Example sentences of "which was [vb pp] 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 | It comprised a platform raised on baulks above the truck on which was mounted a rectangular water tank . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They had thick flat soles , to each side of which was stitched a straight flap of leather . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Full credit goes to secretary for organising the event which was deemed a great success . |
| 13 | His Messerschmitts all featured yellow-painted noses on which was superimposed a red heart ; they also carried the script S emblem of the Geschwader . |
| 14 | The Egyptian sky-goddess , represented as a woman with cow 's horns , between which was suspended a solar disc . |
| 15 | After the conference , the Socialist League continued to oppose rearmament , opposed sanctions against Italy threatened as a result of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia , and advocated a policy for the Labour movement of preparing for the ‘ mass resistance to war ’ , by which was meant a general strike . |
| 16 | The traditional arguments of the crown , set out by Macanaz for Philip V , were sharpened by the influence of Italian regalists and connected with what was loosely called Jansenism , by which was meant a Spanish edition of Gallicanism . |
| 17 | The whole school would be assembled in the street , Mr. Windust being in charge , whilst the official party sat in the Rectory Garden , just behind the top of the wall on which was draped a huge Union Jack . |
| 18 | He took out a typescript , to which was attached a handwritten manuscript . |