Example sentences of "which were [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 When scoring only the strongly reactive nuclei in the PCNA assay , which were assumed to represent the S phase cells , the individual proliferation indices between the two methods showed a Spearman correlation coefficient of r s =0.6 ( p=0.011 ) ( Fig 1 ) .
2 The sentence followed an arrangement with the federal authorities whereby the banks had pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Jan. 16 , in return for their co-operation in ongoing investigations which were believed to include the case of Gen. Manuel Noriega , the former ruler of Panama currently awaiting trial in the USA [ see p. 37179 ] .
3 Evidence of the radical shifts which were beginning to disrupt the vertical stripe format of her paintings emerged in the selection of works Riley made in 1989 as part of the National Gallery 's series , The Artist 's Eye .
4 Indeed , for many of the unskilled or sweated trades the sort of organisations which were beginning to make the strength of labour movements were quite impracticable .
5 Throughout the Italo-Abyssinian conflict of this period , Nizan forcefully argued the need for collective security , on the one hand , by voicing his implacable opposition to the colonial ambitions of Mussolini , and on the other , by focusing attention on the highly dubious diplomatic manoeuvres of the British and French governments , the more reactionary elements of which were seeking to use the conflict as a " pretext for a new imperialist arms race " .
6 The problem of incorporation of standard terms and conditions has been dealt with in a series of cases generally known as the " ticket cases " , which arose from the practice of printing terms and conditions on a variety of documents from railway or steamship tickets , to deck chair or swimming pool tickets , which were intended to govern the contract between the proprietor and the person using his services ( see for instance Parker v South Eastern Railway ( 1877 ) 2 CPD 416 , Hood v Anchor Line ( Henderson Brothers ) Ltd [ 1918 ] AC 837 , Chapelton v Barry UDC [ 1940 ] 1 KB 532 and Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [ 1971 ] 2 QB 163 ) .
7 This research aims to explore the origins and implementation of a politically sensitive policy in the context of other recent initiatives which were intended to enhance the quality of educational choice .
8 There is a complex layout of these basement halls which were built to support the upper storey state apartments .
9 Set texts I acquired at Manchester ; set texts Lynn got at Keele ; various important books bought since which were going to change the way we thought and lived , but somehow failed to .
10 A fundamental dis-continuity between human thinking and non-human thinking is already presupposed in the very arguments which were used to describe the imagined evolution from the one to the other .
11 They also did the fibreglass forms which were used to create the P–40 mock-ups .
12 These were mainly near the rivers , which were used to transport the coal easily and cheaply .
13 Like Pandora 's box , from it came a screw driver , a Stanley knife , scissors and an adjustable spanner , all of which were used to keep the Stoddard Templeton units in tip top condition .
14 The IMF announced on Oct. 9 that it was to realign the currency weightings which were used to calculate the value of the special drawing right ( SDR — the unit in which its internal dealings and most of its loans were denominated ; for the last five-yearly review see p. 34140 ) .
15 Counsel for the SFO announced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , that charges against Seelig and David Mayhew ( a stockbroker ) which were to have formed the basis of a third trial had now been withdrawn .
16 This was even more so for the special programmes developed by the Community , such as the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes which were established to enable the southern regions of France , Italy and Greece to adjust to the accession of Spain and Portugal into the EC .
17 The city 's economy is heavily weighted towards large manufacturing enterprises , most of which were established to supply the Soviet military .
18 On July 16 Shatalin broke with the DRM and announced the formation of a new political party , together with Svyatoslav Fedorov , Nikolai Travkin , leader of the Democratic Party of Russia , and representatives of the Democratic Parties from republics which were planning to sign the Union Treaty .
19 In both schools , key individuals were observed to adopt management strategies which were designed to improve the chances of the scheme 's success .
20 When the film had finished playing , twenty questions were asked which were designed to test the observation of the people present .
21 He shouted angrily , and a three- man team hastened to attach the sets of magnoclamps which were designed to drain the static charge .
22 North Korean Prime Minister Yon Hyong Muk and his South Korean counterpart Chung Won Shik signed three agreements — on non-aggression , reconciliation and exchange — which were designed to facilitate the implementation of the inter-Korean reconciliation pact signed in late 1991 [ see pp. 38659-60 ] .
23 In the aftermath of the July 1989 Supreme Court decision undermining the 1973 landmark judgment Roe v. Wade ( the foundation of legalized abortion ) , numerous bills were introduced in more than 40 state legislatures , the majority of which were designed to restrict the availability of abortion [ see pp. 37310 ; 37406-07 ; 37605 ; 37999 ; 38138-39 ] .
24 Several features of the Act which were designed to reduce the possibility of public disorder seem more likely to promote its occurrence .
25 The changes , which were designed to bring the Hong Kong exchange into line with international practice , were opposed mainly by the smaller Chinese brokers , and supported by the larger international institutions which had moved increasingly into the Hong Kong exchange in the 1980s .
26 The introduction of value for money auditing in Canada was accompanied by a number of other institutional innovations , all of which were designed to increase the accountability of public sector organizations .
27 Refinements of surgical technique eventually culminated in the selective shunt procedures developed by Warren et al which were designed to decompress the gastro-oesophageal varices while preserving portal blood flow and liver function .
28 Thus the angular and straight lines drawn by the legs were also drawn simultaneously by the arms and hands , which were allowed to cross the centre line of the body , very often with a twist sideways at the waist .
29 The monetary sector Until November 1981 the ‘ banking sector ’ comprised all banks in the UK which were required to observe the minimum reserve asset ratio imposed by the Competition and Credit Control arrangements of 1971 , together with the discount houses and the Banking Department of the Bank of England .
30 A large number of the words are simple inflections which were solved using the information in the Text710 version ( Mitton , 1986 ) of the OALDCE .
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