Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was taken off to play tennis on the courts which were nearer the house . |
| 2 | At the same time it was doubtless the case that by-employments , which were probably the rule rather than the exception , were decisive in bringing the level of wealth in districts unfavourable to husbandry more or less into line with that of the more eligible farming regions . |
| 3 | Secondly he owes bonds were immediately sold to another part of the same part of the organisation again at a discount , so that cost the pension funds even more money , and to the final injury the payment of that cash for the er treasury bonds went to accounts which were not the property of the pension funds at all . |
| 4 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |
| 5 | On Malta two losses were suffered during early May which were not the result of enemy activity . |
| 6 | This was largely as a result of Eliot 's own initiative ; and what we knew of it was derived from the works of Jacques Maritain , which were largely the source , I suspect , of Eliot 's own knowledge . |
| 7 | The following fifty years , which were also the years in which Athens and the Greeks decisively rebuffed the attempts of the Persians under Darius and Xerxes to destroy their independent states , saw further moves towards the dominance of popular power in Athens , some of them directly prompted by the necessities of war . |
| 8 | Along the evolutionary path that led to humans there were , three million or more years ago , creatures which were also the ancestors of today 's apes ; earlier , those who were the ancestors of all modern mammals ; earlier still , of all today 's vertebrates ; yet earlier , of all multicellular animals ; and so on . |
| 9 | Twenty minutes later she stood in front of the mirror wearing the fragile lace undies which were also the result of her impulse-buying . |
| 10 | In particular Jones had a complete count of neutrons and also of their energies , so he could tell which neutrons came from cosmic rays and which were possibly the result of fusion . |
| 11 | The visitors were herded into two large halls , which were once the hotel ballroom and dining room . |
| 12 | To either side of Pau are old places which were once the capital of Béarn . |
| 13 | Too often his reputation as an architect has been written off on the basis of very late works which were more the work of his nephew , MacVicar Anderson , and his chief clerk , Colling , under his direction . |
| 14 | Jacques 's inventory after death , an extensive document of 69 pages , lists his musical instruments kept ‘ in another cabinet right next to the alcove , which were essentially the ones inventoried among the contents of Martin 's bedroom ( ‘ a basse de viole , a viole , a pardessus de viole , a violon by Pierres in its case , a child 's violin with a bow , a monocorus , a théorbe and a musette , priced at 100 livres ’ ) . |
| 15 | South of the modern steel town off the A692 a deep ravine called Hownes Gill has some ‘ caves ’ , which were actually the entrances to stone mines . |
| 16 | Because of the manner of his death , police believe it may be linked with four others which were definitely the work of the same killer . |
| 17 | This of course was less true of the Islamic societies of the savannah which were periodically the subject of reform movements , with a strong ascetic bent , and of recurring significance in the twentieth century . |
| 18 | The Eric Liddell Centre was established at the former North Morningside Church in 1974 , by the congregations of four churches on Holy Corner , Morningside , one of which was formerly the runner 's home church . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ he 'd said finally , which was exactly the reaction that Pete had been expecting . |
| 20 | It began as a faint glowing cloudiness that hung in the rafters of the attic , which was exactly the sort of phenomenon Cleo 's mother had described in the ghost stories she 'd told her daughter as a child . |
| 21 | Lisabeth reluctantly agreed after I put her in charge of phoning the hospital for twice-daily reports , which was exactly the sort of thing she liked to take charge of . |
| 22 | This assumed that women could afford to be economically dependent , which was rarely the case , and offered an individualist solution to what were complex environmental , social and economic problems . |
| 23 | Hoover , himself , certainly not a callous man , considered that it would be fatal for the Federal government to take over in the field of relief , which was properly the concern of state and local governments with help from private charity . |
| 24 | Amnisos ( Plate 5 ) appears to have had two harbours separated by a rocky promontory which was probably the heart of the town . |
| 25 | But despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann , his spirit was strong , which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at all . |
| 26 | which was probably the burial place of the East Anglian King Redwald who died in the seventh century AD. contained a wealth of fine metalwork including a sword . |
| 27 | A further door led off to the right , with a tiled passage taking her to the bathroom , and another large square room at the end , which was probably the dining-room . |
| 28 | Possibly the first Inn was the Five Bells , which was probably the ale house mentioned in 1586 , when William Cokar of Halling was sent to gaol for keeping an ale house and allowing gambling i.e. maintaining play at the dice of his own authority as a result of which he was bound , over to the next Sessions . |
| 29 | EILDON HILLS On the northernmost of the three peaks , reached from Melrose by the B6359 or from Eildon village on the A6091 , are remains of a fortified British town which was probably the oppidum of the Selgovae , to which the Romans added a circular enclosure . |
| 30 | Dates : There is a cupboard here inscribed G. W. 1685 , which was probably the property of George Walker , who lived here and whose will was proved in 1695 . |