Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foregoing is fully applicable to the motivation of all those individuals who influenced the events which were creating the religious climate and who , unbeknown to themselves were contributing to the Created God . |
| 2 | There was a call to say there had been an accident involving a lorry which had careered off the road spilling its load of drums , some of which were leaking an unidentified liquid . |
| 3 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 4 | Behind this , almost certainly , lay the new economic pressures of an expanding population which were leaving the agricultural worker worse off than he had been in the years of land surplus . |
| 5 | On the contrary , none of the nations wanted war , and ‘ ever new progressive and democratic forces ’ had appeared in the capitalist countries which were strengthening the common struggle for peace . |
| 6 | Clergymen accused the early Cremation Societies of creating local monopolies , which were putting the new practice beyond the reach of the poor . |
| 7 | A small crowd had gathered round , buzzing with the excitement which was breaking the dull monotony of the day . |
| 8 | The recipe which was causing a minor commotion was for a lobster set ablaze with whisky . |
| 9 | In 1986 the leader of the Labour Party , Neil Kinnock , telephoned Malcolm Turnbull , the lawyer representing Peter Wright during the Spycatcher trial in Australia which was causing the British government and the security services endless embarrassment . |
| 10 | Dr Nicholas Parkhouse had come to Kurdestan in 1985 under arrangements set up by International Medical Relief , a body linked to the French Medecins sans Frontières which was organizing a medical assistance operation spanning both sides of the frontier at the request of KDPI leader Qassemlou . |
| 11 | The pro-Washington stance of most post-war regimes in Latin America , along with the onslaught of anti-Communist propaganda generated by the Cold War , were the main reasons for the refusal of all but three nations to have diplomatic relations with the USSR during that period , and of all but one ( Perón 's Argentina , which was undergoing a near-total trade embargo imposed by Washington ) to engage in commercial activity . |
| 12 | The DAR were very snazz at what they did , which was remembering the founding fathers , upholding the traditional American way of life and torturing and killing people . |
| 13 | Claudia groaned and held her head , which was holding a big-band concert of its own . |
| 14 | He was still alive , as was evident from the harsh rattling breathing , which was forming a bloody froth on his pale lips . |
| 15 | The same critical and questioning attitude which was forming the new approach to the Bible was at the same time stimulating scientific study and experiment and discovering the regularities in the natural order — what were and commonly still are called ‘ the laws of nature ’ . |
| 16 | Sociology developed markedly in the USA too , and received more widespread acceptance there than in Britain : in many ways the USA early this century was ideal sociological material — a rapidly expanding and industrialising , cosmopolitan , immigrant-based society which was experiencing a wide range of social changes . |
| 17 | And they were no longer held in check by the culturally conservative trade-union movement , which was experiencing a sharp decline in its prestige and power . |
| 18 | I once walked , or rather limped , the thirteen miles of tarmac , plagued by a protruding nail in the sole of my shoe which was digging a small crater in my heel , and during the whole journey not a single vehicle passed me . |
| 19 | I also well remember the shame I felt when , having caught a pipit which was bearing a foreign ring , I accidentally let the bird escape from my hand before anyone had a chance to check the ring number . |
| 20 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 21 | Two weeks later Springtown residents staged a demonstration in the public gallery of the Guildhall , a tactic which was becoming a regular resort of protest groups . |
| 22 | J. Moakley , which was investigating the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests , their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador [ see pp. 37037-38 ; 37181 ; 37957 ] , concluded in an internal memorandum on Nov. 18 that senior members of the military high command had " very possibly " ordered the murders . |
| 23 | This pressure came from all sides — from outside France ( from the United Nations and the US , in particular ) ; from public opinion at home , which was showing a growing disenchantment with the war ; from advisers who argued that , for all the army 's military successes , the prospects of outright victory were distant and the FLN had little or no incentive to stop fighting ; and , last but not least , from his own impatience . |
| 24 | His colleague stirred , and fixed his attention on a large dark car which was making a stately progress towards them on the southband lane . |
| 25 | All she could focus on was Vitor 's touch , on the casual caress which was making an electric awareness dart across her skin . |
| 26 | But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world . |
| 27 | ‘ The train which was coming the other way had all its windows broken . ’ |
| 28 | In 1983 BR , which was planning a gradual reduction in its PSO requirement , was asked by the transport minister to reduce it by a quarter within three years . |
| 29 | Miloš knew that Karadjordje had been in contact with the representatives of the Greek nationalist organisation Philike Hetairia ( Society of Friends ) , which was planning a general rising of all the sultan 's Christian subjects . |
| 30 | In early February 1991 Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland had all begun negotiations on association agreements with the EC , which was offering a 10-year transition period to mutual free trade in two stages with asymmetrically large EC tariff cuts over the first five years in all sectors except agriculture , steel and textiles — the very areas where the three countries most desired access . |