Multigram software ( version 5 ) , which was originally designed for oesophageal manometry . |
| 9 | If the monkey pressed the correct letter it was rewarded with a peanut by a mechanical dispenser which was specially designed for this kind of food . |
| 10 | But the whole Turkish diplomatic and consular establishment , which was further swollen for political reasons by Sultan Abdul Hamid in the 1880s and 1890s , was considerably reduced by the revolution of 1908 – 09 which overthrew him , so that by 1914 the foreign ministry staff had fallen to probably no more than 150 . |
| 11 | DNA extraction — Sterile water ( 50 µl ) was added to each sample , which was then boiled for 30 minutes and a 3:2 ( vol:vol ) ratio of autoclaved 1 mm and 0.1 mm glass beads added to half fill each Eppendorf container ( Stratech Scientific , Luton ) . |
| 12 | The dried sample was resuspended in 5 ml acid water ( pH 3–4 ) which was then sonicated for five minutes . |
| 13 | The drug in most common use was laudanum , a derivative of opium , which was often taken for bronchial coughs , as well as for consumption . |