Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a study , again in Costa Rica , the vegetation biomass , nutrient content and species composition were measured during the first year after clear-cutting of plots , some of which were treated with commercial inorganic fertilizer ( 70kg N , 87.5kg P and 166kg K per hectare ) while others were planted with the pioneering Cecropia obtusifolia , as seedlings . |
| 2 | Dangerous products seized in recent years include brake shoes and linings for cars ; nuts and bolts supplied to the construction industry that caused parts of a building to collapse during an earthquake in the United States ; aircraft brake parts ; and eye drops which were made with contaminated water . |
| 3 | My difficulty is compounded by the succinctness and cogency of the Official Solicitor 's submissions which were made with obvious distaste , but in the due and proper fulfilment of their duties as the guardian ad litem of this disabled girl . |
| 4 | Aircraft which were collected with such discrimination and taste , which were restored using the most scrupulous of standards and which were displayed for us and our children to enjoy at the Tamiami Airport near Miami , Florida . |
| 5 | Hence the cusp was on field lines which were convecting with similar velocity to the closed field lines equatorward of the cusp . |
| 6 | We had scaldini — large , flat , iron containers which were filled with hot water at the outset of each journey — to put our feet on . |
| 7 | Elevations were ultimately reduced to a matrix of concrete-encased steel beams and columns , the voids between which were filled with large , gridded , steel-framed windows surmounting low infill panels of brickwork . |
| 8 | He picked his way along the edge of the track , avoiding the ruts and pot-holes , which were filled with brown water , and reached the house . |
| 9 | However , this not only removed local accountability ( the original motive for introducing the new system ) but it also did not affect many areas of the country which were faced with high community charges . |
| 10 | These questions , which were posed with most intensity in the Irish context , because , on the whole , absentee landlords behaved that much worse , shaped the form taken by legislative interventions … |
| 11 | The Treasurer 's room was all dark teak furniture and the walls were hung with portraits of the top men in the Corporation , unlike the walls of Mark 's office which were covered with coloured aerial photographs of the many European component plants which had come within his planning responsibility . |
| 12 | Apart from whether the weak transmissions from a pair of £25-sets operating on the American Citizens ' Band FM frequency could have penetrated the thick walls of Blake 's cell , which were reinforced with cast-iron segments , with no external aerial and close to the 17 feet-high perimeter wall , there is also the question of how Blake managed to keep a radio in his cell without it once being noticed over six months during which he and his cell were regularly searched . |
| 13 | The eighteen candidates , mostly pro-democracy activists , organised public debates and forums which were packed with interested observers and participants . |
| 14 | Concerning videotapes , the Head of Department said that he only held two which were shared with another department ( i.e. were constantly reused ) and that he could not afford to build up a library of them . |
| 15 | Dolben early developed his twin interests in extreme High Church religion and poetry , both of which were marked with strong eroticism . |
| 16 | Altogether 471 tonsillectomies were performed for glue ear , all but nine of which were performed with other operations such as adenoidectomy . |
| 17 | Since registration , there have already been eight examinations , all of which were passed with flying colours , at all times , a company representative or deputy has to be on call ready to answer any questions . |
| 18 | Auntie Jean 's spare room , in which Mum lay curled up in her pink nightie , her hair unbrushed , had one entire wall made of mirrored cupboards which were stuffed with old but glittering evening dresses from the perfumed days . |
| 19 | Seeing his ideas — which were greeted with such a chill at first — take off , was a tremendous boost to the Prince of Wales . |
| 20 | The lathes and the special apparatus are also reviewed , i.e. common lathes , screw mandrel , rose engine lathe , elliptic-eccentric chucks , dome chucks , geometric chuck and various cutting frames which were supplied with these lathes . |
| 21 | This predominantly optimistic view is further enhanced by Rutter et al who were prepared to identify five key areas which were associated with good schools and suggest.ways in which each area can be developed to promote positive behaviour and improved attainment levels . |
| 22 | Overall , patients with two risk factors took longer to heal ( 4.4 weeks ; 95% CI 4.1 , 4.7 ) than did those with only one risk factor ( 3.7 weeks ; 95% CI 3.5 , 3.9 ) ; this was true for all pairs of risk factors with the exception of multiple ulcers plus prior complications and multiple ulcers plus an ulcer greater than 15 mm in diameter ( Table IV ) , which were associated with prolonged healing only in comparison with an absence of risk factors . |
| 23 | Leeds described coarse vessels , many tempered with organic material , found within sunken buildings at Sutton Courtenay as ‘ cooking-pots ’ , which were associated with fire-reddened pebbles . |
| 24 | Two bacterial patterns were identified , which were associated with different modes of contact with the epithelial cells and possibly with different stages of the natural history of the infection . |
| 25 | Unfortunately the application of the anti-inflation policies which were associated with this particular interpretation of the NAIRU hypothesis was to expose many unforeseen drawbacks . |
| 26 | Even towns which were associated with particular manufactures did not have more than half of their occupied populations employed in them . |
| 27 | The next step was to call a meeting , a move which was made with surprising ease . |
| 28 | This year saw the release of their debut album ‘ Twist ’ which was received with much critical acclaim . |
| 29 | The US repeatedly asked Israel to ensure that Harari , aged 62 , to leave Panama , but Israel insisted that he was a private citizen , a claim which was treated with considerable scepticism by Washington . |
| 30 | On 8 June 1991 the patient developed a generalised urticarial rash with bronchospasm , which was treated with intravenous hydrocortisone and chlorpheniramine . |