Example sentences of "[adj] which gave the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under normal circumstances the bulk of government patronage in Scotland would be distributed through the agency of ministers familiar with local politics , and it was this which gave the crown its commanding influence in the country . |
| 2 | It was this which gave the family its peculiar importance in the surveillance , and control , of sexual behaviour . |
| 3 | I am speaking about a special form of small-holding — the croft , as defined by the UK parliament in legislation , from the first Crofters Act of 1886 to the Act of 1976 which gave the crofter the right to purchase his holding on very favourable terms . |
| 4 | But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time . |
| 5 | Originally one of the four constituent elements of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific created in 1947 , the FSM initially signed a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1982 which gave the country internal self-government and US economic aid in return for continuing US control of its defence and foreign policies [ see p. 32130 ] . |
| 6 | Serrano was widely regarded as the architect of the unification of political parties in 1937 which gave the Franco regime its political and ideological framework , and Franco regularly sought and accepted Serrano 's judgement when making high-level political appointments . |
| 7 | This lending ceiling was reinforced by a further statement by the Bank in November 1968 which gave the banks four months ' notice to reduce their lending to 98 per cent of the mid November 1967 level . |