Example sentences of "which [was/were] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 3,500 Zimbabwean troops guarding strategic trade routes remained in position and did not withdraw by Nov. 15 as originally envisaged , on the grounds that their departure would leave unprotected the corridors which were essential for the transport of drought relief aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi . |
| 2 | To a certain extent , the final draft betrays the fact that it was the product of compromise between those countries with highly developed regulatory control of mergers ( particularly the United Kingdom and West Germany ) which were reluctant to see control of mergers transferred to Brussels , and those countries with no or less effective control , which were keen for the Commission to take on that role . |
| 3 | In Chapter 3 the focus will be directed instead on those contacts between the guberniia centres of Saratov and Samara and Moscow which were crucial for the alleviation of the famine conditions . |
| 4 | ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ . |
| 5 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 6 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 7 | It is clear from this that it was social and not technical factors which were responsible for the emergence of factory production . |
| 8 | This was to downweight the effects of a subset of cosmid clones containing a copy of the rDNA repeat , and which were positive for the majority of YAC probes . |
| 9 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
| 10 | The confidence which was necessary for the successful functioning of a coinage tended to encourage a conservative approach to its design , and one of the largest and most abundant coinages of the ancient world , that of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC , deliberately preserved an archaic appearance , as a comparison with more up-to-date treatments of the same subject reveals ( fig. 9 ) . |
| 11 | In Chapter 7 , we saw how several nutritional factors were detected — Will 's principle , found in yeast extracts and active against a tropical anaemia ; a similar material to that which prevented anaemia in monkeys ; the substance derived from spinach which was necessary for the growth of various microbes ; and substances from yeast and from liver also needed by microbes . |
| 12 | Accordingly , we should only interfere with his decision if we are satisfied that he applied an incorrect test , or was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion or was plainly wrong . |
| 13 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 14 | In my judgment therefore the exercise of his discretion was vitiated on the additional ground that by failing to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , he was deprived of material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion . |
| 15 | Parliament avoided taking the decision on the acceptance of Théodore , which was necessary for the replacement of the current interim Prime Minister , Jean Jacques Honorat . |
| 16 | With the expertise of a well respected manufacturer aware of the demands of modern catering , the hotel installed equipment which was right for the job and which culd be relied upon to help meet strict hygiene standards . |
| 17 | Her manners , as well as her looks , were rather better than most , it was agreed — which was fortunate for the Blaines . |
| 18 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 19 | Which was good for the soul , but bad for knees and dignity . |
| 20 | A stance which was appropriate for the Age of Brezhnev and Galtieri now seems out of date and out of touch with the spirit of the times . |
| 21 | St Mary 's chose to perform The Nativity , which was appropriate for the time of the year . |
| 22 | But he was also responding to a mounting chorus of complaint about the system of ‘ feeding ’ , which was disastrous for the local population . |
| 23 | We had a freezing spell which was exceptional for the islands . |
| 24 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 25 | I was in command of a heavily laden Stirling which was renowned for the fact that on a cold night the engines took a long time , even with the grills closed , to warm up . |
| 26 | Also , the traumas of the Vietnam War and civil liberties clashes caused a crisis of confidence and led to a questioning frame of mind , which was ready for the idiosyncratic and difficult to interpret images made by Friedlander and his contemporaries . |
| 27 | Some have maintained that the Liberal Party was being rapidly undermined before the First World War and that its decline was almost inevitable , others , however , assume that it was the First World War which was responsible for the decline of a vapid Liberal Party — the divisions within Liberal ranks creating the political vacuum into which the Labour Party slipped . |
| 28 | A separate inquiry is believed to be still continuing into the other trustee , Coutts , which was responsible for the remaining five unit trusts . |
| 29 | It may be conceded however , that there is , or was , a power or some other kind of influence beyond man 's comprehension , which was responsible for the start of life , but that influence must be identified with the timeless universe itself . |
| 30 | Andrewes was chairman of the committee which was responsible for the books from Genesis to Kings . |