Example sentences of "which [adv] had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good public relations were made a priority , so that the atmosphere surrounding the team was always cordial , which obviously had a beneficial effect on the players . |
| 2 | In the case of socialist parties , which gave the original impetus , the party was very largely an extension of an existing mass movement into the sphere of electoral politics , whereas conservative and liberal parties , which already had a strong representation in parliament and government , created their mass organization mainly from above , under the control of the parliamentary leaders . |
| 3 | Linked to the disposal of the Sun was a takeover of the Mirror Group by the papermaking conglomerate Reed International , which already had a large shareholding in the Mirror . |
| 4 | He raised his hand , and with brusque , impersonal fingers which nevertheless had a surprising lightness of touch he felt the edges of the cut de Guichet 's whip had left on the smooth cheek . |
| 5 | Some markets , which once had a homogeneous character , have tended to splinter into a variety of consumer groups , each with different tastes and preferences ; for instance , see Box 16.1 . |
| 6 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 7 | It preferred to work within a party which still had a certain amount of prestige . |
| 8 | Out of the thirteen which still had a formal Railfreight allocation in 1989 , many had become specialised bases for traction belonging to a particular sub-sector . |
| 9 | The consequences of this lack of business was a loss of more than £200,000 for the year which understandably had a serious effect on the results of our Group . |
| 10 | How to define the topic for discussion is obviously a difficult one , as Nash admitted in his own study , which had ostensibly a broader subject for its title , but which also had a great deal to say about jokes . |
| 11 | DFC and Bars , and his third tour with No 139 Squadron which later had a modified 120 – scanning H2S that acted as hand-maiden to the Light Night Striking Force . |
| 12 | Until last year Alison prepared the interim and annual accounts of Stratagem Group plc , which originally had a large investment portfolio . |
| 13 | In the same village stands Staunton Mill , also a three-storey building , which originally had a 20-foot wheel , and is now a private dwelling . |
| 14 | He said the company had delivered on its promise to realise the potential of the European Fighter Aircraft , which now had a surer future as the Eurofighter 2000 , and to advance the £4.5 billion defence contract with Saudi Arabia . |
| 15 | The only comprehensive attempt to measure venereal infection , which plainly had a strong connection with some kinds of extra-marital sex , revealed little except that in Prussia , not unexpectedly , it was much higher in the megalopolis Berlin than in any other province ( tending normally to diminish with the size of cities and villages ) , and that it reached its maximum in towns with ports , garrisons and institutes of higher education , i.e. with heavy concentrations of unmarried young men away from their homes . |
| 16 | Jamal al-Afghani had travelled widely encouraging religious reform and ideas of liberal constitutionalism , which even had a brief effect on Khedive Tewfik . |
| 17 | A caricature of the city gent was achieved by the combination of crombie , bowler hat and black umbrella , which sometimes had a sharpened ferrule . |
| 18 | If a customer returns an item which previously had a computerised tag , what problems might this create for accurate stock control ? |
| 19 | It said : ‘ On my way to the courtyard this morning , I went into your gallery as a sanctuary and found myself surrounded by startling , horrific and disturbing images which yet had a positive and uplifting effect . |