Example sentences of "[Wh det] had [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pascoe looked ruefully at the piles of paper which had accumulated since the enquiry started . |
| 2 | Durkheim shared this concern with the failure of modern civilization to produce the happiness promised by the philosophies which had emerged as the feudal period ended . |
| 3 | The successful vote on energy policy reflected the broad national consensus which had developed since the issue was last addressed in a referendum in 1983 , when the proposal failed to secure a majority in more than half the cantons as required [ see p. 32643 ] . |
| 4 | The unity he had in mind was , ironically , that which had existed before Germany became a nation-state , the unity of the disunited rainbow of German states and principalities , the state of unity when Jews were legally inferior to Germans , when Poles were not a numerical threat , when expansion to the east had been easy , when the German people had not been a rising industrial power , when the massed levy of conscripts had been enough to rout their opponents . |
| 5 | During this period , and particularly very recently , Miss T. 's close relationship with her father which had existed when she was much younger was revived . |
| 6 | When I questioned him about this , he replied enigmatically that certain rock formations which had existed when they had arrived , had since disappeared and that he could swear that the rocks in some places had moved closer together . |
| 7 | The Victoria Swing Bridge was completed , alleviating the serious communication problems which had arisen since the opening of the Albert Dock . |
| 8 | The officer in this case addressed the defendant precisely in terms appropriate to the contingency which had arisen as indicated in the Metropolitan Police pro forma instructions which were current in May 1990 . |
| 9 | The word ‘ murder ’ itself constantly on someone 's lips , like a sonorous curse , seemed to have the power to evoke those half-suppressed images of his father 's face which had become as unclear , as devoid of any life , as an old photograph . |
| 10 | County councils were established in 1888 and replaced the organisation of the lieutenants and the Justices of the Peace , which had operated since Tudor times . |
| 11 | In the year and a half which had elapsed since the famous showdown between Arkle and Mill House at Cheltenham their fortunes had contrasted starkly . |
| 12 | But he criticised at greater length those university extra-mural departments which had expanded since the war through bypassing the WEA and putting on their own programmes of courses , courses with popular appeal to the already well-educated and.of a quality below that traditionally associated with universities . |
| 13 | The chain of events which had begun before I ever met her was slowly reaching its end . |
| 14 | By abolishing their organs of self-government , attempting to enrol them in secular educational institutions , and trying much harder than earlier legislators to force them out of the countryside into the towns , the Minister of State Properties intensified the subversion of Jewish communal life which had begun when community leaders had to make invidious choices about recruits for the army . |
| 15 | At first Sophie listened with only mild interest as the other girl spoke of her involvement in veterinary work , which had begun when she had worked as a receptionist in a large practice in Shropshire , where Robert had been senior assistant . |
| 16 | Its allegations were the latest in a series of accusations of collaboration with the secret police which had surfaced since the revolution and had led to a number of resignations and arrests of politicians and officials [ see pp. 37382 ; 37464 ; 37542 ; 38018 ] . |
| 17 | Cupid , which is moving its head office from Accrington to Blackburn , Lancashire , said it needed the cash to reduce borrowings which had increased since it took over the Youngs formal wear business last year . |
| 18 | This eliminated the minimum pension level which had survived since Bismarck , and substantially widened differentials . |
| 19 | Within minutes of the rescue , Runcorn firemen arrived to deal with the fierce blaze , which had started when a chip pan overheated . |
| 20 | Now these two points have been resolved , it will allow the process of what in legal parlance is called ‘ mutual discovery ’ of evidence to continue , which had ceased while Sotheby 's motion was pending . |
| 21 | According to the resolution the conference would have , among others , the following aims : to examine the state of the environment and changes which had occurred since the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment and since other meetings and agreements such as the 1987 Montreal protocol on the ozone layer [ see pp. 35678 ; 36412 ] ; to " examine strategies for national and international action … to promote a supportive international economic environment that would result in sustained and environmentally sound development in all countries , with a view to combating poverty and improving the quality of life " ; and to promote the " further development of international environmental law " . |
| 22 | If so , there will be no cause to keep a justice court [ Forest Eyre ] , nor to have verderers or regarders , for their offices , which had continued since the law of the forest , will be needless . |
| 23 | Qayyum 's election was expected to heighten the political crisis which had ensued since the electoral defeat in July of his party , the Muslim Conference , by a coalition led by the PPP . |
| 24 | What she wanted more than anything was the relaunching of her career , which had flagged since the Mamas & the Papas split up . |
| 25 | She craved the oblivion of sleep , desperate to escape the physical discomfort and mental exhaustion which had worsened as the day had worn on . |
| 26 | The slits in the sides of their throats which had originated as filtering mechanisms , were walled with thin blood vessels so that they also served as gills . |
| 27 | Millions of pounds which should be spent on health , education and investment will be diverted merely to restore what had existed until the IRA struck . |
| 28 | What had appeared as almost revolutionary in terms of content in films made between 1928 and 1932 would now be controlled and integrated into a smoother package . |
| 29 | He wished that he could as easily delete the memory of what had followed after she had switched on the overhead light . |
| 30 | What had begun as a horrible day . |