Example sentences of "which was [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grand alliance favoured a new set of standards called open systems interconnection ( OSI ) , which was intended to allow all types of computer in the world to talk to each other within any kind of network . |
| 2 | They are cases in which a promise was made which was intended to create legal relations and which , to the knowledge of the person making the promise , was going to be acted on by the person to whom it was made , and which was in fact so acted on . |
| 3 | The turning-point in his fortunes came in October 1861 , when he was asked to take on the printing and publishing of the Union newspaper , which was trying to bring Tractarian Anglicans into touch with Roman Catholics . |
| 4 | Respondents identified a number of procedural deficiencies in the Act which was said to lack sufficient powers to enforce compliance . |
| 5 | According to press reports the King was expected to convey a message to Bush from Saddam , which was said to include fresh proposals to solve the crisis . |
| 6 | About half way down the hill forming the eastern slope of Nafferton Slack , by the road-side , to prevent waggons leaving the roadway , stood a large stone , which was believed to have wonderful powers . |
| 7 | We are able to offer you a comprehensive letting and management service which was created to suit all needs . |
| 8 | In fact , the index of integration into the black community which was constructed using these indicators correlated well with the extent to which the individual speakers used the patois characteristic of that community . |
| 9 | His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices . |
| 10 | The Maltese Foreign Minister , Guido De Marco , was elected president of the session , which was expected to debate 153 items amongst which the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait assumed priority . |
| 11 | Following the Supreme 's Court 's endorsement of Noonan 's ruling , the case was due to return to the Appeals Court to be reviewed by a panel of judges , a process which was expected to take several months . |
| 12 | This type of view is very prevalent amongst black sportsmen , though some even trace the causes back to Africa , an environment which was thought to foster physical abilities useful for running fast , jumping far and being strong . |
| 13 | Galliher the court ordered the defendant to disclose full particulars of a flat in Paris ( which was thought to contain valuable pictures and objets d'art allegedly transferred to the defendant in fraud of the creditors of another ) , to verify the information on affidavit , and to permit a named French avocat to inspect the contents of the flat . |
| 14 | These deficiencies were to be remedied by PAR , which was established to examine individual programmes in detail . |
| 15 | Anna Marsden , director of the foundation which was established to raise new funds for voluntary work , said the gulf could make it difficult for people to seek help . |
| 16 | Their main building was a substantial hangar which was guaranteed to withstand sustained winds of 120mph . |
| 17 | I had a friend who had one of those ancient slide machines which was used to give light shows , and you could make the slides out of coloured oils and inks and put them together between two sheets of glass and when they 're heated up inside the machine , they went , splat , splat , and made these rather beautiful moving colours . |
| 18 | A machine dating from 1908 which was designed to give eight minutes of reproduction from cylinder records . |
| 19 | The PKO bill originated from a bill introduced in 1990 which was designed to allow Japanese forces to participate as non-combatants in support of the UN-authorized multinational force assembled to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait . |
| 20 | The building , which was designed to accommodate 200 paupers , cost £5,000 in all , for which the Duke of Bedford made a loan of £2,000 and Samuel Whitbread one of £800 . |
| 21 | In Cote d'Ivoire , West Africa , which has lost most of its original cover of rainforest , the ODA contributed towards a project which was meant to maintain existing plantations and create new ones . |
| 22 | The officers had already been convicted by a military tribunal in January [ see p. 37959 ] but the civilian court , which was required to confirm these sentences , showed itself to be more lenient . |
| 23 | Terre Lliure , which was reported to have 60-100 members , had renounced its armed campaign on July 6 , as it negotiated integration with the ERC . |
| 24 | The report includes details of work carried out on milk from two farms near Bolsover , Derbyshire , which was found to contain high levels of dioxins ( Chem . |