Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 32 | Artemis followed suit and they headed away from the house up a long pull which led to a covert known as the King 's Bushes . |
| 33 | In the early years of the euro-dollar market 's growth , the USA incurred an increasing external deficit which led to a considerable accumulation of dollar claims ( deposits ) by non-US residents . |
| 34 | From then on he administered Penang with great skill and energy , which led to a considerable growth in population and trade . |
| 35 | There was an increase in the population of central and northern Italy which led to a rapid development of agriculture , a rise in general prosperity and a subsequent increase in merchant goods . |
| 36 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |
| 37 | Thus the Sino-Indian border disputes which led to a localized war in 1962 brought some joint Anglo-American action to try to deter China from further military action , and especially from air attacks on Indian cities . |
| 38 | After scooping the majority of prizes at the event the 24-man-troupe found themselves being booked for other carnivals which led to a whole summer 's bookings in 1990 . |
| 39 | Concern among the party 's grass roots and the parliamentary party was demonstrated by the tenor of the debate at Saturday 's executive which led to a further clarification of the Scottish party 's position . |
| 40 | Which led to a fresh thought . |
| 41 | This had dropped to fewer than 200 animals in 1979 in spite of a conservation programme since 1976 , largely because of its relative similarity to the Blonde which led to a high degree of crossing . |
| 42 | In 1892 , with the appointment of McFadyean as dean ( he became Principal in 1894 ) there began , on the foundations laid by his predecessors , a second century showing a remarkable transformation which led to a marked expansion of the numbers of teaching staff , to a greater development of the staff 's research activities , and to the full incorporation of the College into the country 's university system . |
| 43 | The special niche Bankers Books has established was enhanced by the publication of its catalogue which led to a significant increase in sales late in the year and a year end profit of £79,000 . |
| 44 | Looking down the basement steps which led to a paved area from which a door led straight into that kitchen which had secretly housed Bill Egan , he thought he could see that the door was ajar . |
| 45 | Relations between Becker and the rest of the German team would appear to have deteriorated after the incident in Melbourne when , within minutes of learning that Stich and Udo Riglewski had been nominated to represent Germany in the doubles , in Barcelona , he set in motion a chain of events which led to a quick re-think . |
| 46 | In Toronto an immense frontage 752 ft. long had a central colonnaded entrance-way which led into a great concourse with a slightly curving coffered ceiling . |
| 47 | He always used the side door which led into a small office . |
| 48 | This means that when one is treating a patient with homoeopathy , a substance is used which produces in a healthy person symptoms and signs similar to those presented by that patient . |
| 49 | Today 's Melody Maker concentrates on pop 's more adventurous independent fringes , while RM remains a likeable dog 's dinner , differing from the others in its A4 format , its glossy colour pages , and content which veers from a left-field feature style to consumer-guides for club DJs . |
| 50 | In spite of her apparent self-confidence , in spite of her twenty-five years , in spite of having had the best that money could buy since she was a little girl , there was an ingenuousness about Harriet which sprung from a yearning need to prove herself — to her father , to her contemporaries , to the whole wide world . |
| 51 | Expressiveness can be another feature which contributes to a lengthier notation . |
| 52 | There is even a whale research institute in Tokyo which contributes to a better understanding of whale ecology and whaling techniques . |
| 53 | The circle demonstrates that it is a combination of many factors acting upon each other which contributes towards a troubled personality . |
| 54 | During the course of the nineteenth century , archaeology moved in a quite different direction , becoming , like the earlier diffusionary theories , increasingly obsessed with objects as such , and treating them as having an independent behaviour in a manner which separated them from any social context and which amounted to a genuine fetishism or the artefact . |
| 55 | Late in 1950 the French Minister of Agriculture , Pierre Pflimlin , announced at the Council of Europe — and proposed later in March 1951 to the non-member states of Austria , Portugal and Switzerland — something which amounted to a second Schuman Plan , in that it contained similar ultimate objectives : a common market directed by supranational institutions . |
| 56 | This study which builds on a previous study of social class variations in surgical rates , focuses on women suffering from menorrhagia ( heavy bleeding ) — a common indication for hysterectomy . |
| 57 | Best song of the night though , is the bitter ‘ High As I Kite ’ which builds via a tense three minutes , drops out and then comes back like an annoyed shop customer , to have another go . |
| 58 | Our main conceptual framework in the first part of the research is one which builds upon a dual understanding of marriage as both relationship and institution . |
| 59 | Instead of what we might call a vertical analysis of society — one which builds upon a single kind of term — Althusser attributes a horizontal analysis to Marx . |
| 60 | At the conference a successful effort had been made to invite informed opinion not only from the educational community but from many interest groups within Nigeria , an initiative which met with a splendid response and which led , with the help of some skilful chairmanship and competent editing to the production of a useful and sensible working document . |