Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new relationship meant that the United States would support Israel against any regional adversary which was either an actual or potential ally of the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | The salon , which was formerly a linen mill , has had its two top floors converted into gallery space , and the exhibition of local talent opens tomorrow ( Thursday , September 2 ) . |
| 3 | Now stand and view the s transept portal of the cathedral , or Golden Portal , which was formerly the main entrance from the Royal Palace . |
| 4 | The Eric Liddell Centre was established at the former North Morningside Church in 1974 , by the congregations of four churches on Holy Corner , Morningside , one of which was formerly the runner 's home church . |
| 5 | Thus Indochinese with top marks from the Grandes Écoles in France returned home to serve under Frenchmen with much lower qualifications , or none at all , on a salary which was approximately a fifth of what would be paid to a European doing the same work . |
| 6 | The second element was that I had just started working at the London School of Economics in October 1970 , which was exactly the same time as GLF started meeting there and LSE was in one of its periods of turmoil which involved me as someone working on the staff and excited me politically . |
| 7 | Labanowski is on an eight-week tour , and regrettably last night was the only Ipswich performance — coincidentally , All Fools Day , which was exactly the right spirit . |
| 8 | Furthermore , when he checked back on the correlation between his simple lix values and the criterion of pooled estimates of difficulty , he found that the figure was 0.92 , which was exactly the same as that obtained from the multiple regression . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ he 'd said finally , which was exactly the reaction that Pete had been expecting . |
| 10 | It began as a faint glowing cloudiness that hung in the rafters of the attic , which was exactly the sort of phenomenon Cleo 's mother had described in the ghost stories she 'd told her daughter as a child . |
| 11 | Lisabeth reluctantly agreed after I put her in charge of phoning the hospital for twice-daily reports , which was exactly the sort of thing she liked to take charge of . |
| 12 | The process that was followed in preparing the , which was exactly the same process as being followed in previous years . |
| 13 | This assumed that women could afford to be economically dependent , which was rarely the case , and offered an individualist solution to what were complex environmental , social and economic problems . |
| 14 | This surely puts into perspective the fundamental problem of Mary Queen of Scots , which was neither a matter of sex nor of religion . |
| 15 | The auditors picked up that we had a pink purchase order form which was neither a commissioning letter nor a contract . |
| 16 | I knew our modern bungalow on the village outskirts overlooking the Carse was n't as grand as Andy 's mum and dad 's house , which was practically a castle and stood in its own estate : ponds , streams , statues , lochs , rivers , hills , forests , even the old railway line passing through one corner of it ; one big garden in effect and vast compared to our single acre laid to lawn and shrub . |
| 17 | Baldwin therefore decided to seek the dissolution of a Parliament which was barely a year old . |
| 18 | She picked it up and saw the name Jarrett Keach flowing across it in brown mock handwriting which was presumably a facsimile of Jarrett 's own signature . |
| 19 | Variations on the theme of Mars also occur , such as Mars Barrex , Mars Belatucadrus and Mars Ocelus , while a dedication probably to Mars Victor was observed by William of Malmesbury still in position on a vaulted building , which was presumably a temple ; these dedications are mainly by soldiers . |
| 20 | The buildings of this remarkable site included a large and elaborate bath-house and a guest-house with rooms round a courtyard and a fine pillared fore-hall , which was presumably the communal dining room serviced from the detached east wing and , as Wheeler suggested , based on the classical hostelry ( his p. 48 ) . |
| 21 | There was ‘ a foreign substance which can be felt by touch under the skin of the neck ’ , which was presumably the first and fatal bullet fired by Abbas Mohamed . |
| 22 | The commission had been correctly paid on all the relevant purchases except that of Framwells — the chain of tobacconist shops — which was easily the biggest deal Mike had handled . |
| 23 | Hoover , himself , certainly not a callous man , considered that it would be fatal for the Federal government to take over in the field of relief , which was properly the concern of state and local governments with help from private charity . |
| 24 | We were n't supposed to be friends with people with whom we were doing business , which was probably a good idea , but just the same , I did n't know that until I began to live on Oakley Street and found out that David was very distressed . |
| 25 | Craig had fielded twice as many candidates and won fewer seats ; a result which was probably a combination of public reaction to Vanguard 's lack of clear policy and a lack of enthusiasm for some of the Vanguard candidates . |
| 26 | Which was probably a quotation from something , though Rufus did not know what and thought fastidiously that it was in bad taste , histrionic , though just like Adam . |
| 27 | He had braked automatically , which was probably a mistake . |
| 28 | His gesture acknowledged the salute which was probably a compliment to his Imperial rather than his Navy rank . |
| 29 | The mill , which was probably a battery of four stamps , each a heavy timber balk shod with iron and lifted alternatively by cams on a revolving axle , was the cause of a dissension in 1620 between Sir Daniel Fleming 's tenants of the low lying land upon either side of the St. Martin 's beck , between Coniston village and the lake ; and Daniel Höchstetter for the mining works . |
| 30 | She eventually found the River Boyne , which , according to the map , ran near Slane — which was probably a lie , she decided after making numerous unlooked-for detours because the map did n't seem to bear any relation to the roads , which did n't seem to be signposted — except for one that explained where the famous battle had taken place . |