Example sentences of "which [vb past] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | TUC opposition also limited the effectiveness of the NUWM , which became an embarrassment to the Communist Party once it left its sectarianism behind it . |
| 2 | By 1685 , although more established and better organized , the Garden was proving a heavy expense for the Company , which made a proposition to Mr Watts . |
| 3 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
| 4 | Its immediate effect was the flight of Adminius , another son of Cunobelinos , and who had been installed as King of the north-east tip of Kent to control the main port of entry at Richborough and the Wansum Channel which provided a short-cut to the Thames . |
| 5 | & G. 481 was concerned with a statute which provided a reward to be paid to inhabitants of any parish who informed and in due course provided evidence against any person keeping a disorderly house . |
| 6 | Unlike the arrangements for the transfer of the Diploma in Art and Design , which involved a change to a degree award , there was no immediate programme of revalidation in this case , and a five-year review programme was introduced , with the intention of integrating the DMS into the work of the Council as much as considering the courses themselves . |
| 7 | Which involved an explanation to Kersey . |
| 8 | On May 16 Buyoya announced a Unity Charter which promised an end to military rule by the end of 1990 , a political referendum and restoration of the Constitution . |
| 9 | It was inevitable that when confronted with the initial chaos the Trust 's staff concentrated on dealing with trees which blocked roads and drives or which posed a threat to the safety of people or buildings . |
| 10 | In America , however , there was consternation at this , the first advance by the Red Army beyond the conquests made in World War II , and one which signified a threat to the already troubled Persian Gulf . |
| 11 | Whatever the truth of the affair , the consequence was that Pierre Nizan was immediately transferred from Perigueux to Choisy-Baches in the suburbs of Paris , a demotion which signalled a halt to his professional career and a moment of crisis in his personal and family life . |
| 12 | Henry I shored up his doubtful claim by marrying a princess of the English royal line ; what Stephen has lost in warfare , Henry II recaptured owing to a series of successful marriages — those of his parents , which united a claim to all the territory of Henry I with Anjou , and his own , which added to these Aquitaine , that is to say , some title to most of southern France . |
| 13 | By the time we caught up with the three men at the top of the ladder , they were attempting to heave the coffin into its grotto with a series of hefty swings which caused a wave-motion to be generated in the ladder , very nearly sending us all to the ground sixty feet below . |
| 14 | Mrs Goreng had been in Danu ten months , every one of which seemed a year to her . |
| 15 | Attica after Kleisthenes , which allowed a man to be loyal to and to participate in the affairs of his deme , and also to join in making the city 's decisions , was another such attempt to reconcile city and countryside . |
| 16 | [ For Commission 's original February 1992 proposal which envisaged an increase to ECU 87,500 million ( 1.37 per cent of joint GNP ) by 1995 see p. 38785 . ] |
| 17 | Lord Reid , in a judgment which presaged a return to a much wider application of the rules , criticised the interpretation placed on Lord Atkin 's words in the Electricity Commissioner 's case . |
| 18 | Habre met French President Mitterrand during a private visit to Paris on Oct. 21 , 1989 , which followed a visit to Belgium and the European Community headquarters primarily concerned with aid and development matters . |
| 19 | On 3 June 1992 the justices made a care order in respect of L. , a girl born in August 1988 , which included a direction to the local authority that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement so that he could investigate the rehabilitation process in order that L. could apply to have contact terminated if appropriate , such involvement to last for up to three months after the end of a placement at a mother and child unit . |
| 20 | After Caldwell Lord Roskill in Seymour spoke of a very high risk of death , but he said that in the context of manslaughter caused by a car ( " motor manslaughter " ) in order to distinguish that offence from causing death by reckless driving , or at least such is the construction put on his words in Kong Cheuk Kwan v R , and Lord Roskill did uphold the trial judge 's direction which included a reference to an obvious and serious risk of physical injury . |
| 21 | INTOXICATED as they are with the feeling that they are the World Cup champions , Pakistan , after only a brief stay at home which included a pilgrimage to Meccas at the government 's expense to offer their thanks to the Almighty Allah — besides cash awards at home from every quarter — are now here to take on England in a series of five Tests , and , for the first time in this country , five one-day internationals . |
| 22 | Mrs Thatcher rejected a personal campaign , preferring to emphasise her stature by carrying out her normal official duties which included a visit to Ulster and attendance at the Security and Cooperation summit in Paris ( where she was when the result of the first ballot was announced ) . |
| 23 | In 1675 , however , he accompanied his cousin , Izaak Walton 's son , on a grand tour of Europe which included a visit to Rome in a Jubilee Year during which the pilgrims received indulgences in return for their offerings to the papal Treasury . |
| 24 | The couple won a trip to the UK in a contest run by Wedgwood Canada which included a visit to the company headquarters . |
| 25 | It is not priority of occupation , but the power to utilise , which established a claim to the land . |
| 26 | Here landscape regions were identified which permitted an investigation to be made of the social and economic effects of land ) use patterns , and which allowed the territorial organisation of the period to be set within its geographical framework . |
| 27 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 28 | Clinton , meanwhile , was regarded as pro-Israeli and his victory was greeted with some alarm by the Arab countries , which feared a return to a policy of unconditional US support for Israel . |
| 29 | He was promoted to the rank of Captain and a desk at the Admiralty offices in Whitehall , which meant an end to the family 's wanderings and a large apartment in a turreted neo-gothic building overlooking the Thames in London 's legal district . |
| 30 | The regional dimension is principally to be found in 5(b) , which represented an addition to the previously stated objectives of the EAGGF Guidance Section , to improve productivity in the agricultural sector , assist in the provision of infrastructure and in the promotion of structural change among farms in rural areas . |