Example sentences of "which culminated [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poverty among older women in Britain has endured to the present day , despite the significant political commitment given to pensions in the 1970s , which culminated in the legislation in 1975 introducing the state earnings-related pension ( SERP ) scheme and in the series of pledges to uprate pensions in line with earnings or prices whichever was the greater ( Walker , 1985a ) , policies which did result in some improvement in the relative position of older people in the national income distribution ( see below ) . |
| 2 | The three were alleged to have been part of a 30-strong gang which rampaged through the park on April 19 , 1989 , making a series of unprovoked attacks which culminated in the gang-rape of the jogger who was left unconscious with severe head injuries . |
| 3 | The increasing professionalism of the architect , which culminated in the foundation of their Institute in 1834 , only confirmed the divorce , already apparent in the Regency , between the style of a building and its function . |
| 4 | Hopes of a peace settlement receded following an intensification in fighting between government troops and mujaheddin which culminated in the capture in October by mujaheddin forces of Tarin Kot , the capital of Uruzgan province , [ see p. 37775 ] . |
| 5 | Though most of the negotiations of 1558 – 59 which culminated in the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis were still conducted in Latin it is clear that French was also extensively used . |
| 6 | The power and scope of the work , its technical variety and virtuosity , confirmed his pre-eminent position amongst the writers of the day , bringing a succession of honours which culminated in the Order of Merit , and , his particular favourite , the Freedom of Dorchester in 1910 . |
| 7 | This period saw the development of the ‘ test ’ phenomenon , which culminated in the test boom of the 1920 to 1930 period . |
| 8 | In 1317 he and Pembroke combined to restrain the most avaricious of the courtiers , Roger Damory [ q.v. ] , in order to placate the court 's leading opponent , Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] ; and he went on to play a part in the negotiations with Lancaster which culminated in the treaty of Leake in 1318 . |
| 9 | During this period the party abandoned aspects of its Marxist ideology , a process which culminated in the change of the English translation of its name in early 1991 [ see p. 38010 ] . |
| 10 | Being wilfully deaf and blind these last 25 years , she would have missed the debates and riots which culminated in the Race Relations Acts and in institutions such as the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 11 | There then followed two days of vigorous debate , which culminated in the presentation of the proposed constitutional amendment by Charles Stenholm , a conservative Democrat from Texas . |
| 12 | Peter also greatly increased the subventions paid out of church revenue towards the needs of the State , a process which culminated in the secularization of church property in the 1760s . |
| 13 | Firstly , was that refusal to consent which was maintained throughout that period which culminated in the Caesarean section a valid refusal of blood transfusions at the time it was expressed . |
| 14 | He first met Ms Margaret Maughan , a person and ‘ lifelong fan ’ , in 1967 and they embarked upon ‘ an eight-year affair ’ which culminated in the birth in 1976 of one ‘ James ’ whom Mr Milligan ‘ has never met ’ even though he is said to have ‘ admitted ’ to newspaper reporters : ‘ It 's all true . |
| 15 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 16 | Similarly , although the ethnography of British rather than colonial life is only a recent development within academic sociology , the discipline having been associated with the statistical method from its earliest beginnings ( Abrams 1968 ) , there has been , for over a century , a major tradition of such work by novelists , journalists and social reformers ( Keating 1976 ) ; a tradition which culminated in the work of Orwell , perhaps the most influential British social analyst of this century . |
| 17 | His considerable standing in the northern world is also reflected by his good relations with the emperor Conrad II , which culminated in the betrothal of his daughter Gunnhild to Conrad 's son ( see page 109 ) . |
| 18 | Police launched a series of raids in Manila on March 18 , which culminated in the release of Michael Barnes , a US businessman who had been kidnapped in the city on Jan. 17 . |
| 19 | Piston-engined trainers were also still being produced during this time , including the Yak–18 series which culminated in the Yak–18T , an example of which is on display . |
| 20 | Three major causes account for the ensuing periods of upheaval which culminated in the establishment of a less formal relationship between the press and the political parties in the late 20th century : |
| 21 | The long and bitter dispute in Hillingdon which culminated in the closure of the centre in April 1979 and the closure of the three Wandsworth law centres in January 1980 illustrate the problems faced by law centres . |
| 22 | His decisions and negotiations with the government shaped the manner in which the British Crown extended its control over both the Company and its Indian possessions , a process which culminated in the passing of the Regulating Act of 1773 . |
| 23 | So Kimon 's campaigns , which culminated in the victory over Persia at the River Eurymedon in Pamphylia , show continuity not just with Miltiades the enemy of Persia but with Miltiades the founder of an overseas Athenian Empire . |
| 24 | The earliest recorded work of these artists is in the shrine of These us , built or rebuilt by Cimon after he brought back the hero 's bones from Skyros in 473 ; and there is a detailed description by Pausanias of Polygnotos 's two murals in a lesche ( clubhouse ) dedicated at Delphi by the people of Knidos , perhaps after the liberation of the Asia Minor Greeks from Persia in Cimon 's campaigns , which culminated in the victory at the Eurymedon in 468 . |
| 25 | Simpson served as a major in this campaign , which culminated in the victory at Worcester . |
| 26 | Agitated by the fear that the rebellious Irish , with their own parliament , might have allowed Ireland to be used as a back door into Britain by the acquisitive Napoleon , the government in London embarked upon a course of pressure which culminated in the felo de se of Grattan 's Parliament in the union legislation of 1800 . |
| 27 | According to some of its Washington hosts , notably Republicans then in power , the development of a classical style led to an uninterrupted two millennia of democracy which culminated in the collapse of the Berlin Wall , a political subtext to the exhibition which the Met has jettisoned entirely . |
| 28 | Government forces then laid seige to the building and , after a standoff of several hours , there was a four-hour gun-battle which culminated in the storming of the hotel . |
| 29 | Under Sir Edward 's tutelage , he was closely involved in the Sino-British negotiations which culminated in the agreement to transfer Hong Kong in 1997 . |