Example sentences of "which have [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wyndham Act of 1903 gave the deathblow to the old landlord system which had existed for centuries . |
| 2 | He showed me a number of meticulous pencil drawings which had served for portraits . |
| 3 | The dual system of rule which had prevailed for centuries was formally ended and national government brought under the aegis of the reigning sovereign whose authority was recognized throughout the country . |
| 4 | When the Battle of the Somme began , Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia did not exist ; Hungary was twice its present size and Austria was the centre of a ramshackle empire which had lasted for centuries . |
| 5 | Only , therefore , when the public come to terms with the nature of mental handicap and break down the barriers of misunderstanding which have existed for centuries , will a real sense of understanding permeate our society . |
| 6 | Those studies of the S&P500 which have allowed for transactions costs ( Arditti , Ayaydin , Mattu and Rigsbee , 1986 ; Klemkosky and Lee , 1991 ; Kipnis and Tsang , 1984b ) have also found evidence of arbitrage opportunities . |