Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I fear that does not even begin to address our concern the assurances which were given on the last occasion about the Home Secretary 's attitude by the Noble Earl Lord which will no doubt be repeated later this afternoon , will of course hold good only for as long as Mr Howard is Home Secretary . |
| 32 | These references , which were given over the period continually to 1984 , undoubtedly had an effect on the ability of Berg to engage in large scale bill discounting transactions with other banks . ’ |
| 33 | The flotation went some way to offset criticism of the Nigerian government in a World Bank report , the details of which were given in the Financial Times of March 16 . |
| 34 | As early as 1955 a CAB sub-committee was set up by the national committee to consider hire purchase problems as seen by bureaux all over the country and by other voluntary organisations with experience of families in difficulty ; and in addition to recommendations about trade practices , about possible action by local authorities , and other things , which were sent to the appropriate associations or government departments , the deliberations of the committee produced results which were to have an influence on the trend and standing of much CAB work in the future . |
| 35 | The class also used the mailbox facility to ask for brochures which were sent to the school . |
| 36 | The town itself is in most respects unremarkable by comparison with its Devon neighbours , and like many of them flourished especially in the seventeenth century , heyday of the West Country cloth trade : when Celia Fiennes passed close by in 1698 , she found all Exeter and the country around making ‘ an incredible quantity of serges ’ which were sent from the port of Topsham to be sold in Europe . |
| 37 | But , in those terms , taking the very wide range of social systems which were studied by the first generation of British social anthropologists as a model ( the list includes the Trobrianders , the Tikopia , the Bemba , the Tswana , the Azande , the Nuer , the Nupe , and the Tallensi among others ) , is it possible to formulate a useful stereotype of what this notional entity " a primitive society " or " a savage ( wild ) society " is like ? |
| 38 | It is my understanding from the reply there 's a fairly clear statement there that that was done erm I indeed have a copy of the principal briefing paper which the Director prepared for the panel , Chairman it outlined the background to the structure plan review , it referred to the previously approved structure plans , copies of which were appended to the briefing paper . |
| 39 | Apparently they 're the offspring of a few cabbage white butterflies which were blown across the channel , have hatched , and are currently munching their way through the garden of England . |
| 40 | These are the pay and conditions which were imposed following the long spell of industrial action . |
| 41 | The precise restrictions the Committee recommended , and which were imposed at the beginning of the experiment , may be summarised as follows : |
| 42 | The conference of 1944 had to be postponed owing to the difficulties of travel , which were imposed in the spring and summer of that year when the Allied invasion forces used Britain as their base for the ‘ reentry ’ into France : it was finally held in December . |
| 43 | With his law of primitive socialist accumulation Preobrazhensky saw it essentially as being conditions which were imposed upon the Soviet economy ; either the state sector will grow or it will succumb to the private sector , but the ‘ law ’ itself is only manifested by a series of conditions which were conscious acts upon the part of the Soviet state , since it involved plans and planning . |
| 44 | Lights from gaslamps which were positioned round the walls of the theatre were dimmed — lamps placed at the edge of the stage were turned up full and Albert DeNero was drenched with light . |
| 45 | The wheels were turned by four wheel lathes , which were positioned in the centre of the shop facing the bogie and body ramps . |
| 46 | Some of the damage was done by the thousands of casks of rum which were stored in the town , and which exploded in the heat and caught fire immediately . |
| 47 | A number of matters which were implemented towards the end of 1991 and concluded at the beginning of 1992 were touched upon in last year 's report . |
| 48 | Even in these circumstances the approach provided a deep insight into the information needs of the organisation , and revealed a considerable number of potential improvements , some of which were implemented in the course of the study and others that were addressed in the longer term . |
| 49 | Thus , while these enlightened times continued , there existed little of the prejudice and fanaticism which were engendered by the Crusades . |
| 50 | and the interest rate to 10.5 per cent. , the tax burden on business has been lightened , there is a pay review body for teachers and better standards and choice for parents — all of which were opposed by the Labour party . |
| 51 | In talks on Oct. 10 between the governing coalition parties and the opposition Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's proposals to amend Article 16 of the Constitution in order to reduce the numbers of asylum-seekers ( which were opposed by the opposition Social Democratic Party — SPD — as well as by the coalition Free Democratic Party — FDP ) were rejected . |
| 52 | Development plans by government agencies which were opposed by the Park would require parliamentary approval . |
| 53 | An independent hint that it was being used even earlier than the Shang dynasty is the appearance of turquoise , the nearest sources of which were situated on the Iranian plateau , during the initial Erh-li-t'ou stage of the Bronze Age . ’ |
| 54 | The Hall 's own linen was sold and the proceeds used to purchase coin operated laundry facilities which were situated in the second floor utility room . |
| 55 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 56 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 57 | About 85 per cent of the 215 probate inventories which were appraised within the parish between 1521 and 1603 were valued at less than £50 and 68 per cent were priced under £30 . |
| 58 | The distressing story of Miss X is contained among more mundane reports on council house allocations , lets and demolitions which were presented to the subcommittee . |
| 59 | Next month , we shall look at some more regiments , the senior components of which were raised in the early eighteenth century . |
| 60 | Hawke won the ballot by 66 votes to 44 , but the allegations concerning his judgment and honesty which were highlighted by the challenge left him politically damaged [ see p. 38294 ; for Hawke 's eventual defeat by Keating see p. 38675 ] . |