Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst the younger generation the arrival of the book in the wake of Penguin 's successful defence met with an enthusiasm which rarely survived a thumbing of its pages . |
| 2 | A fire which badly damaged a house at Leam Lane , Felling , near Gateshead , was started by a six-year-old girl playing with a lighter , police said last night . |
| 3 | However , the lobby group which successfully opposed the plan , and environmental organisations , are now convinced the registers will be dropped . |
| 4 | I support strongly the development of housing associations in view of my experience with my local authority in Sevenoaks , which successfully sold the whole of its housing stock to West Kent housing association . |
| 5 | In contrast to the few pet names moving through the bynames stage to become established hereditary surnames , there are dozens of diminutives which successfully made the transition , and an example of the surnames coined from but one font-name is sufficient to make the point : from Richard ( Reaney , as above ) come almost thirty styles including Rich , Richie , Hitch , Hitchcock , Higgins , Hicks , Dick , Dickie and Diggen . |
| 6 | Moderator I would simply cite as an example of what I have in mind the conferences organized by the assembly council which successfully resolved the problem of necessary buildings . |
| 7 | One of their descendants has founded the Farmington Institute for Christian Studies which successfully encouraged the Government , when drafting the Education Reform Act of 1988 , to restore Christian studies as an educational subject . |
| 8 | The group , which successfully blocked a plan to extend a golf club over Tunstall Hills , is now aiming to get the local landmark protected . |
| 9 | Essex 's alleged impotence was the central issue facing the royal commission set up in 1613 , which duly ruled the marriage unconsummated and granted a divorce , freeing the countess to marry Carr . |
| 10 | After heated debate and repeated votes , Gorbachev succeeded in pushing through the legislation , which effectively meant the deputies voting themselves out of office . |
| 11 | But other things happened within the music industry which effectively took the heat away from The Smiths in the early months of 1984 . |
| 12 | solicitors ought to be discouraged from giving undertakings which it was not within their capacity to fulfil — particularly those which effectively took the form financial guarantees ; |
| 13 | The Committee under Hope 's tight control produced a Report which effectively left the choice of architect for the new Foreign Office between Scott and Banks and Barry . |
| 14 | The charter , which effectively signalled the postponement of any move to introduce a multiparty system , also confirmed Déby 's own position as President . |
| 15 | Half a dozen men lay behind an overturned banqueting table which effectively divided the room in two . |
| 16 | The third stage included provisions for : ( i ) direct elections to the Flemish and Walloon regional assemblies ; ( ii ) reform of the national parliament and especially the Senate which effectively duplicated the work of the Chamber of Deputies without acting as counterweight to it ; and ( iii ) defining the foreign policy prerogatives of the regions of Brussels , Flanders and Wallonia . |
| 17 | On Oct. 9 the Mozambique legislature approved a number of amendments to the Constitution which effectively incorporated the terms of Protocol Number 3 signed between the government and Renamo on March 12 and covering arrangements for the future electoral system [ see p. 38804 ] . |
| 18 | Between 1513 and 1516 Parliament consented to four grants of revenue which effectively revolutionized the system of direct taxation in England . |
| 19 | A meeting of heads of state and government of the 16 NATO member countries in London on July 5-6 concluded with a declaration which effectively formalized the end of the Cold War by redefining the organization 's military strategy and political goals . |
| 20 | With the development of closed and visored helms , which effectively hid a man 's face , elaborate crests in the shapes of animals , birds , fantastical creatures and other adornments were employed on helmets to signal identity , and these too became associated with particular families . |
| 21 | Of the great settlement in the European tradition since the Congress of Vienna , only the Congress of Berlin , which effectively finalised the allocation of the world 's population to the jurisdiction of a ‘ modern ’ state , was not the end product of a ruinous war . |
| 22 | The Government might argue that this is a consequence of the European Court of Justice beer and wine judgement , which effectively tied the taxation of wines to that of beers . |
| 23 | However , new public order legislation was promulgated which effectively allowed the Secretary for the Interior to continue to detain individuals on a wide range of grounds . |
| 24 | On Oct. 15 the US Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills said in Washington that the USA had rejected EC proposals for " re-balancing " , which sought tariff increases on items such as oil seeds to offset cuts elsewhere , adding that the USA could " not tolerate " such an idea , which effectively allowed the re-imposition of tariffs , even where they had been negotiated away . |
| 25 | The 1968 Transport Act restricted driving hours to a maximum of 130 in two weeks , which effectively ended the practice of working double shifts . |
| 26 | So this was therefore called ‘ an informal meeting of Lebanese parliamentarians ’ — which effectively closed the doors of their marble debating chamber to the press . |
| 27 | He had had a charter drawn up , which presumably contained a boundary clause , but this seems to have been less significant than the authority of the witnesses . |
| 28 | The next door had a universal woman sign on it which presumably meant the Ladies changing-rooms , then another door had NO ENTRY in military style print and a padlock and hasp . |
| 29 | There were 1,019 murders in the first seven months of 1989 , 1 per cent below the same period last year , which eventually reached a record 1,896 . |
| 30 | It was a much less gallant-seeming host which eventually reached the town of Moffat in upper Annandale , where three waters met to form the Annan . |