Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 , the size of the RUC reserve was 4,000 , just under two-thirds of which were full-time members . |
| 2 | Strangely enough one could believe that the slightest glimmer of light on the dark horizon could be the lights of Geneva , and the glimmer became a glow and the glow became more positive and one could distinguish the lights which were real lights and those which were the reflections on the lake . |
| 3 | Under the direction of Sgt Hayter the Lancaster was loaded onto six Queen Maries , three of which were wide loads , and started the journey to Hendon . |
| 4 | That was followed a few years later by the Meadows situation in Dallas , Texas , where Alger Meadows had bought from two travelling Frenchmen a whole collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works which were all fakes . |
| 5 | Even the ruined library still contained many texts which were witnesses to a local tradition of artistic skill , showing a consuming interest in miraculous happenings and that curious mixture of vernacular and Latin literacy which were all characteristic of late Anglo-Saxon culture . |
| 6 | He was called Francis Alexander William , which were all family names . |
| 7 | A survey was conducted in five countries which were critical cases for the hypothesis : Britain and the United States of America as countries which had the most successful democratic states , Germany and Italy as countries that had experienced fascist regimes within twenty years , and Mexico as a less well-developed country struggling to establish its democratic process ( Almond and Verba 1963 ) . |
| 8 | Across the street , beyond a wide stretch of frost-laced gravel , there was a huge triumphal arch on which were four horses driven by a goddess of peace , over whom , in turn , hung two flags , both enormous as if vying with each other and both striped red , orange and black , the far one with those stripes alone , but the near one bearing the wreath , hammer and dividers of the German Democratic Republic , and under it all , cutting the avenue in half , halting it with the abruptness of Finis at the end of a book , and behind a fragile metal fence , snow on its top giving it an odd , festive look , there was a drab grey wall made of concrete blocks . |
| 9 | These letters were signed Carla , Bette , Yvonne , Rose-Marie ; one ( on airmail paper and from an American city ) was signed ‘ Love from all the Family ’ , beneath which were four signatures : Mom , Dad , Eugenia and Auntie B . |
| 10 | In selecting the area to be defended , those responsible , presumably military engineers , chose the most convenient and economical line , and where there was a well planned core of gridded streets , this was not too difficult ; the real problem was the case of settlements which were long strips of ribbon development along a road . |
| 11 | ‘ I read ridiculous things like Diana arriving on my doorstep in a pair of jeans which were absolute nonsense and fabrication , ’ she says . |
| 12 | Although very weak , he was anxious to discuss technical matters , among which were possible revisions to Chapter 6 . |
| 13 | Turakina had on a gown into which were woven gold and silver threads . |
| 14 | He did his various pieces of mime which were set pieces . |
| 15 | So we talked and I said well we would think about it and we would let him know so we collected all the friends that we thought would like to help which were many people were very good to help ! |
| 16 | He looked at the bottles , which were many colours , red and green and blue and smoky topaz , and contained wisps and rinsings of nothing much , a sigh of smoke in one , a rocking of spirituous liquid in another . |
| 17 | response at our end , and as as I said , I know that person , three particular incidences which were good incidences to report two of them would 've certainly resulted in arrests , and they got an absolutely negative reply . |
| 18 | Which were good money for a single fella . |
| 19 | Underneath it stood an orange box on top of which were two flower pots . |
| 20 | The House of Lords held unanimously that a court of summary jurisdiction has a similar discretion , overruling Reg. v. Guest , Ex parte Anthony [ 1964 ] 1 W.L.R. 1273 and Reg. v. Gore Justices , Ex parte N. ( An Infant ) [ 1966 ] 1 W.L.R. 1522 which were two decisions of the Divisional Court to the contrary effect . |
| 21 | A horizontal bar , or ‘ foliot ’ , was pivoted at its centre to a vertical rod , or ‘ verge ’ , on which were two pallets . |
| 22 | There were two old cane chairs in the middle of the colonnade , and a table covered with a blue-and-white folkweave cloth , on which were two cups and saucers and two large plates covered in muslin . |
| 23 | Then she seated herself opposite him , and drew forward a small table , on which were two packs of cards . |
| 24 | Naturally it was not long before other brewers saw the potential and began producing their own NAB/LAB beers , most of which were low-alcohol products . |
| 25 | He opened jungle and quickly flipped through the opening chapters , which were straightforward advice for well-equipped jungle holidays : ‘ Never put a bare foot on the earth . |
| 26 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 27 | Some ( or all ) of the materials of the mantle melted and as the temperatures rose the upper boundary of the partially melted material also rose , and by about 3800 Ma ago was sufficiently shallow to provide surface lava through the mare basins which were weak points in the crust . |
| 28 | Manila 's public transport is based on a multitude of ‘ jeepneys ’ the originals of which were surplus US army jeeps left after the war with Japan . |
| 29 | Comtek ‘ 92 can , it seems , still justifiably be billed as Russia 's main trade event : this year the show attracted over 70 hard currency-paying exhibitors , most of which were Western companies ; that so many companies are willing to pay $350 per square metre is testimony to the fact that the Russian market retains the interest of a significant portion of Western companies ; show organiser Crocus International says it invited 200,000 ‘ specialists ’ to the show , but in reality , Comtek has become a popular event in all senses of the word with most companies using the show as an opportunity for general exposure to the Russian market rather than as a means of generating many hard sales leads . |
| 30 | Although not a new phenomenon abroad , occurrences of listeria were relatively rare in Britain until 1989 when the number of cases rose to an estimated 800 , one third of which were pregnant women . |