Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 2 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 3 | In several respects this period witnessed a working out of the legacy of the Civil War , and many of the issues which were to cause political division in English society under the later Stuarts stemmed from problems which had been left unresolved by the Restoration of 1660 . |
| 4 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 5 | Three subsequent laboratory studies , however , have failed to show any overall improvement in recognition sensitivity for films which were given high risk ratings . |
| 6 | Thus situations which were given high accident estimates tended to show an improvement in memory when risk was experienced . |
| 7 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 8 | The wideband cable systems which were trumpeted some years ago could well carry high quality sound as well as umpteen television channels but their development has run into serious economic problems . |
| 9 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 10 | Ashley gazed up into dark brown eyes which were sending intimate messages and telling her everything she had been longing to hear . |
| 11 | ‘ We passed outside the city walls , and after a little walk , entered ; i green garden door , and made our way to a little plain square building , in which were arranged wooden benches , a pulpit and below the pulpit a plain wooden table and chair . |
| 12 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 13 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 14 | The report suggested that sulphur dioxide emissions , mainly from industry and power stations , but also volcanoes , most notably Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines , were leading to the formation of a thin film of sulphate particles in the atmosphere , which were reflecting some sunlight . |
| 15 | It was not a cause of poor economic performance ; it was yet another consequence of the attitudes which were shaping that performance . |
| 16 | Er it seems it seems that there were a lot of students , from one of the bigger un er er top class universities which were handling this train , er but er there were quite a few er things done , some of them I would think dangerous . |
| 17 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 18 | Together , these two initiatives exhibit most of the features which were to characterise Conservative policies towards the inner cities for the rest of the decade : |
| 19 | ASHANTI ARE a Belfast based three piece which were formed eight years ago by guitarist Steven Boyd — the last remaining original member of the band . |
| 20 | Under the pavement of the baths was a lower floor upon which were built small piers of tiles about two feet high . |
| 21 | Apart from those on the far side of the road which were built several years later on on another complex |
| 22 | There was no furniture in the room other than a cupboard in the far corner in which were kept special foods such as plates of dates selected from the great storehouse or the enamel pots poured full of the sweet of the area . |
| 23 | It 's just those lapses ( which were punished last year ) which we ca n't allow to happen . |
| 24 | The present pattern of Business Studies degrees , in many respects , reflects the state of thinking of commerce degrees of the late 30s , most of which had disappeared by or soon after 1950 , in favour of a more discipline-oriented approach in which there were substantial new elements , with the appearance of sociology and politics , both of which were to acquire greater prominence . |
| 25 | Environment Minister Emil Salim said that the 500 firms , spread over 11 of the 27 provinces of Indonesia , have failed to comply with water effluent standards which were set two years ago . |
| 26 | Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before . |
| 27 | At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers . |
| 28 | Most of the walls were topped by a layer of concrete into which were set jagged pieces of glass from smashed bottles . |
| 29 | Rods were set up and attached to gaudy plastic lures which were trolled some distance behind the boat . |
| 30 | Important innovations were introduced by the 1919 Act , which were to have far-reaching implications . |