Example sentences of "which had [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Highlander was thus free to devote time to other issues which had assumed a growing need .
2 Its designated area lay at the heart of one of the most economically depressed cities in Western Europe which had suffered a massive withdrawal of private capital during the previous three decades and endured a series of political traumas in the process ( Parkinson , 1985 , Figure 3.1 ) .
3 But then on my travels I met a vampire which had escaped a great war with the Time Lords of Gallifrey .
4 France 's Maghreb policy was criticized on Nov. 16 by the Polisario Front , which had waged a long struggle for independence in Western Sahara .
5 It was feared that the proposed budget for general programmes , set at $345,500,000 for 1991 , was very likely to prove inadequate if the UNHCR assumed new responsibilities in areas which had witnessed a substantial displacement of refugees , including Liberia , Cambodia and the Western Sahara .
6 Clare , who felt dizzy and tearful , wondered whether she would ever again be able to move her jaw , which had received a painful blow , probably from the broomstick of her own banner .
7 A dynasty which had ruled a great network of continental territories , larger in geographical extent than those of the Capetian kings of France , could not easily forget that legacy , nor readily adjust to the changed political conditions of the later thirteenth century .
8 He was pointing at his chest which had gone a bright shade of orange .
9 Hours before the March for Life , dozens of volunteers from Operation Rescue ( a radical anti-abortionist group which had conducted a mass blockade of abortion clinics in 1991 — see p. 38383 ) attempted for the second morning in succession to block access to two abortion clinics in the capital .
10 The Georgian Communist Party , which had adopted a nationalist manifesto for the elections and had joined the other 120-odd political parties in campaigning for restoration of Georgia 's independence , failed to build on its strong first-round showing , and increased its seat total only to 64 .
11 On April 19 Verdiger announced that he would after all support Labour , but on April 22 Shas , the ultra-orthodox party which had played a major role in the collapse of the coalition in March by abstaining in a vote of no-confidence , announced its absolute support for Likud .
12 Following intervention by Sweden ( which had played a major role in initiating the US-PLO dialogue in 1988 ) , the PLO issued a statement on June 11 which declared that the organization remained " against any military action which targets civilians , regardless of the nature of such actions , and we condemn it " .
13 The National Assembly on Oct. 1 approved the dissolution of the powerful National Defence Council , the body which had played a major role in the planning and execution of security policy during the Vietnam war .
14 The Labour Party , which had played a central part in achieving educational change through Circular 10/65 ( see page 15 ) , had become more and more doubtful about the political wisdom of some of the changes it had itself pioneered .
15 Smart was not the first to try to modernise the psalms , which had played a central role in Anglican worship since the Reformation .
16 In 1976 the friendship treaty was abrogated , Soviet debts ( some US$11 billion ) were repudiated , and the Egyptians moved closer to the USA , which had played a central role in the Camp David and other peace negotiations in the area .
17 In addition , the All-Party Student Unity group , which had played a central role in Ershad 's downfall , stationed groups across the country to assist Election Commission officials in ensuring peaceful and fair voting .
18 John Blake , the advocate for the Town and Country Planning Association , which had played a prominent role at the Sizewell public inquiry , described the outcome as a ‘ foregone conclusion ’ and largely withdrew to the sidelines .
19 Serbia , which bad been semi-independent from 1817 and fully independent from 1878 , and which had played a considerable part in the First World War ( and suffered enormous losses ) , was the nucleus of the new state .
20 Their rejection of the Old Testament set aside the argument from fulfilled prophecy which had played a notable part in his conversion .
21 The agreement was a diplomatic success for China , which had seen a sharp reduction in its contacts with Western countries since the Tiananmen square massacre of June 1989 [ see pp. 36720-22 ] .
22 There the 12th of July parade had been re-routed to take it away from the ‘ Tunnel ’ , part of the traditional route which had become a Catholic area .
23 Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 .
24 Analysts interpreted the outcome as indicative of widespread disenchantment with the economic reform programme of the Mazowiecki government , launched in January and the most far-reaching in Eastern Europe to date [ see p. 37194 ] , which had precipitated a sharp rise in unemployment and a fall in living standards .
25 Totten pounced on Dermot McCaul 's poor overhead clearance to crash the ball home off a post and lift the siege on his own goal which had led a charmed life .
26 Although the argument appeared innocuous , in a country which had spent its entire existence on the alert against a possible attack from communist North Korea , and which had erected a National Security Law prohibiting communist activity on pain of death or long-term imprisonment , the suggestion generated a deluge of criticism .
27 Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour .
28 It was also evident that those departments which had made a strong case for improved resourcing had gained from the appraisal .
29 However , the Daily Mail — which had made a strong point about not naming rape victims , even in civil cases ( see Chapter 7 ) named the woman on successive days with a large photograph of her on the second day : I 'm jetting away from it all .
30 It was reported on Oct. 11 that the government had suspended the activities of the Union of Chadian Trade Unions ( UST ) which had called a one-month strike of public service employees a week earlier , protesting over an income tax increase and non-payment of salaries .
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