Example sentences of "which [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 2 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 3 | Three subsequent laboratory studies , however , have failed to show any overall improvement in recognition sensitivity for films which were given high risk ratings . |
| 4 | Thus situations which were given high accident estimates tended to show an improvement in memory when risk was experienced . |
| 5 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 6 | The wideband cable systems which were trumpeted some years ago could well carry high quality sound as well as umpteen television channels but their development has run into serious economic problems . |
| 7 | ‘ We passed outside the city walls , and after a little walk , entered ; i green garden door , and made our way to a little plain square building , in which were arranged wooden benches , a pulpit and below the pulpit a plain wooden table and chair . |
| 8 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 9 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 10 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 11 | ASHANTI ARE a Belfast based three piece which were formed eight years ago by guitarist Steven Boyd — the last remaining original member of the band . |
| 12 | Under the pavement of the baths was a lower floor upon which were built small piers of tiles about two feet high . |
| 13 | Apart from those on the far side of the road which were built several years later on on another complex |
| 14 | There was no furniture in the room other than a cupboard in the far corner in which were kept special foods such as plates of dates selected from the great storehouse or the enamel pots poured full of the sweet of the area . |
| 15 | It 's just those lapses ( which were punished last year ) which we ca n't allow to happen . |
| 16 | Environment Minister Emil Salim said that the 500 firms , spread over 11 of the 27 provinces of Indonesia , have failed to comply with water effluent standards which were set two years ago . |
| 17 | Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before . |
| 18 | At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers . |
| 19 | Most of the walls were topped by a layer of concrete into which were set jagged pieces of glass from smashed bottles . |
| 20 | Rods were set up and attached to gaudy plastic lures which were trolled some distance behind the boat . |
| 21 | The Conference is the forum where Resolutions which were submitted last December and which were discussed at over 50 District Meetings around the country since then were finally put to the vote of the delegates and , if passed , thereby became a cornerstone of Association policy . |
| 22 | There were two key components to this , there were things that er were labelled feature demons and there were things which were labelled cognitive demons . |
| 23 | It follows the company 's 1.6″ high 0663 , 250,000 of which were shipped last year according to IBM . |
| 24 | She reached for one of the freshly laundered robes which were supplied each day for users of the pool . |
| 25 | THE RESULTS of the June agricultural census for 1992 , which were published last week by the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department , show substantial increases in the areas of wheat , oilseed rape , and fallow land . |
| 26 | The weather was kind for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Henley Golf Club which were held last weekend and large numbers of members and friends attended and were very appreciative of the arrangements which had been made . |
| 27 | This drive to help people back to work is equally evident in the success of the Job Search Seminars which were held this year and funded by Employment Services . |
| 28 | Rumour was rife in 1588 and this was the time , armed with the deathbed testimony of Mrs Barnes , and the cutting taken from the drapes of Littlecote ( incidentally , the cutting was found to fit the curtains which were sold many years later as a memento to an American ) , that the lawyers , probably headed by Anthony Brooks , tried to charge Darrel in court . |
| 29 | Like all Mercantile and General-owned farms , two of which were sold last year and a fourth is also under offer , it had been well-maintained . |
| 30 | On the wall nearby was a notice-board to which were pinned various notes and lists , telephone numbers , business cards and two concert tickets . |