Example sentences of "which [vb past] [vb pp] the first " in BNC.
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1 | This brought to an end a two-week crisis which had presented the first serious threat to communist rule in Albania since its establishment during the Second World War . |
2 | Blisters which had formed the first time now burst , weeping clear fluid onto the burner which hissed like an angry snake . |
3 | In response to the proposed new guidelines the FMLN , which had demobilized the first 20 per cent of its forces in June [ see p. 38957 ] and a further 20 per cent on Sept. 21 , agreed to disband the next 20 per cent on Oct. 31 ( on which date it duly proceeded with the disarming of some 1,000 guerrillas ) , a further 20 per cent on Nov. 20 and the final 20 per cent on Dec. 15 . |
4 | This followed my 1981 legislation which had introduced the first road-safety measures for fifteen years and was used ( as I knew it would be ) to introduce compulsory seat-belts . |
5 | However , apart from these demonstrations and an outbreak of panic buying in the last days of March , the public response to the second stage of price liberalization was muted , in marked contrast to the street protests which had greeted the first state in November 1990 [ see p. 37866 ] . |
6 | The poll , which had provided the first opportunity for the union 's 1,600,000 membership to elect directly its national officers , had been organized as part of a settlement agreement to a huge civil racketeering suit brought against the Teamsters by the Justice Department [ see also pp. 37954-55 ] . |
7 | COMPARED to Wednesday 's winter blizzards , which had reduced the first day to 27 instead of 36 holes , the conditions for the Peter McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath yesterday were wonderful — icy winds and leaden skies with just the occasional hint of a watery sun . |