Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the lobby group which successfully opposed the plan , and environmental organisations , are now convinced the registers will be dropped . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But other things happened within the music industry which effectively took the heat away from The Smiths in the early months of 1984 . |
| 8 | 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 ; |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The charter , which effectively signalled the postponement of any move to introduce a multiparty system , also confirmed Déby 's own position as President . |
| 11 | Half a dozen men lay behind an overturned banqueting table which effectively divided the room in two . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Between 1513 and 1516 Parliament consented to four grants of revenue which effectively revolutionized the system of direct taxation in England . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The 1968 Transport Act restricted driving hours to a maximum of 130 in two weeks , which effectively ended the practice of working double shifts . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Amongst the projects that benefited immediately were the Vertical Take-Off ground attack fighter , P1127 , which eventually became the Harrier , and its supersonic variant the P1154 air defence fighter . |
| 22 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 23 | Bidding for the construction contract was keen with the UK 's Swan Hunter yard competing with Japanese builders as well as Spain 's Astano which eventually won the order for its yard at Ferrol , near Coruna . |
| 24 | He regained his sight after treatment with ointment , which eventually loosened the glue . |
| 25 | He regained his sight after treatment with ointment , which eventually loosened the glue . |
| 26 | The ‘ diagnostic ’ puncture of the cuff resulted in a slow deflation , which eventually necessitated the replacement of the mask owing to the development of laryngeal spasm . |
| 27 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 28 | The Knights of the Blazing Sun were created after the Battle of Magritta in 1457 during the crusades which eventually freed the land of Estalia from the Arabian invaders . |
| 29 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 30 | Mehta 's idea for a new Afghan-Soviet treaty comparable to the Finnish-Soviet treaty ( presumably meaning the 1948 treaty ) which eventually encouraged the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Porkkala is unlikely to impress Soviet officials since the USSR has already signed a bilateral security-oriented treaty with Afghanistan in the form of the 1978 Treaty of Friendship , Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation . |