Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No shots were fired , but in an earlier action today , H M S Battleaxe fired warning salvos across the bows of an Iraqi ship which failed to stop for cargo inspection . |
| 2 | But this is misleading in the sense that much of this expenditure did generate purchasing power in recipient countries , which led to demand for dollar goods , demand which was not effectively curtailed by the exchange controls . |
| 3 | The floor was ankle-deep , knee-deep soon in viscid , melted , and disjoined hydra which sought to set like glue . |
| 4 | American sailors ate cranberries by the barrel load for their high vitamin C content , which helped to stave off scurvy . |
| 5 | It was an important part of the governmental machine , which helped to produce by negotiation , discussion , criticism , and occasional obstruction — a large body of law . |
| 6 | A collection of such material should enhance our knowledge of the factors which contributed to change in law and society . |
| 7 | The entire scene was compounded by the thunderous silence that covered the scene , save the wind which seemed to whisper in condolence . |
| 8 | She had a long , narrow and strong-boned face , its severity softened by her eyes which seemed to glow with laughter and sense . |
| 9 | She went on gay-rights marches — although , as far as anyone knew , she was heterosexual — and was wont to punch the air with her fist at moments which seemed to call for affirmation or triumph . |
| 10 | The original basis of liability under the rule was responsibility for the creation of an exceptional risk which happened to ripen into injury . |
| 11 | New kinds of leisure outlets such as dance halls and ‘ discos ’ appeared which served to mark off youth from other age groups . |
| 12 | These and other questions emerged from a classical ethology primarily concerned with the evolution , motivation , and function of social signals but which began to focus on ecology as the adaptiveness of social structure to habitat gradually became apparent ( see Crook 1970b ; Crook and Goss-Custard 1972 ) . |
| 13 | As can be seen in Table 1 , throughout this century there has been a large decline in private renting , and a corresponding increase in owner-occupation and council housing , which began to get under way after the First World War . |
| 14 | Cadbury , which declined to comment on speculation , recently acquired the Gigi brand name when it bought Crush from Procter&Gamble , but it is understood it would be reluctant to pay much more than £150million for the Perrier business . |
| 15 | The wild narcissi and beautiful peonies , which liked to grow among grass or in the shade , hidden among the roots of the trees , were over . |
| 16 | Yet only two weeks ago he was quite gladly chewing anything which dared to hove into view . |
| 17 | An initiative launched from Abu Dhabi aimed to salvage the three Pakistani branches of BCCI which continued to trade in defiance of an earlier order for closure . |
| 18 | The Commission considered that the United Kingdom was scarcely in a position to claim otherwise , since until 1988 the right to the flag of fishing vessels was governed by the far less restrictive provisions of the Act of 1894 , which continued to apply to merchant ships . |
| 19 | He had obligations to the universal episcopate which had to act in harmony for the unity of the church . |
| 20 | He was obviously worried about the future of a state which had to resort to terror in order to maintain its supremacy . |
| 21 | The largest single shipload so far discovered were the 524 Chinese passengers on the East Wood which had to call for help when it broke down near the Marshall Islands earlier this year . |
| 22 | I believe what you believe , that God came down to Mary , who was a virgin , in the form of a dove — or was that to her mother , so that Mary could get pregnant and be an immaculate conception , which had to happen on account of how sex is so polluting , and give birth to Jesus ? |
| 23 | But the difference also reflects the need for autarchy within district management teams in the NHS , which had to deal with uncertainty about patient outcomes within a vague set of government guidelines . |
| 24 | Peter Shillinglaw , secretary of New Brighton Lifeboat which had to go into action a few times , said : ‘ I can not help but think the organisers of this race have been very , very lucky over the years . ’ |
| 25 | Early versions were comparatively flimsy mouldings which tended to suffer from brittleness and yellowing as they aged , and which relied on complicated channellings and fixing clips for their installation . |
| 26 | Well what happened to change in fact this er notion of limited rational wars with the means , ends in balance etcetera , the kind of , of erm halcyon days if you like to which Klausovitz wished to return ? |