Example sentences of "which was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was imprisoned in 1534 he was working on a map of the Holy Land which was sent to Cromwell 's confidant , Rowland Lee [ q.v. ] , in an attempt to secure his release . |
| 2 | Blake left the navy in 1947 with an excellent report on his work , a copy of which was sent to General Gerald Templer , Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office . |
| 3 | Having released two singles — ‘ June ’ — and ‘ Childhood Revisited ’ — in the late eighties on an independent label — Ashanti recorded a demo containing a song called ‘ Real World ’ , which was despatched to Polygram and , according to Boyd , ‘ within 20 minutes they were prepared to make us an offer which , at the time , was as good as we could get . |
| 4 | But Comdisco made a bundle leasing 3090-Es , upgrading its base of original 3090s and navigating past most of the rocks and shoals of the mainframe disk business , which was adjusting to IBM 's impressive 3380-K drives . |
| 5 | They took nothing from the van which was delivering to Barclays Bank . |
| 6 | Also conceived in the tropics was a model of landscape development which was generated against the background of the seasonally humid tropics rather than the semi-arid , and which was related to weathering profiles and to igneous rocks and the experience of soil scientists together with the benefits of inputs from climatic geomorphology . |
| 7 | These ratings seemed to vary in a way which was related to variables such as the amount of traffic present in the situation and estimated risk . |
| 8 | For example , Penning-Rowsell ( 1982 ) , in a survey of 540 people , found a general consensus which was related to familiarity with the area and also age , but unrelated to social class and sex . |
| 9 | It is appropriate here that I quote from passages in the report of the headmaster Mr which was furnished to Norwich City College . |
| 10 | At one point a group of us decided that the best way to stop being hassled about separatism was to publish instalments of the CLIT papers in the weekly newsletter , which was mailed to women all over London and beyond . |
| 11 | The report , which was leaked to Environment Business magazine , was written for Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine by John Hobson , head of the department 's pollution control and waste directorate . |
| 12 | The crematorium chapel was full and more listened to the service which was relayed to crowds outside . |
| 13 | The delight at the judgment which was ascribed to John Hegarty in the July issue of ACCOUNTANCY perhaps goes too far in suggesting that there is now mutual recognition of firms within the EC . |
| 14 | One of the commandments which was given to Moses was : ‘ Thou shalt not covet ’ which means , ‘ You must not be envious . ’ |
| 15 | This assertion was strongly denied by Tshisekedi , who further maintained that key Cabinet positions were controlled by supporters of Mobutu , including the Defence portfolio which was given to N'gbanda Nzambo Ko Atumba , a nephew of Mobutu . |
| 16 | In another room is ‘ Christ carrying the cross ’ from the Scuola di San Rocco , which was given to Titian at the Palazzo Ducale a couple of years ago , but is here assigned to Giorgione . |
| 17 | The survey highlights possible underuse of nebulisation , which was given to 35% of patients , and of steroids , given to 55% . |
| 18 | Col Peck said Lt-Gen Robert Johnston , Edinburgh-born head of US forces in Somalia , and the US special envoy , Robert Oakley , signed the ultimatum which was communicated to Gen Morgan by radio . |
| 19 | So Wolfgang set off once more , this time with his mother , on a journey which was to lead to Paris — and tragedy . |
| 20 | Though a little patchy , there is more than enough to keep fans happy and several killer cuts that show Nirvana already distilling the heady brew of metal , punk and pop which was to lead to Smells Like Teen Spirit — the track critics have called the best rock song ever . |
| 21 | Some doubt is in fact raised about interpreting Hezarfen 's statement as meaning that these three kadis were still , toward the end of the seventeenth century , receiving only 300 akce a day both by Ali 's statement that they were receiving " approximately " 500 akce ( see Appendix I , A ) and by the attributed to Kocu Bey which was presented to Sultan Ibrahim ( 1640–8 ) in 1049–50/1640 in which the author , discussing aspects of the learned hierarchy , says : " Whatever great provinces there are in the divinely-protected [ i.e. Ottoman ] dominions , such as Egypt , Aleppo , Diyarbakir , Damascus , Erzurum , Selanik ( Salonica ) , Budin ( Buda ) , Sofya ( Sofiya ) , Bursa , Edirne , Istanbul [ the kadis of ] all such as these are 500-akce Mollas ' . |
| 22 | A silver salver which was presented to Lieut Col Leonard Laing , Commander of the 9th Durham ( Sunderland ) Battalion of the Home Guard , is to go on display at the Monkwearmouth at War Exhibition at Monkwearmouth Station Museum in Sunderland . |
| 23 | But that will not be sufficient to guarantee the long-term future of Bemersyde , which was presented to Earl Haig 's father , Field Marshal Lord Haig , after the First World War . |
| 24 | The recommendations of the Royal Commission 's report of 1889 ( Chapter 6 ) were embodied in a Bill which was presented to Parliament , and needed to be introduced four times before it was finally accepted onto the Statute book . |
| 25 | Iliescu also announced on June 20 the nomination of Petre Roman as Prime Minister , calling on him to form a new government , which was presented to parliament on June 28 . |
| 26 | Their efforts raised £113 which was presented to Massie Ibbotson of the South Durham and North Yorkshire branch of the RSPCA . |
| 27 | This follows success with its Wealth of Nations mead ( ‘ As sweet and as strong as the free market itself ’ ) which was presented to John Major , Chancellor Norman Lamont and Sir Denis Thatcher , as well as bemused visitors from overseas at the Institute 's privatisation conferences . |
| 28 | According to the draft budget for 1990 which was presented to Congress on Nov. 15 , 1989 , real expenditure was projected to increase by 4.7 per cent ( to be financed by a 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues ) and external debt interest payments would be reduced from 3.8 to 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 29 | The Rueff plan , which was presented to de Gaulle in mid-November , had three main planks : a substantial devaluation of the franc ( accompanied by the creation of a new franc equivalent to 100 old francs ) ; action to control the budget deficit , both through increased taxes and cuts in governmental expenditure ; and a decision to remove many restrictions on foreign trade and to reduce tariffs on trade with the other five Common Market countries ( in line with a commitment that had been made by the Fourth Republic the year before ) . |
| 30 | The company had hired a standard Sony digital tape recorder which was hooked to Johnson 's own analogue-to-digital conversion system . |