Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the observation was not consciously made , Leonard recognised the great similarities which were taking place between music and poetry ( and in art and sculpture , too ) , which went under the name of neo-classicism in the former and modernism in the latter . |
| 2 | The American archives suggest that even in 1954 the British would have been somewhat reassured had they been able to eavesdrop on some of the discussions which were taking place in Washington . |
| 3 | But these were some of the more welcome changes following the end of the Second World War , which were transforming life for people living in the countryside . |
| 4 | The agreements struck after the stoppage of the previous year had left many loose ends which were causing trouble among stevedores , carters and lightermen . |
| 5 | The commissions , which were to recommence work before Jan. 14 , were instructed to report at least once a month to the heads of state who were scheduled to meet again in Rwanda on March 14-15 . |
| 6 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |
| 7 | History layered upon history in almost geological strata , within the levels of which were preserved corpse upon corpse upon corpse — so that the upheaving rockface of history seemed a veritable conglomerate of compressed cadavers , human , abhuman , and alien , a cosmos-spanning coral reef composed of innumerable crushed skeletons … |
| 8 | Annesley yard received and despatched coal trains from the local pits which were taken south at speeds of up to 50 m.p.h. eventually destined for the Western Region . |
| 9 | The Israeli press had reported on March 23 that several hundred Israeli military advisers were now in Ethiopia ; this involvement also prompted radical Arab regimes to support the EPLF , which was receiving artillery from Syria and Iraq , and weapons including SAM-7s from Libya . |
| 10 | US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) . |
| 11 | The primary form is God 's own self-expression , his eternal Word which was made flesh in Jesus ; the secondary form is the witness of the Bible in Old and New Testaments to that primary Word , the witness by which the Word itself is mediated and heard ; the tertiary form is the proclamation of Jesus Christ in the church as the Word of God to us . |
| 12 | Pineau informed de Gaulle about the strongly republican and socialist trend of resistance ideology and tried to persuade him to abandon his political reticence , which was causing concern among resisters . |
| 13 | It was not until the next to last day of the visit that she finally formulated to herself her secret desire , which was to see Montmartre at night . |
| 14 | Care of mentally ill , mentally handicapped , elderly , and elderly mentally disabled people was grouped by the report under category A , which was given priority for health boards ' spending . |
| 15 | Following the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11 in June 1953 , RAF Marham , the other major RAF Washington base , began preparations for the Coronation Review of the RAF , which was taking place at RAF Odiham the following month . |
| 16 | Marham was to provide all of the Washington aircraft for the review which was taking place on July 15 , 1953 ; a 12-ship formation and four a static display . |
| 17 | This tension may have caused its failure in the eyes of contemporary readers , but it is also the sign of a change which was taking place in Brooke-Rose 's attitude toward fiction . |
| 18 | When several of us got down there the CO informed us that we had to fly down the Gulf to look for an Imperial Airways airliner , one of those Armstrong Whitworth Argosys which was named City of Glasgow , and had been overdue for sometime . |
| 19 | Here we berthed ahead of a small German coaster which was discharging timber from Finland on a regular run . |
| 20 | In 1898 Boston South Station was reconstructed in a classical style , with entrance and clock on a curved corner , which was to influence station-building in Australia , notably in Adelaide and Melbourne . |
| 21 | In 1981 , at the request of the Department of Administration , the Readers ' Services Division of the National Library of Scotland conducted a Survey , the object of which was to obtain information about visitors to the Library 's Exhibition Room , and about their response to the exhibitions which they saw . |
| 22 | The advent of Channel Four in 1982 was the catalyst which was to change film-making in Britain , at least in the regions . |
| 23 | The somewhat cavalier way in which many of the internal streets were treated is illustrated by one which was found east of Bleachfield Street . |