Example sentences of "which were [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was designed to replace the former system of emergency grants for special needs for such items as cookers and clothing , which were dispensed under a variety of rules . |
| 2 | Optimism about an economic upswing was clouded by signs of popular opposition to the government 's liberalization measures , some of which were seen as a prelude to job losses in the public sector . |
| 3 | In the front window was a display of paint-brushes which were arranged in a fan . |
| 4 | While the dealer refused to reveal the mosaics ' whereabouts , he succeeded in obtaining four mosaic sections from Mr Dikmen which were deposited in a Frankfurt warehouse . |
| 5 | In June last year , it completed the acquisition of some assets and liabilities of Frederick Electronics Corp and Futurecomms Inc from Plantronics Inc , which were integrated as a subsidiary , SFA DataComm Inc . |
| 6 | The report focussed particularly on universities which were constructed at a time when long-lasting buildings were not a priority . |
| 7 | In a semi-literate age politicians are fragile ; they live by and through institutions which were developed at a time when speech-writers were unknown and MPs were elected on policies evolved without feedback , positive or negative , from market researchers . |
| 8 | The payments were part of a package of benefits which were to act as a carrot to persuade workers to accept being made unemployed . |
| 9 | It may not be a coincidence that the Otago Rugby Union , of which Dowling is a committee member and former chairman , actually requested that the NZRFU cancel the July-August tour of South Africa because of the drug scandals that had occurred — and which were followed by a variety of other allegations and proof of steroid use in the Republic . |
| 10 | The conditions agreed on Dec. 16 , which were based on a set of guidelines elaborated by France for recognition of new states emerging in Europe , included ( i ) acceptance of the UN , Helsinki Act and Paris Charter commitments on the rule of law , democracy and human rights ; ( ii ) guarantees of ethnic and minority rights ; ( iii ) acceptance of the inviolability of frontiers ; ( iv ) honouring disarmament and regional security commitments ; ( v ) arbitration to decide a structure to replace the old state ; ( vi ) acceptance of the draft agreement on Yugoslavia 's future , elaborated by the EC peace conference [ see p. 38559 ] . |
| 11 | Hrun the Barbarian crept soundlessly along the corridors , which were lit with a light so violet that it was almost black . |
| 12 | The revelation came in the form of internal documents of the Aleyeska Pipeline Service company , which were leaked to a congressman . |
| 13 | The most popular events were the cycle races which were raced over a mile , 2 miles and 3 miles including handicaps and novice events and finishing with a 3 mile handicap race open to all comers " . |
| 14 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 15 | Cohn set up a spy system at the studio with microphones on every sound stage which were connected to a speaker in his office . |
| 16 | These data were held in separate files , which were converted via a series of filter programs into a canonical file format , listing just the clones positive for a given probe . |
| 17 | Walcott suggested there was a three-fold division in the House of Commons at this time : the government interest , which comprised placemen , pensioners and those who in other ways were dependent upon the Court for their position ; a large body of independent back-bench MPs ; and a middle group of professional politicians , which could be divided into seven " connections " , each tied together by family and personal relationships and electoral interests , and which were caught in a struggle for power between the " ins " and " outs " . |
| 18 | ‘ For years we had been trying to lower and streamline the bonnets of front-engined cars and the mid-engined configuration allowed us to obtain an extremely low nose , deeply recessed between sculpted front wings that sloped down to the headlights , which were contained in a plexiglass fairing to continue the line . |
| 19 | The polyps began to disappear shortly after I introduced some large blue mushroom polyps which were growing on a piece of dead coral . |
| 20 | Insofar as this affected the ECSC negotiations , it gave West Germany a far stronger hand and enabled its negotiators to resist some of the French demands , especially those which were aimed at a deconcentration and decartelisation of West Germany 's heavy industries , and to pursue more urgently its own point of view on the future of the Saar . |
| 21 | Both sides agreed that " progress " had been made in the talks , which were aimed at an agreement replacing the 1947 security treaty giving the USA full control over the Clark air base and Subic naval base and four smaller installations . |
| 22 | It is not only a question of there being a number of versions for popular plays , such as Doctor Faustus , which were revived over a forty- or fifty-year period resulting in corrupted , revised , or differing texts . |
| 23 | He skilfully manoeuvred the motorboat past the bobbing gondolas , which were moored to a forest of striped poles . |
| 24 | DJ Simon Wedgewood coaxed six student couples from Cardiff University under the spotlight and , in a variation of Blind Man 's Bluff , persuaded the men to take off their shirts which were put in a heap on the dancefloor . |
| 25 | In the presence of atropine and guanethidine , stimulation of the transmural field produced tetrodotoxin sensitive relaxations , which were inhibited in a dose dependent and enantiomer specific manner by antagonists of NO synthase ; completely by L-nitroarginine and partially by L-N-monomethyl arginine . |
| 26 | After the marriage , many British merchants began to settle in Madeira to take advantage of Charles II 's protectionist policies which were embodied in an Act of 1665 banning the export of European goods to the English colonies . |
| 27 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 28 | Last year Amnesty heard that Orton Chirwa , who has died in prison in Malawi , aged 73 , was being kept in a squatting position in handcuffs and leg-irons , which were chained to an iron-bar behind his knees . |
| 29 | I passed my medical check and after two days Alex , Chris , myself and a dozen others were ordered to report for our Intelligence tests which were held in a metal hut at the back of the compound . |
| 30 | The manometer catheter was linked to pressure transducers which were interfaced to a polygraph . |