Example sentences of "[Wh det] gave [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sort of events which gave rise to calls for statutory curbs — long-lens shots of the Duchess of York 's poolside exploits , or the ‘ Squidgy ’ tape — have not recurred . |
| 2 | As a result , life in such temporary accommodation can be extremely stressful and can serve to add markedly to the stresses which gave rise to homelessness in the first place . |
| 3 | I believe erm the rulers of Kuwait at the time were very erm wise to make such treaty with the British for the protection of their country and the British respected the Kuwait autonomy at the time and this joint erm respect for each other I believe which gave rise to Kuwait to be what it is today . |
| 4 | Given the complexity of the issues involved here , and the fact that discussions which gave rise to teacher comment were frequently lengthy and often contentious , any attempted summary of remarks is necessarily difficult . |
| 5 | We 've seen Turners opposing each other for Australia and New Zealand , Richardses for West Indies and England , Manns for England and South Africa ( they both dismissed each other during the 1948–49 series , but it was George catching Tufty which gave rise to John Arlott 's legendary comment about ‘ Mann 's inhumanity to Mann ’ ) , and yet more Smiths ( T.P.B. and F.B. ) for England and New Zealand and for England ( D.V. ) against West Indies ( O.G. ) . |
| 6 | Coppers were sometimes shared , which gave rise to disputes between neighbours , and mangles were sometimes rented to less fortunate families on the street at a 1d per load . |
| 7 | Liège municipal council found itself bankrupt in September 1989 , when Gemeentekrediet , a publicly owned financial institution which gave credit to municipalities , refused to grant the city a new loan ( in addition to its debts which already totalled BF30,000 million ) , unless a guarantee from the Walloon regional government was obtained . |
| 8 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 9 | Ludlow may reasonably be taken as the actual founder of the movement : it was his earlier experience of social visiting among the London poor , and his knowledge of the French co-operatives , which gave content to Maurice 's theological groundwork . |
| 10 | The news of the Young Pretender 's invasion of England had initially been received in London with complacency , which gave way to concern and then serious alarm . |
| 11 | In 1944 R. A. Butler , the President of the Board of Education , enacted a new Education Act which gave aid to Church schools in a new compromise and made provision for the raising of the school leaving age to fifteen at the end of the war and to sixteen at some date thereafter . |
| 12 | The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Benjamin Jowett [ q.v. ] started an inquiry into the alleged deterioration in the quality of Oxford 's printing which gave impetus to Hart 's re-equipment and extension of the machine-room . |
| 14 | Gangs of the energy clans jealously guarded those ports which gave access to power stations and thus to the heat sink . |