Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SLORC , the military junta which had assumed power at the height of 1988 's political unrest , allowed a general election to take place in May 1990 for a Constituent Assembly which would be charged with drafting a new constitution . |
| 2 | On May 1 Capt. Valentine E. M. Strasser was named as chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC ) , the body which had assumed control of the country after a successful coup against President Joseph Momoh on April 30 [ see pp. 38552-54 ] . |
| 3 | No small group of favourites emerged to monopolize access to the king or royal patronage : even the Hainaulters at court attracted little of the obloquy that surrounded the Savoyards and Henry III 's court , and the families which had suffered forfeiture in the political violence between 1322 and 1330 were gradually restored . |
| 4 | He suspended the sentences for three years , ordering that the suspension will not operate until repayment of £1,080 is made to the firms which had suffered loss . |
| 5 | His statements on the latter issue threatened to revive the scandal which had followed discovery in February of the sale [ see p. 38019 ] . |
| 6 | State intervention , collectivism and political consensus , which had characterized politics after 1945 , were seen as significant causes of economic decline and social dependency . |
| 7 | All the HZDS and Slovak National Party deputies and most of those from the former communist Party of the Democratic Left voted in favour ; all the Christian Democratic Movement ( KDH ) deputies , which had lost power in the June election , voted against . |
| 8 | All the HZDS and Slovak National Party deputies and most of those from the former communist Party of the Democratic Left voted in favour ; all the Christian Democratic Movement ( KDH ) deputies , which had lost power in the June election , voted against . |
| 9 | Returning to a job which they had already ‘ used up ’ or which had lost value in their eyes |
| 10 | He said that last year £30,000 worth of produce had been lost in similar incidents and urged the Prime Minister to give an assurance that he would approach the French government to ensure that the culprits were brought to justice and that compensation was paid to all the British firms which had lost cash . |
| 11 | The lorry rolled on to a car after its rear wheels were hit by another car which had lost control . |
| 12 | The talks were attended by all the other parties which had secured representation in the National Assembly [ see p. 39129 ] . |
| 13 | The Yugoslav government presented on June 30 a second package of economic measures designed to restrain the boom in both public and private spending , which had pushed inflation rates to levels approaching 1,000 per cent at the end of 1989 . |
| 14 | It was this principle which had saved Virgin from collapse in the wake of the Customs and Excise fine ten years before ; it was the principle , Branson believed , that would now secure the company 's future . |
| 15 | At dusk the clouds over Manhattan , which had threatened snow all day , cleared and revealed a pristine sky , its colour so ambiguous it might have fuelled a philosophical debate as to the nature of the blue . |
| 16 | As in North Yemen , the political situation in South Yemen was dominated by the process of Yemeni reunification , which had gathered pace dramatically in late 1989 [ see p. 37138 ; see also p. 37266 for update to February 1990 ] . |
| 17 | Even though opinion polls might show that ‘ Butskellite ’ or ‘ Labourish ’ attitudes prevailed among the people on such issues as health , housing , education , and pensions , the main thrust of the election was clearly to give backing to the anti-socialist , anti-planning revolt which had gathered momentum since 1979 . |
| 18 | The policy of economic rigour and monetary stability , which had kept inflation to around 3 per cent , would nevertheless be maintained . |
| 19 | One patient 's leg ulcer ‘ suddenly improved dramatically due to improved psychological state ’ ; another had been uncooperative until answering the questionnaire , which had engendered interest , altering the patient 's attitude and enabling effective treatment to commence . |
| 20 | The Garotter 's Act became law on 13 July 1863 when , after a speedy passage through its readings , it joined the rump of archaic flogging laws which had escaped abolition in 1861 . |
| 21 | The few areas which had escaped collectivization because they seemed too poor were now to be brought into line . |
| 22 | He points a finger at my unspeakable carpet , which had escaped mention for many chapters and would continue to do so for those remaining . |
| 23 | On the question of harmonizing Europe 's widely varying rates of value added tax ( VAT ) , which had aroused disagreement in the past , the Council of Ministers agreed in December 1990 on a new system of collecting VAT with effect from 1992 [ see p. 37925 ] . |
| 24 | And perhaps the drum beat had been the noise which had excited Scathach . |
| 25 | These texts were often inscribed on woodwork which had formed part of the old rood screens , reredoses , and triptychs ; this was the case at Binham Priory in Norfolk , where the medieval paintings of saints are now showing through the worn whitewash and black-letter Protestant text . |
| 26 | The People 's National Party ( PNP ) was returned to power in a general election on Feb. 9 , 1989 , winning 45 seats and defeating the Jamaica Labour Party ( JLP ) , which had gained office in 1980 . |
| 27 | Further , even when the virtue of a feminine personae is not questioned ( as in the case of Belgae or Eirena ) , the rule of a woman is shown to be insufficient to combat the irreligious evil which had gained control of their land . |
| 28 | Reports in late October confirmed that France had arrested key members of a Paris-based Russian espionage ring which had gained access to highly classified information on nuclear experiments . |
| 29 | On March 22 an anti-racist demonstration was attended by between 65,000 and 150,000 people , protesting in particular against the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the right-wing Flemish nationalist Vlaams Blok which had gained ground in the November election . |
| 30 | Other sources of unease were the unfulfilled aspirations of the minority Shiite community , mostly concentrated in the region south of Baghdad , and the occcasional stirrings of the Communist Party which had gained strength during the Qasem period and become solidly represented in the army until efforts to purge them in the 1970s . |