Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenders were sought for a prototype body , 50 feet long and 8 feet wide , clearances for which were tested with the remaining Coronations . |
| 2 | Hercules acquired through Athena an enormous bronze rattle made by Hephaistos , and with this he scared them from their coverts , then shot them down with arrows , the tips of which were poisoned with the blood of the Hydra . |
| 3 | Strathclyde has a substantial history of take-up campaigns , some of which were undertaken with the full co-operation of the DSS . |
| 4 | This belief was fostered by the churches , the floors and walls of which were incised with the records of those who had gone before , but it was expressed positively in the family . |
| 5 | Hrun the Barbarian crept soundlessly along the corridors , which were lit with a light so violet that it was almost black . |
| 6 | It was a soft-looking , plump little hand with pretty , tapering fingers the nails of which were tinted with a faint , pearly lacquer . |
| 7 | Soviet writers raised the idea that the guarantor countries , which should include the USSR , the United States , and other states acceptable to both Afghanistan and its neighbours which were negotiating with the former , could adopt an obligation to observe the sovereignty , independence , territorial integrity and non-aligned status of Afghanistan . |
| 8 | For instance the relatively frequent clauses stipulating rest periods from VDU operation , which were signed with the overt aim of minimising eyestrain and exposure to VDU physical hazards , will have the effect of enforcing at least some degree of job rotation between work at and away from terminals . |
| 9 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 10 | There were four basic objectives which were agreed with the Eighth Army . |
| 11 | He was wearing an open-necked shirt , and his blond hair flopped over his eyes , which were smiling with a lazy insolence . |
| 12 | Considerably more sacrilegious , albeit in a flippant way , is Du Con qui fu fait a la besche , " Of the cunt , which was made with a spade " , in which God is presented as having forgotten to give Eve genitals and then allowing the Devil to remedy this , on the condition that he neither adds to nor takes anything away from God 's creature . |
| 13 | The picture collection , which was made with the help of the dealer William Buchanan , was formed chiefly between 1840 and 1860 from most of the important auctions in London and from Italian collections . |
| 14 | Speaking at the annual speech day , Nigel Thorne , headmaster of Rydal school in Colwyn , said he was increasingly concerned at what was happening to the education system which was faced with a ‘ testing monolith ’ . |
| 15 | He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche . |
| 16 | Under the National government this was followed " by the " means test " , a deeply resented measure which was operated with a lack of compassion by many local Public Assistance Committees . |
| 17 | Like Finn , she believed that Lydia had now relented , mistaking her lack of interest for compliance , which led to further misunderstandings at bedtime when Lydia told Finn that he was to sleep in the tiny room where she kept the oil lamps which was furnished with a camp bed and sleeping-bag . |
| 18 | Dining chairs surrounded the breakfast bar table which was covered with the debris of a champagne breakfast . |
| 19 | Lastly , the sentence , which was said with an Irish accent and a ‘ dead-pan ’ face , is n't particularly logical . |
| 20 | The situations envisaged by that subsection seem to me well illustrated by Bank of England v. Riley [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 840 , which was dealing with the same words in another section of the same Act . |
| 21 | She touched it warily and again there was the hot , dark heat , the feeling of suffocation closing about her , the surging upwards of bitter scalding liquid , as if she had drunk something that was too hot which was laced with a bitter and evil drug . |
| 22 | Sir Peter acknowledged the part that the Association played in the RAF family , with its support of members past and present which was highlighted with the continued development of Eagle Lodges . |
| 23 | It has been held that a signal which was given with a lamp at night and which the driver failed to understand was not sufficient for failing to stop . |
| 24 | Dr Obelkevich in a detailed study of rural Lincolnshire has shown that the " religious realm " of the rural poor reached beyond Christianity to " encompass an abundance of pagan magic and superstition " which was integrated with a Christian doctrine itself not left unchanged as it passed from church to cottage . |
| 25 | The check-out girl gave the customer an invoice listing the purchases and their cost , which was stamped with the credit card , and added to the monthly account . |
| 26 | The revolver which was holstered with the strap over it . |
| 27 | On March 6 , 1990 , both Presidents signed the " San Pedro Alejandrino " agreement promising to implement future proposals of existing bilateral border commissions and setting up five more bilateral commissions , one of which was to deal with the controversial issue of territorial demarcation in the Gulf of Venezuela . |
| 28 | Schools made formal written proposals , including spending plans and a rationale , and these provided the basis for consideration by the Project Coordinating Team which was charged with the task of developing project guidelines , selecting and liaising with schools , allocating the funds and monitoring the evolution of the project . |
| 29 | A buffet lunch was organised to send her off in style at which was presented with a variety of gifts for her new arrival . |
| 30 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |