Example sentences of "which had [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically for a quarrel which had arisen as a result of a revolt against the colonial taxation imposed to increase the revenue and retrench some of the expenditure on the Seven Years War , the American war doubled national expenditure from £131 million in 1775 to £245 million by 1783 . |
| 2 | The judge also ordered that Lake Resources Inc. , the largely defunct Hakim corporation which had operated as a conduit for Iran-contra funds , should be placed on probation prior to its dissolution . |
| 3 | This sort of interference , which had started as a matter of special favour in special cases , gradually becomes a regular practice . |
| 4 | Lee 's most solid achievement was in late April 1991 to terminate the " Temporary Provisions " , the continuation of which had acted as a block to any major political reforms . |
| 5 | Jerry Richardson , the coach of the so-called " Mandela United Football Team " which had acted as a bodyguard to Winnie Mandela , was found guilty on May 25 of 11 charges , including the murder of a young ANC activist " Stompie " Moeketsie Seipei in Soweto in late December 1989 [ see p. 36452 ] . |