Example sentences of "[Wh det] were [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former kitchen had been made into a small dining room almost entirely filled with an early Victorian table and set of six chairs which were undeniably the real thing . |
| 2 | Just to sort of flag up jobs which were over a hundred thousand pounds and that had finished or are well on their way this year . |
| 3 | What I , my remit to Ken was to go through with Duncan er projects which were over a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 4 | Erm , only three scholarship , but then of course , you got the er governors free places , which were nearly the same , and then the number who were being paid for . |
| 5 | She was taken off to play tennis on the courts which were nearer the house . |
| 6 | The enlightened proprietor provided social services for his workers which were already a model for future generations of employers . |
| 7 | companies which were already the first or second company in their respective national market ; |
| 8 | This man provided a running commentary on the events on the screen , which were otherwise a fabulous mystery . |
| 9 | At the same time it was doubtless the case that by-employments , which were probably the rule rather than the exception , were decisive in bringing the level of wealth in districts unfavourable to husbandry more or less into line with that of the more eligible farming regions . |
| 10 | Commius was forced to flee to Britain and he established himself as King of the British Atrebates which were presumably an earlier migrant group of the Gallic tribe of the same name . |
| 11 | There were no squabbles … as long as they did everything the same as anybody else and paid their fees , which were exactly the same . |
| 12 | I pay tribute to the convergence criteria , which were largely a British proposal . |
| 13 | This was largely as a result of Eliot 's own initiative ; and what we knew of it was derived from the works of Jacques Maritain , which were largely the source , I suspect , of Eliot 's own knowledge . |
| 14 | This obviously includes late-night services , which were also a concern of the Hon. Member for Maryhill . |
| 15 | ( 5 ) Setting limits on future punitive and compensatory damages on a sliding scale according to the size of the company , and empowering juries to decide the appropriate damages within these limits ( which were also a subject of compromise between the White House and Danforth bill supporters ) . |
| 16 | Almost all candidates in last month 's general elections , which were also the first in more than 22 years , called for lifting of martial law and defence laws and demanded the freedom of the press , freedom of association , and the legalisation of political parties banned by law since 1957 . |
| 17 | The following fifty years , which were also the years in which Athens and the Greeks decisively rebuffed the attempts of the Persians under Darius and Xerxes to destroy their independent states , saw further moves towards the dominance of popular power in Athens , some of them directly prompted by the necessities of war . |
| 18 | Along the evolutionary path that led to humans there were , three million or more years ago , creatures which were also the ancestors of today 's apes ; earlier , those who were the ancestors of all modern mammals ; earlier still , of all today 's vertebrates ; yet earlier , of all multicellular animals ; and so on . |
| 19 | Twenty minutes later she stood in front of the mirror wearing the fragile lace undies which were also the result of her impulse-buying . |
| 20 | The aching that Willie had first felt on waking was beginning to ease up , apart from his ankles , which were still a little sore from his boots . |
| 21 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 22 | Moreover the Yek had a horror of the mutations which were still the occasional result of the patches of radiation which were to be found in places around the continent , and they had laws to prevent the proliferation of mutant types through succeeding generations . |
| 23 | Yet their work also represents a very important process , unlike any of the preceding ‘ -isms ’ , which were always a continuation : Impressionism started the ball rolling , was continued by Fauvism which was a distortion of it , followed by Cubism , again a distortion but still ‘ retinal ’ , because the importance of the visual experience was always the decisive factor . |
| 24 | Decisions on change were not based on whim or fancy but were the result of keen study of the meticulous costing records which were always a prominent feature of management at Cessford . |
| 25 | The mother 's behaviour was often related to how the child had behaved , but there were long aggressive interchanges which were often the only predictable interaction that the mother and child demonstrated ( Wahler et al . |
| 26 | Jumpers and frocks which were quite a good fit . |
| 27 | Geoff was a sturdy wing-half with a refinement and vision of play which were perhaps a little too sophisticated for the Palace teams of his day , where we were forced to perform in the hurly-burly of the old 3rd Division South , and in the end his career was finished by a nasty knee injury sustained in mid-1952–53 . |
| 28 | Markers , the first of which were perhaps the surveying staffs themselves , were put in place to guide travellers . |
| 29 | In particular Jones had a complete count of neutrons and also of their energies , so he could tell which neutrons came from cosmic rays and which were possibly the result of fusion . |
| 30 | This deterioration reflected exceptional items of £994 million ( £888 million after tax ) , which were mainly a result of the provisions for employee severance costs and asset write-downs announced at the half year . |