Example sentences of "which [vb past] [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservative governments elected in 1979 , 1983 and 1987 instigated a range of policies which sought to reduce further the overall level of expenditure . |
| 2 | An archaeologist who has transformed the way people think about his area of study ; a communicator who can make an enthralling TV programme ; a lover of contemporary art who has persuaded the Fellows of his Cambridge college at least to tolerate biannual sculpture shows ( one of which involved digging up the hallowed lawns ) ; and now , since his peerage which gives him the forum of Britain 's Upper House , a politician , with strong views on how to preserve the world 's history as encapsulated in its archaeology : Colin Renfrew at fifty-five has an enviable career and range of interests . |
| 3 | The other major difference from the straightforward version is that the variable LR now stores a list of all rules which helped to set up the current state . |
| 4 | West Indies lost seven wickets for 43 in a late-afternoon collapse on an excellent pitch , which served to highlight again the middle order shortcomings of a team in transition . |
| 5 | At 55 he could claim a distinguished record of philanthropic and public service which included setting up the Royal Army Education Corps . |
| 6 | Its form was dictated by the tightness of the site between Flinders Street and the river , which necessitated stringing out the narrow building along the full length of platforms which ran parallel to the river behind . |
| 7 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 8 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 9 | As she was about to leave the building she exchanged greetings with the portiera who handed her a letter which had arrived earlier the same day . |
| 10 | There were still old parts of Bucharest surviving despite the bulldozers of Ceausescu which had torn down the old to build huge concrete cubes . |
| 11 | The reform was designed to reduce the linguistic tensions in Belgium , which had brought down the previous Martens coalition in 1987 [ see pp. 34892 ; 35489 ] . |
| 12 | During the second half of the sixteenth century , hundreds of medieval sculptures and carved images of saints were destroyed or removed , the colourful wall-paintings which had decorated most churches were whitewashed , stained glass was shattered or taken away , and the rood lofts which had held up the great crucifixes and figures of the Virgin Mary and St John were pulled down . |