Example sentences of "which [verb] [vb pp] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the USA , it notes , there has been a storm of protest over a government decision not to insist on tests and labelling of genetically modified foods , which has led to calls for boycotts of gene foods . |
| 2 | Describing the new music as ‘ a communicable disease ’ and ‘ the music of delinquents ’ , The Daily Mail was so moved as to run a front-page editorial , ‘ Rock'n Roll Babies ’ , which apart from issuing a hollow , reassuring prophecy — ‘ It will pass ’ — stoked up the fires of respectable discontent against ‘ this sudden ‘ musical ’ ’ phenomenon which has led to outbreaks of rowdyism' . |
| 3 | Maladministration is not defined , but it is usually taken to mean administrative action ( or inaction ) which has led to unfairness to a member of the public . |
| 4 | The phrase ‘ a different voice ’ , which has come to sere as a popular and psychological shorthand for her conclusions , has important but ambivalent significances for psychology and feminism . |
| 5 | NASA engineers said last week that the fault , which has lead to leaks of dangerous liquid-hydrogen , will put back Challenger 's first trip into the heavens by several weeks , probably to March . |
| 6 | Japan 's devastation of a country which had lost to Namibia on the eve of the World Cup was noting less than a scandal and a disgrace to international rugby . |
| 7 | Gen. Dharsono , a former Secretary-General of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) , was an associate , but not a signatory , of the " Petition of 50 " movement of dissidents which had risen to prominence in 1984 with the publication of a " Save Democracy " pamphlet [ see pp. 33286-87 ] . |
| 8 | The ULFA , a Maoist group which had risen to prominence in 1990 , controlled large tracts of upper Assam and had carried out a series of assassinations , kidnappings and bomb attacks . |
| 9 | Iraq 's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait caused a dramatic increase in oil prices ; the " marker " price of North Sea Brent crude , which had fallen to $16.60 per barrel on June 5 , rose to $24 per barrel on Aug. 3 and passed $30 per barrel on Aug. 22 . |
| 10 | This is not just legal nicety — Highlander has in the past been the victim of terrorist attacks , a fact which had led to difficulty in enabling Highlander to obtain a satisfactory insurance cover on the property . |
| 11 | The old Company had paid lavish dividends of about 20 per cent at first , which had led to calls on the shareholders for more capital in the 1690s ; after 1709 the new company paid dividends starting at 8 per cent and declining as the years passed . |
| 12 | The bills , which included measures to restructure the country 's military leadership and reorganize the broadcasting media , had been delayed by opposition filibustering which had led to outbreaks of fighting in the Assembly as a result of which two members were hospitalized . |
| 13 | Riven chewed bread which had turned to sand in his mouth . |
| 14 | For his last few days in France , after Waterloo , the Emperor retired to La Malmaison , which had belonged to Josephine until her death in 1814 and now belonged to Hortense . |
| 15 | Now in the Black Sea region the dynasty , which had come to power after the Persian Wars , ruled a principality centred on Pantikapaion until 438 , when they were succeeded by a new one founded by one Spartokos ( Diod. xi.31 ) . |
| 16 | On May 10 the government of Gro Harlem Brundtland , which had come to power in November 1990 [ see p. 37868 ] , announced a three-year infrastructure spending package to revive economic growth and reduce unemployment . |
| 17 | The first major demonstration against the three-party ruling coalition which had come to power in April 1990 [ see p. 37380 ] erupted in September 1990 . |
| 18 | The centre-right minority government which had come to office in October [ see p. 38542 ] proposed major expenditure cuts in the 1992-93 budget introduced on Jan. 10 . |
| 19 | Solicitors ' firms believe that the most important changes which have led to improvements in their efficiency are the introduction of new technology and better management systems |
| 20 | The survey , costing £85,000 and taking up to two years to complete , has been prompted by American studies which have led to calls for the banning of some chemicals . |
| 21 | The clinical and research developments which have led to changes in the official policy will now be described . |
| 22 | For that God has been conceived as male , and that biblical teaching which arose out of a patriarchal society has been held to be the revelation of God , must surely be seen to be the underlying facts of western culture which have led to discrimination against women . |
| 23 | Over the years it has produced a wide-ranging series of reports on abuses of power by the national brewers , many of which have led to action by central government . |
| 24 | But the big spend as the group sorts out its core operations has already meant an increase in borrowing which have risen to £21m at the end of September compared with £160m the year before . |
| 25 | : The IMF signs 98 agreements with developing countries , including all the big debtor countries which have come to Washington for help . |
| 26 | Geographically , Vietnam and Cuba are remote from the Soviet Union , and their ruling élites are cohesive entities which have come to power through their own efforts . |