Example sentences of "which were [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | was designed to replace the former system of emergency grants for special needs for such items as cookers and clothing , which were dispensed under a variety of rules . |
| 2 | A closer look — say from a boat — would show that these birds were feeding on sand-eels which were massed in a huge ‘ ball ’ just below the surface . |
| 3 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 4 | In the medieval period the church was also involved in the brewing of its own church-ales , which were made on an occasional basis and produced a useful income supplement ; in late medieval times these were often served in the Church House that frequently adjoined the churchyard . |
| 5 | It said that the company regretted the job losses , which were made following a reduced demand for certain products , due primarily to lower production rates of civil aircraft . |
| 6 | The meeting was reported to have seen differences between Syria , Iraq , Sudan and Libya on the one hand , which were pushing for a more intransigent Arab League position , and the Gulf states on the other , which spoke out for " international legitimacy " ( according to Radio Monte Carlo on April 30 ) . |
| 7 | Optimism about an economic upswing was clouded by signs of popular opposition to the government 's liberalization measures , some of which were seen as a prelude to job losses in the public sector . |
| 8 | In the front window was a display of paint-brushes which were arranged in a fan . |
| 9 | With the discovery of better-preserved material it became apparent that the graptolites consisted of rows of tiny cups which were interconnected by a common canal — they were colonial animals . |
| 10 | Other such thematic surveys completed during the year included the DOE-funded Falkirk project , the results of which were presented at a one day seminar for planning officials , where the practical value of the 36 thematic maps produced was demonstrated . |
| 11 | There have of course been many other visits which were either not documented or else which were presented in an ephemeral form . |
| 12 | Subconfluent monolayers remained attached to coverslips , which were placed in a small chamber ( vol 2 ml ) and visualised on the stage of a Nikon ( Diaphot ) inverted microscope with Hoffmann modulated optics ( ×400 magnification ) . |
| 13 | While the dealer refused to reveal the mosaics ' whereabouts , he succeeded in obtaining four mosaic sections from Mr Dikmen which were deposited in a Frankfurt warehouse . |
| 14 | In June last year , it completed the acquisition of some assets and liabilities of Frederick Electronics Corp and Futurecomms Inc from Plantronics Inc , which were integrated as a subsidiary , SFA DataComm Inc . |
| 15 | The report focussed particularly on universities which were constructed at a time when long-lasting buildings were not a priority . |
| 16 | In a semi-literate age politicians are fragile ; they live by and through institutions which were developed at a time when speech-writers were unknown and MPs were elected on policies evolved without feedback , positive or negative , from market researchers . |
| 17 | The payments were part of a package of benefits which were to act as a carrot to persuade workers to accept being made unemployed . |
| 18 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |
| 19 | It may not be a coincidence that the Otago Rugby Union , of which Dowling is a committee member and former chairman , actually requested that the NZRFU cancel the July-August tour of South Africa because of the drug scandals that had occurred — and which were followed by a variety of other allegations and proof of steroid use in the Republic . |
| 20 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 21 | The conditions agreed on Dec. 16 , which were based on a set of guidelines elaborated by France for recognition of new states emerging in Europe , included ( i ) acceptance of the UN , Helsinki Act and Paris Charter commitments on the rule of law , democracy and human rights ; ( ii ) guarantees of ethnic and minority rights ; ( iii ) acceptance of the inviolability of frontiers ; ( iv ) honouring disarmament and regional security commitments ; ( v ) arbitration to decide a structure to replace the old state ; ( vi ) acceptance of the draft agreement on Yugoslavia 's future , elaborated by the EC peace conference [ see p. 38559 ] . |
| 22 | Finally in this section , it is worth pointing out that in the first Unit of this course we learnt that organisations which were based on an open system ( where information flowed in and out through a ‘ permeable boundary ’ to its environment and publics and where adjustment was made in the light of feedback ) , were more able to adapt to change and continue to prosper . |
| 23 | deletes module names which were reserved before a specified date but for which there is no module |
| 24 | Hrun the Barbarian crept soundlessly along the corridors , which were lit with a light so violet that it was almost black . |
| 25 | The revelation came in the form of internal documents of the Aleyeska Pipeline Service company , which were leaked to a congressman . |
| 26 | The plaintiff 's bar responded vigorously , developing a series of arguments many of which were accepted in a leading case in the Fifth Circuit , Re Anschuetz & Co . |
| 27 | The most popular events were the cycle races which were raced over a mile , 2 miles and 3 miles including handicaps and novice events and finishing with a 3 mile handicap race open to all comers " . |
| 28 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 29 | Cohn set up a spy system at the studio with microphones on every sound stage which were connected to a speaker in his office . |
| 30 | These data were held in separate files , which were converted via a series of filter programs into a canonical file format , listing just the clones positive for a given probe . |