Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a glitter of hostility in the girl 's velvet-dark eyes which momentarily took Caroline 's breath away … |
| 2 | Walter Peckle , the chief clerk , was a young man grown old before his time , with a complexion sallow and unhealthy , sunken cheeks , and eyes which never stopped blinking . |
| 3 | The Adrian Sherwood-isms which previously dominated NIN 's sound are gone , replaced by an incredibly aggressive but still quite electric musical approach . |
| 4 | Yet the Italian should perhaps be grateful for a more discriminating anniversary review of his achievements in place of the flood of notes and words which almost submerged Mozart 's genius . |
| 5 | We have continued to develop the sale of high quality timber into those branches which previously sold building materials only . |
| 6 | The German environment minister , Klaus Töpfer , has announced details of a programme to improve environmental quality in the five states which formally comprised East Germany . |
| 7 | They challenged the Home Secretary 's 1983 policies which effectively abolished parole for certain categories of prisoners , but did win the right , with the assistance of the European Commission for Human Rights to be legally represented at prison disciplinary hearings . |
| 8 | The Law Lords unanimously rejected Cheall 's application on the ground that there was no principle of law which prevented the union from relying on its own rules which also bound Cheall . |
| 9 | A further directive , agreed on Dec. 22 , abolished all the remaining national rules which currently barred EC life insurance companies from offering policies to citizens of other member states ( for changes relating to other insurance areas see p. 36494 ) . |
| 10 | Smaller groups which also gained representation in the Federal Assembly were ( i ) the Movement for Self-governing Democracy-Society for Moravia and Silesia ( MSD-SMS ) , which sought the restoration of separate government for the historic territory of Moravia-Silesia ; ( ii ) the Slovak National Party , demanding total internal autonomy for Slovakia , favouring the retention of links with Prague only in foreign affairs and defence ( although with separate representation abroad for Slovakia ) , and seen by many as basically hostile to the Czechs and to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia ; and ( iii ) Coexistence ( also known by its Hungarian name Egyutteles ) , a coalition of the Hungarian , Polish and other minority nationalities , which formed an electoral alliance with the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement , and polled heavily among the Hungarian minority in southern Slovakia . |
| 11 | These products extend the range of JS Revive products which previously comprised tissues , toilet tissues and kitchen rolls . |
| 12 | As well as catering for the spiritual needs of the Russian settlers , monks , sometimes with lay assistants , participated in the colonial process by establishing small monastic communities which soon attracted peasants and became the focus of new communities . |
| 13 | In mid-1990 the three largest US companies selling canned tuna fish , accounting for 70 per cent of the US market , had announced that they would no longer buy tuna caught in nets which also caught dolphins . |
| 14 | Mr Lindsay was worried that the lone TOPP students in some regional offices might feel isolated , and that many companies which initially showed enthusiasm for the idea have now cooled off . |
| 15 | Kimura ( 1973a ) observed the movements which right handed people made with their hands during five minutes of conversation and during five minute periods of silent verbal and non-verbal problem solving . |
| 16 | ‘ Mouse ’ was to go on to a succession of schools — at all of which he was unhappy — and to Oxford , where he was run over by a train under circumstances which strongly suggested suicide . |
| 17 | The 43-year-old Alton woman faked her spouse 's signature on 29 transactions which together totalled £1,155 . |
| 18 | In addition to this he favoured a condom made from a sheep 's intestine and a collection of two-ounce gold balls which seemingly brought security and immense satisfaction to his partners . |
| 19 | The influence of its music was greatly enhanced by the technological advances which then took place : first in gramophones ; then in public broadcasting systems . |
| 20 | Yet others were situated in , or later moved to , places which eventually became towns with a full range of central place functions . |
| 21 | This was because the landscape is flat , or gently undulating , and so there were few places which specially attracted people . |
| 22 | We shall see later in Part II that this decline of manufacturing employment was closely identified with the heavy growth of unemployment in the 1980s , and with its concentration in most industrial towns and cities outside the South East , places which typically had rates of unemployment of 14 to 20 per cent . |
| 23 | For some architects , the removal of regulations which both provided guidelines for behaviour and also limited the areas in which competition existed has provided a stimulus since they now feel able to compete more efficiently in a less restricted arena . |
| 24 | Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them . |
| 25 | Her world had shrunk to the few things which still had interest for her . |
| 26 | This decision was based on a survey of 1991 visitors and exhibitors which also revealed attendance figures of 17,000 . |
| 27 | Johnston had two snapshots which just went inches over . |
| 28 | But the Jesuits broke the agreement ; you can see the consoles on the first and second storeys which once held statues . |
| 29 | However , Clark argues that this exception is more apparent than real , arising from methodological procedures which essentially precluded scope for contrast . |
| 30 | She concludes that , on balance , the RMCs have done an excellent job and that the most successful ones have been based on colleges or groups of colleges which already had pockets of energy and entrepreneurial spirit and like the South West RMC were closely linked with the communities they served . |