Example sentences of "which [vb past] [vb pp] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the inflation and eventual recession of the 1970s and the greedy pursuit of money in the 1980s , people ( especially the young ) rediscovered some of the faith in the future and the enthusiasm for change which had characterized the 1960s . |
| 2 | Thus , his willingness to enter budgetary talks without preconditions — a point made by Bush to congressional leaders on May 6 — was welcomed by many Democrats as evidence of a new realism on the part of the administration when compared with the use of accounting manoeuvres and optimistic forecasts which had characterized the 1991 budget proposal . |
| 3 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 4 | There was none of the rancour which had marked the 1989 conference [ see pp. 36963-64 ] , and many commentators praised the organization 's success in redefining its role , as a champion of good government and human rights . |
| 5 | Voting was freely and fairly conducted , with more than 81 per cent of the country 's 29,000,000 registered voters participating in the poll and votes being tallied with abacuses in order to avoid the allegations of computer fraud which had marred the 1987 presidential elections . |
| 6 | Taken in isolation such a remark would not be significant , but in a speech which had mentioned the two institutions with which Stalin and Trotsky had been most closely associated , this reference to the Red Army must be seen as nudge and wink towards Trotsky . |
| 7 | Representatives of the 114 governments which had signed the 1975 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora ( CITES ) held their triennial meeting on March 2-13 in Kyoto , Japan [ for 1989 meeting see pp. 36988-89 ] . |
| 8 | Though not without some sympathy for the British , he included their imperialism among the malign forces which had distorted the 1919 peace settlement . |
| 9 | The NDP , which had won the 1984 general election , was returned to power in May 1989 , winning all of the 15 elected seats . |
| 10 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ You have n't exactly had a peaceful birthday ! ’ she 'd reminded Laura , who 'd smiled as she had recalled the twins ' boundless energy , which had left the two adults feeling quite exhausted at the end of the day . |