Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miners from North Staffordshire wearing pit helmets , women from the Nottingham and Doncaster coalfields , workers from Yarrow and trade unionists from England and Scotland carried banners which were a roll call of industrial struggles past and present . |
| 2 | All her writings are characterized by an outstanding clarity and vigour of presentation , qualities which were a reflection of her keen interest in English literature . |
| 3 | The political breakdown was manifested in the two world wars , in the Holocaust , in the severity of the slump , in the doctrines of Nazism and totalitarian communism , both of which were a defilement of human nature . |
| 4 | His life-story relates his experiments with Truth , or his attempt to live in accordance with certain religious beliefs which were a part of his Hindu heritage . |
| 5 | Candidates who began under the traditional system will complete their course under that system and so it will be 1995 before the old system — and the examinations which were a part of it — finally disappear . |
| 6 | There was my bed with a wooden chair beside it and there was a small chest of drawers on top of which were a pile of Arabian newspapers , a few snapshots and two or three bottles of cologne . |
| 7 | Elizabeth Titford , the mother , must have needed a bit of Christian faith herself as she grew older and struggled to live through the hard times which were a mark of the 1820s with its long and painful inflation . |
| 8 | There were outdoor tennis courts , which were a quarter the cost of indoor ones and you did n't get the smoke , and also two boules alleys , or pitches , or whatever they 're called . |
| 9 | Much of his remarkable life story is revealed in the stained-glass windows of the church ; which were a gift from Philip L. Barbour of Kentucky , U.S.A. who was a foremost biographer of Willoughby 's famous son . |
| 10 | Under the previous system of benefits , unemployed disabled people could claim social security at a higher rate , and were also eligible for a number of additional requirement payments ( ARPs ) to meet such needs as extra laundry expenses , special dietary requirements , extra heating , wear and tear on clothing , and so on , which were a consequence of specific disabilities . |
| 11 | She did not share Baldwin 's intellectual or aesthetic tastes , and she did not accompany him on the long walks which were a staple part of his recreation in Worcestershire or at Aix . |
| 12 | He had started Supersight and had made quite an impact on an already highly competitive market with some clubs and putters which were a shade too gimmicky for me , but were tailor-made for the average club golfer , who will buy anything if it is ‘ guaranteed to add fifteen yards to your drive ’ . |
| 13 | Mr Glavisky thinks people probably recalled German prisoners filling in the water-logged tank traps in Speke , which were a danger to children . |
| 14 | The furniture stores in the area at that time sold styles which were a cross between Blackpool and back street Soho . |
| 15 | Under his leadership , the heavyweight investigative team was to produce reports which were a cross between the old Sunday Times Insight team and the occasional ‘ Shock Issues ’ which are all that remains of the old Mirror . |
| 16 | English history has a tendency to assimilate developments into a mythic story , so that events which were a victory for some faction or interest group get retrospectively sanctioned as a sacred progress of democratic tradition . |
| 17 | It is important to distinguish clearly between the features of the paper based life cycle which were a product of the limitations of the media and can now be joyfully abandoned , and methods which have an ongoing role when re-interpreted into the electronic life cycle . |
| 18 | Well she used to have to give some give somebody sixpence which were a lot of money in them days . |
| 19 | Although it was at a high altitude and windswept , she created at Bankshead a garden full of her favourite wild flowers , which were a source of inspiration both for her painting and her writing . |
| 20 | Others remembered setting Greek , Latin , other foreign languages and mathematics ( subjects of which they knew nothing , but which were a matter of professional pride ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Come into the kitchen , ’ she said , and led the way across a small hall and into quite a large kitchen , dominated , Millie noticed , by an oblong table under which were a number of stools . |
| 22 | There were shelves along one wall on which were a number of things : old-fashioned screwdrivers and hammers , saws and pliers ; a box of nails and an assortment of glues ; locks and handles , brackets and a tray of different keys . |
| 23 | Beyond it , protected by a high stone wall , was a small chapel in the grounds of which were a number of graves , each one marked by a simple marble marker ; some were actually decorated by headstones or crosses . |
| 24 | Another waiter brought round a trolley on which were a number of half-eaten gateaux decorated with a white substance , and some slices of hard apple resting in water , in a glass howl . |
| 25 | He got a letter on file , he produced a load of stats which were a load of bollocks and prove and proved that we were n't losing any business and then he they had a deal with us which was Eurobudget with no restrictions when they were based at Dagenham |
| 26 | I posted two scripts for a series to be called ‘ The Raconteur ’ , which were a collection of after-dinner stories tied together by narration . |
| 27 | In a speech to the Japanese Diet on April 17 Gorbachev made a wide-ranging appeal for an end of the bilateral relationships in the Pacific which were a legacy of the Cold War . |
| 28 | In 1936 , three years before Aaron Copland , Thomson started writing film scores which were a model of unobtrusive clarity and pertinence , combining American materials to suit documentaries such as The Plow that Broke the Plains and The River with the musique d'ameublement approach of Satie . |
| 29 | This grew with the realization that deep chemical weathering would be the norm in many tropical areas and that many temperate areas included tor-like residuals which were a remnant from times when climatic conditions were warmer and wetter . |
| 30 | When discussion of a reconvened Geneva conference was in the air in December 1973 , the government stated that ‘ Israel will not return to the lines of June 4 , 1967 , which were a temptation to aggression . ’ |