Example sentences of "[noun sg] which gave [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 2 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 3 | Stan started to sell his fossil finds to the museum and with the money he earned he was able to buy tools and a microscope which gave him a further insight into the subject . |
| 4 | He was fascinated by the corset which gave her a youthful figure and set about reproducing it.In 1968 , they invented the Wonderbra which has been a best-seller for more than 20 years . |
| 5 | And then , somewhere in the house , she heard a sound which gave her a dry , tingling sensation in the mouth like a small , electric shock . |
| 6 | ‘ From tomorrow , Sarah , I should like you to wear your hair in the style in which it was dressed when you attended the service at the Foundling Hospital , ’ he said , forcing the smile which gave him a jovial reputation . |
| 7 | So she found a place in the old tree which gave her a familiar view of the land . |
| 8 | That heart is Welsh , and it is his Welshness which gave him an inner security that enabled him to come this far . |
| 9 | This was the bond which gave him a warm and interested reception . |
| 10 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 11 | Scientism is a not-unattractive doctrine , and was especially so to a rising professional middle-class who associated with it theories of eugenics and of mankind which gave them a pleasing sense of class and racial superiority ; but in the later nineteenth century there was no reason to anticipate these darker sides of progress . |
| 12 | In a bid to simulate a cave of ice the set walls were coated in a fibre-glass matte mixture which gave them a shiny , brittle look under the correct lighting . |
| 13 | Leach 's has a forked tail which gave it an alternative name of ‘ fork-tailed petrel ’ . |
| 14 | The achievement of Edward IV and Henry VII lay less in the size of their income than in their creation of a landed estate which gave them a substantial revenue over which they had complete control . |
| 15 | I finished my visit to room four with a parting shaft which gave me a little comfort . |