Example sentences of "which [was/were] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes after their formal prayers , which were said a minimum of five times a day , they continued to sit with their feet in front of them while they carried on long conversations with God . |
| 2 | and yet there 's another week left , one of which were gone a week into er the last week of February that er |
| 3 | This transformation was usually accompanied by the enlargement of the area of jurisdiction of the kadilik through the addition of other districts in the vicinity : Konya , for example , was made a mevleviyet in 977/1569 " with the addition of certain sub-districts ' and the appointee later moved on to Maras , the kadilik of which was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Elbistan ; and Selanik , as mentioned above , was made a mevleviyet with the addition of Sidrekapsi . |
| 4 | Prabhakar received two bouncers in an over from McDermott , the second of which was called a no-ball under the new regulation . |
| 5 | One end of a curved steel needle , which was called a prick , was inserted in a hole in the top of a knitting sheath , a traditional carved stick which held the needle firm and was placed in the knitter 's belt . |
| 6 | With this in mind , FoE cites the Department of the Environment 's refusal to publish its report on technologies for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from power stations , which was completed a year ago , but has never been made public . |
| 7 | Its decision , which was reached a week earlier than expected , came despite threats to kill 10 judges for every trafficker extradited . |
| 8 | Recruits are wanted for the Lockwood Lions jazz band which was formed a year ago . |
| 9 | Inside were three bottles of pills , a card on which was printed a prayer invoking the assistance of the Virgin Mary , and a small black book . |
| 10 | I waited until the tea was ready then joined them for a warming meal of steak and kidney pudding , followed by a very hot mug of tea into which was placed a measure of Navy rum . |
| 11 | His casket , carried from the Cathedral on the shoulders of infantrymen , was covered by a Maori cloak , on which was placed a sword and a soldier 's ‘ lemon-squeezer ’ hat . |
| 12 | Care would be taken not to harm the environment in the nature reserve there , which was designated a world heritage area . |
| 13 | On the following day , which was declared a day of mourning by Kirghizia 's leaders , the security situation both in Frunze and in Osh oblast was reported to be stabilizing , although deaths were reported in Osh up to June 22 . |
| 14 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 15 | In the sixties a mechanical piano was added to the furniture of the Empress 's drawing room , the famous Salon Chinois in which was displayed a portion of the loot which the French army had acquired when the Summer Palace at Peking had been sacked . |
| 16 | Each man was issued with a number which corresponded with a seat number , at which was provided a coffee can , cup and cooking tin , all duly numbered too . |
| 17 | As for London , a three-fold increase in tonnage cleared did not lead very quickly to a solution to the severe congestion of the Pool , on which was concentrated a cargo handling facility employing 120,000 men . |
| 18 | There was a buffet across the top of which was ranged a set of blue and white plates of equally antique origin and in the middle of the table stood a Georgian silver chafing dish . |
| 19 | We are cleaning limited , one of the companies which was awarded a contract says those made redundant will nearly all be offered jobs . |
| 20 | The breed originated from the Jutland Black Pied , which was known a century ago as a hardier but less productive type of the black pied lowland group and had been bred in Denmark for a very long time . |
| 21 | The approval , which was considered a formality following IMF endorsement of the plan in February , enabled the Philippines to proceed with its scheme to restructure US$5,300 million of its debt to commercial banks , and also facilitated the release of the remaining $US80,000,000 of a US$400 million package of IMF credits held since 1990 . |
| 22 | No significant onshore placers are currently known but some offshore areas have been investigated such as the Mawddach estuary , near Dolgellau in North Wales , which was considered a prospect by RioFinex during the late 1960s . |
| 23 | This same charge had first been brought against the sequel , More about the Language of Love , which was refused a certificate by the BBFC but granted a local ‘ X ’ by the GLC . |
| 24 | Still , we do not come close to one local village which was left a field , the rents from which for centuries provided the poor with half-a-dozen sacks of coal ; but then the village sold its field to a property developer . |
| 25 | The trustees of a charity which was left a manor house in the will of a wealthy widow have defended their decision to sell it . |
| 26 | The election , which was held a year ahead of schedule after Jugnauth dissolved the Legislative Assembly on Aug. 6 , involved 10 parties which fielded 331 candidates . |
| 27 | As I sorted uninterestedly through the box I dropped one of the pages of dried flowers , to which was attached a sheet of paper with additional notes . |
| 28 | In return Dotty , on his behalf , bought Dawn Allenby a pot plant to which was wired a card saying : ‘ To Dawn , with great affection from Richard and Dorothy . ’ |
| 29 | This project is a full-scale investigation of the third and virtually unknown type of probate document , the probate account , which was filed a year after death and listed all deductions from an estate . |
| 30 | Pupils were provided with a rectangular grid on which was drawn a rectangle 13 x 16 cm representing a room with a door and window marked on it . |