Example sentences of "which [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did surprise him a little , and which argued a political maturity that even sensitive Western observers were sometimes inclined to overlook , was that , in three days of systematic canvassing of Libyan opinion , he encountered little or no personal hostility . |
| 2 | The chief problem lay in political requirements which engendered a saturated home market and also that the society was not empowered to manufacture the more profitable battery . |
| 3 | There , the defendant company , which operated a large number of supermarkets , had instituted in their stores an effective system to prevent the commission of an offence . |
| 4 | Obviously she had realised the futility of luring Silas into a chalet which lacked a double bed . |
| 5 | This policy posed a general problem for the National WEA , which lacked a clear view on its partnership with other providers , and was an especially acute one for the District where important concessions had been made in earlier years to the Cambridge Board . |
| 6 | Many early r'n'r bass players continued to use the upright bass , which lent a distinct voice to the records of the time . |
| 7 | The work has a masterly sense of proportion , an elegiac richness of palate and a spiritual far-sightedness which lent a radiant depth to the work 's mythological tapestry . |
| 8 | Erm , but , you know , which lent a certain point to the whole argument . |
| 9 | Slumptown is a community which experienced a brief period of industrial expansion before a rapid economic decline . |
| 10 | This arose because although the site was nearly ideal for our purposes , right in the middle there stood a small cottage in which lived a retired shepherd , Amos Chatfield . |
| 11 | A ROTTWEILER dog which attacked a three-year-old girl was humanely destroyed yesterday . |
| 12 | This was provided as a consequence of the Ryder Report , which recommended a substantial injection of public funds in April 1975 . |
| 13 | The Economist referred to the device of ‘ calling in a High Court judge to write incredible economic nonsense ’ , but whatever view is taken of the justice or the wisdom of the report which recommended a considerable wage increase and which formed the basis of the settlement , the impression given was that the government had set up this enquiry to produce a report which would enable them to yield to the miners ' claim without total loss of face . |
| 14 | Walking towards the fire the ghost raised his hand and struck the watchman a smart blow on the body which produced a strange sensation . |
| 15 | THE high flying Canaries were knocked off their perch by an in-form Wimbledon side which produced a classy display . |
| 16 | After the break Oxford maintained their forward impetus , scoring a push-over try , and thereafter the sides alternated tries , culminating in the best of the afternoon when Smith , Hein and Curtis combined in a 60-metre break down the right which produced a diving touchdown for Curtis . |
| 17 | Keegan keeps the team which produced a last-gasp win over Portsmouth last Saturday after five successive League defeats . |
| 18 | The beginning of life was an ‘ event ’ which produced a living cell and every change involving that cell that occurred thereafter was a further ‘ event ’ in the evolutionary process . |
| 19 | The footpath went over the hatches to the Mill , at that time a bone-mill which produced a terrible smell that pervaded a wide area , rather spoiling the lovely spot . |
| 20 | These developments , which produced a new generation of flute soloists ( Blavet , Lucas , Desjardins et al. ) , seem to explain his apparent loss of interest in the flute indicated by the inventories . |
| 21 | Natural selection would favour those strains which produced a symptomless infection . |
| 22 | Even the Trade and Industry Select Committee , which produced a lengthy report on the investigation system during 1990 , almost totally ignored the very existence of the s 447 enquiries , preferring to concentrate on the public inspections . |
| 23 | Worldwide membership of the 13-year-old Eastwood Appreciation Society — which produced a monthly magazine — had slumped from 1,000 to just 87 . |
| 24 | The pool , which produced a large number of coins and items of jewellery , suggestive of votive deposits , was approached through an imposing ante-room , given sophisticated architectural treatment . |
| 25 | They also evince an obvious preference for Greek , as against Latin , as an object of study — a preference that can be traced back to Nietzsche 's schooldays , which produced a noteworthy essay on Sophocles ' Oedipus Rex ( 1864 ) . |
| 26 | I moved from ground level to tower block level , which produced a dynamic image more in keeping with a 20th century view of city life . |
| 27 | The plaster on the affected wall disintegrated , and black marks showed through the living room wallpaper as well , which revealed a slimy mess when peeled back . |
| 28 | But in 1760 George II died , and his grandson George III had a dispute with his ministers about the King 's Speech to Parliament which revealed a new attitude . |
| 29 | With regard to neurologically intact subjects , Witelson ( 1974 ) devised a " dichotomous tactile task which revealed a left hand superiority in perceiving meaningless , three dimensional forms . |
| 30 | God himself sets up a new Jerusalem , and a Messiah-like figure appears at the end , " the lamb which became a great animal and had great black horns on its head " . |