Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand . |
| 2 | The couple , who live locally , acquired and restored the 20-seater coach as a family keepsake , it was actually 's father who founded the Guy Motor Company which eventually became part of Leyland . |
| 3 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 4 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |
| 5 | Female labour was never used underground in Cornwall and it does not seem to have been much used at the surface either , until the growth of copper mining which rapidly overhauled tin in importance after about 1740 . |
| 6 | Arab nationalism came within an ace of overthrowing King Husayn in Jordan , and the latter 's acceptance of UNRWA 's resettlement programme , which also implied agreement with Israel over the Jordan waters , might have tipped the scales against him . |
| 7 | Warren began work at Sellafield on the day the UKAEA was formed in 1954 — originally in the R & D branch which later became part of BNFL . |
| 8 | This was the simultaneous introduction of several indissolubly linked institutions : monogamy ( which later gave rise to polyandry and polygamy ) , the nuclear family , private property ( the property of the nuclear family ) , the change in the rule of descent from the female line to the male line , the subordination and humiliation of women , and the State . |
| 9 | The use of labour exchanges to encourage vocational guidance and industrial training would , he argued , have three consequences : it would reduce risks of individual ‘ maladjustment ’ , which often meant waste of abilities and even unemployment ; it would adjust the flow of labour between trades ; and it would discourage ‘ blind-alley ’ occupations , which he saw as not only demoralizing , but also as likely to lead to ‘ a fresh point of stress in industry — the transition to a new occupation at manhood ’ . |
| 10 | To that extent the results reflect the basis upon which ASWs made decisions , which frequently involved diversion of GP referrals from compulsory admission . |
| 11 | On the other hand , unlike their predecessors , they were not advocates of single causes , such as temperance or even religious instruction , but instead sought to attract members with a varied programme which consciously mixed recreation with education , welfare , and sometimes church attendance , for a variety of reasons all of which rested on the specificity of youth in relation to age and to class . |
| 12 | One of the main themes of the subject in recent years has been corporatism — which particularly drew attention to group participation . |
| 13 | Pan American intended to resume its twice-weekly service to Britain as permitted under the 1937 agreement , which immediately caused anxiety at BOAC . |
| 14 | The stock immediately before the change included that relating to W 's practice , which never became part of B's stock , and following the dissolution B was engaged in only one part of the original practice . |
| 15 | These could become European champions , most notably Volkswagen , which recently purchased Seat in Spain , Skoda in Czechoslovakia and has built a factory in East Germany . |
| 16 | However , Clark argues that this exception is more apparent than real , arising from methodological procedures which essentially precluded scope for contrast . |