Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 2 | In several respects this period witnessed a working out of the legacy of the Civil War , and many of the issues which were to cause political division in English society under the later Stuarts stemmed from problems which had been left unresolved by the Restoration of 1660 . |
| 3 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 4 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 5 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 6 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 7 | Together , these two initiatives exhibit most of the features which were to characterise Conservative policies towards the inner cities for the rest of the decade : |
| 8 | Under the pavement of the baths was a lower floor upon which were built small piers of tiles about two feet high . |
| 9 | Most of the walls were topped by a layer of concrete into which were set jagged pieces of glass from smashed bottles . |
| 10 | Rods were set up and attached to gaudy plastic lures which were trolled some distance behind the boat . |
| 11 | The 19th century saw two significant changes in the newspaper industry which were to have considerable impact on future developments . |
| 12 | These were the attitudes which were to gain official acceptance after the change in British Communist leadership in December 1929 . |
| 13 | She reached for one of the freshly laundered robes which were supplied each day for users of the pool . |
| 14 | THE RESULTS of the June agricultural census for 1992 , which were published last week by the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department , show substantial increases in the areas of wheat , oilseed rape , and fallow land . |
| 15 | The Wolfson Archaeological Science Laboratories , which were opened last year in the first phase of the institute 's development plan , represent the latest advances in archaeology and incorporate modern developments in technology . |
| 16 | The main reasons for the delay have been my interest in self-preservation , my desire to protect the members of the gang , and my fear of exacerbating the gang situation in Glasgow which was receiving nationwide attention in 1968 and 1969 . |
| 17 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 18 | The emperor 's death in its turn alienated his supporters , most notably the Gallo-Roman Aegidius , who began an independent career in Soissons , in the north of Gaul , which was to hold some significance for the early history of the Franks . |
| 19 | The immediate impetus for the agreement was the need to relax the blockade , which was causing immense hardship to the island 's 120,000 population and which , according to some estimates , had resulted in the deaths of as many as 3,000 people . |
| 20 | It is difficult to assess the impact of Christianity on a sector of experience which was undergoing profound change in the course of late antiquity . |
| 21 | A decision which was to affect future events in Burma was now concluded in New Delhi . |
| 22 | Allen ( VUPP ) secured the seventh seat with 6,114 votes from Erwin ( Un ) , runner-up , with 6,066 votes , a difference of 48 votes which was covered eighty-four times by 4052 non-transferable votes . |
| 23 | The difference between O'Hanlon and News ( both SDLP ) , who was elected seventh , was only 96 , which was covered thirty-eight times by non-transferable votes . |
| 24 | The difference between Brookeborough ( UPNI ) , elected seventh , and Oliver was a mere twenty votes which was covered seventy-six times by 1507 non-transferable votes ( see below ) . |
| 25 | The delay meant the team , which was based 20 mile from the resort , did not arrive until 2½ hours later . |
| 26 | The delay meant the team , which was based 20 mile from the resort , did not arrive until 2½ hours later . |
| 27 | The other option is to take over the property in central Edinburgh 's Grassmarket which was vacated last year by Heriot-Watt University , as it completed its move to the Riccarton campus on the western outskirts of the capital . |
| 28 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 29 | He had become the singer with a group which was exciting some interest among the A&R men and women of London 's record companies , including Steve Lewis , the head of Virgin 's music publishing company . |
| 30 | New journal : The Institute of Management , which was formed this week by the merger of two previous management bodies , has launched Professional Manager , a bi-monthly journal for its 75,000 members . |