Example sentences of "which was [verb] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , before our next programme — which was recorded several years ago by the Central Office of Information — we go over to Bill Giles in the London Weather Centre for the twenty-four hour forecast . ’ |
| 2 | The liberals believe they are under-represented in the Congress , which was elected two years ago under the old Soviet system . |
| 3 | Due to be finished at the end of this month , the project will add an extra 326 acute beds to the 240 long-stay and acute beds in the hospital 's first phase which was completed several years ago . |
| 4 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |
| 5 | Pinto had been Professor of English at Nottingham since 1938 and oversaw the university 's transition to the autonomous degree-giving status which was achieved ten years later . |
| 6 | This was followed by White Shops , next to the Duchess of Kent 's Military Hospital , where there were also bus stops and two schools but no crossing patrol , which was withdrawn several years ago . |
| 7 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 8 | Thus began the French phase of the Vietnam conflict which was to last eight years . |
| 9 | The results were momentous ; a British force landed by itself , defeated the nationalists and began an occupation which was to last seventy years . |
| 10 | There is no doubt that there are common features contained in the Spinelli Report and the Brussels Agreement which was adopted eight years later . |
| 11 | This possibility , which was suggested some years ago , has recently been reproposed by Hall et al who studied the development of gluten sensitive enteropathy in the Irish setter , an animal model of human coeliac disease . |
| 12 | And there 's a book on engine sheds , and er engine sheds , which was published some years ago I think by publishing company , er which gives track plans to help people . |
| 13 | They were part of a prize-winning herd of more than 80 cattle which was founded 5 years ago . |
| 14 | I am afraid that the Government do not have straight in their head the idea that the public will be determined , through a different Government , to obtain proper redress for their complaints against excessive prices or dirty little ideas such as the 0898 service , which was introduced six years ago after the privatisation of British Telecom . |
| 15 | This creative work of art was produced by May Bolton , a member of the Hems Knitting Club , , to celebrate the 100th meeting of their club which was started nine years ago . |
| 16 | Extension services were set up to focus upon a target population of every couple , the wife of which was aged 15–44 years , backed up by medical services and financial incentives to adopters . |
| 17 | Being part of the Garrowby estate , owned by the Earl of Halifax , it is rather unusual in this day and age as having no privately owned houses or farms , other than the old rectory which was sold several years ago when the parish became part of a joint ministry . |