Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biographer of T. S. Eliot , who was himself to speak of the ‘ dark ’ experience , of the ‘ rude unknown psychic material ’ , incorporated in his poem The Waste Land , can be seen in Hawksmoor to contribute to the tradition of romantic fabulation which began with the Gothic novel — a tradition in which darkness is privileged , in which a paranoid distrust is evident , in which can be read the evergreen message that the deprived may turn out to be depraved , and in which there can be two of someone . |
| 2 | THE NUNS in Northamptonshire who are battling to save their 5,000 chickens from slaughter said yesterday that the Ministry of Agriculture had changed its story over the type of salmonella responsible for the outbreak of food poisoning which led to the flock being tested . |
| 3 | This was the thinking which lay behind the Bonnefous Plan , named after Edward Bonnefous , who was the main architect in the Council of Europe for a European Transport Authority linked to the Council . |
| 4 | The sciences were at one time supposed to generalize from observations by a logical operation called induction , claimed to free them from dependence on the merely analogical thinking which prevailed in the mediaeval proto-sciences , and which regrettably remain for the time being indispensable in dealing with everyday problems . |
| 5 | These interventions , associated with the Keynesian revolution in economic thinking which called for the state to become involved in maintaining the level of aggregate demand in the economy through the use of budgetry policies , have been seen not as a triumph of democratic struggle but as a further example of the use of the state as an instrument of the interests of the ruling class . |
| 6 | When war broke out in South Africa MacBride was one of the first and most prominent members of the Irish Brigade which fought for the Boer republics , and at Ladysmith , Colenso , and elsewhere he proved himself to be a brave and resourceful soldier . |
| 7 | A state entrance was under a porte-cochère on the Downing Street side which led to the suite of reception rooms occupying the entire first floor of the northern wing . |
| 8 | These gateways gave entrance to avenues with covered arcades on each side which led to the centre of the enclosure . |
| 9 | He found the warehouse which corresponded to the number on the invoice lying beside him on the passenger seat and slowed the Golf to a halt in front of it . |
| 10 | This was the reasoning which lay behind the foundation of the Zollverein in 1834 . |
| 11 | The reasoning which led to the discovery of the antimalarial pyrimethamine was applied equally fruitfully 15 years later , to the drug trimethoprim , which was as specific for certain bacteria as pyrimethamine was for malaria parasites . |
| 12 | Reference has already been made to the examination by the Sumner Committee of the 1905 Hague Convention , and the reasoning which led to the Committee 's recommendation that the United Kingdom should not accede to that Convention but proceed rather by way of bilateral treaties . |
| 13 | Now in that room at Fontainebleau so many years ago , I studied Francis but my eyes were drawn to that bloody ring which sparkled on the fourth finger of his left hand . |
| 14 | Although the PDM held fewer seats than Namaliu 's Pangu Pati , Wingti successfully constructed a coalition which consisted of the PDM , the People 's Progress Party ( PPP ) , and the League for National Advancement ( LNA ) — which had formerly participated in the Pangu-led government of Namaliu — together with a majority of the many independent MPs . |
| 15 | More than 40 antique and warbird aircraft flew in for the auction which coincided with the National Championship Air Races . |
| 16 | There was nothing imaginary about the shooting which erupted in the street outside . |
| 17 | Firms in North Wales here along the coast which came after the war of course . |
| 18 | The logical alternative was to promote the " ministerial " principle by strengthening the chain of command which led from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the provincial governors . |
| 19 | A creature appeared , a lion , red and huge , bounding up the narrow winding streets of Edinburgh , splashing through rivers of blood which poured from the castle . |
| 20 | Perhaps the attraction was due to the German blood which flowed in the veins of some of my ancestors ; it was no doubt helped by my veneration for the genius of men like Wagner and Goethe . |
| 21 | Sarah Leigh , prosecuting , said the two men were in a car which drove into the rear of a parked car in Reaper Close , Great Sankey . |
| 22 | The fundamental difference between the traditional City and Guilds awards and the new NVQ award is that the former were awarded by City and Guilds to students who had attended an approved course of study in a college which led to the student successfully passing the relevant City and Guilds examination . |
| 23 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 24 | At the same time he unveiled a radical economic programme which called for the rapid transition to a market economy , and the " liquidation of inertia and conservatism " in the state bureaucracy . |
| 25 | It is this that explains the sharp opposition which developed between the two contrasting attitudes , and the antithesis that came to be sharply drawn between ‘ reason ’ and ‘ authority ’ . |
| 26 | Labour 's employment spokesman was blamed for much of the confusion which arose at the TUC on the issue . |
| 27 | The icy fear which showed in the older man 's eyes cut through Vologsky 's mild concern like a knife , chilling him to the bone . |
| 28 | This attitude both belittles the quality of the author 's work and also underestimates the wide reading and research which went into the creation of her most famous character . |
| 29 | A more fruitful response would be to acknowledge the research which went into the arguments supporting the opinion , and make use of the opportunity to explain more clearly the Church 's position in the matter . |
| 30 | As early as 1705 there were five of these with well-defined functions each handling relations with a specific group of countries , and new departments were added as time went on ( for example a Ceremonial Department which evolved in the reign of Catherine II ) . |