Example sentences of "which [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Essex trained at Dartington College of Arts , a progressive place of the 60s which centred on music , art and drama and which , he says , proved to be the making of him in many ways . |
| 2 | In our discussion of theories of crime , in Chapter Two , we examined various theoretical approaches which centred on class differences in crime and , in particular , juvenile delinquency . |
| 3 | Other shares on the move today included Rolls Royce which benefited from continued overseas demand and British Steel which rose on news of a major contract with Iran . |
| 4 | News of these transactions gradually leaked out and the matter was investigated by a parliamentary select committee , which reported on party lines . |
| 5 | Professor Michael Rutter , a prominent member of the Lawther committee which reported on lead three years ago , told a conference at the Royal Institution that ‘ it now seems ’ that the Lawther committee ‘ very substantially underestimated the risk from lead in petrol . ’ |
| 6 | The bomber attacked would seem to have been an aircraft ( 4D+CT ) of 9/KG 30 which crashed on return , Lt. Albrecht Irion and all his crew being reported lost . |
| 7 | We may never be certain , but it seems most likely that the Odonata were part of a cargo in a trans-stellar vessel which crashed on Earth by accident . |
| 8 | This natural theology was then supplemented and completed by ‘ revealed theology ’ , which drew on scripture and the teaching of the church . |
| 9 | Mitchell , in his analysis of Hoccleve 's works , calls it ‘ an emotional disorder which bordered on insanity ’ . |
| 10 | They had a passion for law and order which bordered on mania , living examples of Machiavelli 's The Prince , for what Henry wanted , these men would do . |
| 11 | The marquis was furious with Lady Grafton for her insensibility which bordered on cruelty . |
| 12 | It said yesterday it would start negotiations soon on the sale of its 33.8 per cent stake in Markham gasfield , straddling the boundary between UK and Dutch waters , which came on stream last year . |
| 13 | Dissenting countries included Britain , which opposed on principle , because it does not agree with removing taxation from national to Community jurisdiction . |
| 14 | The day room had nineteen washbasins , and was fitted with seats , looking glasses , and above the washbasins were folding tables which rested on top and were used as dining tables . |
| 15 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 16 | Latest addition to the IWM is Westland Wasp HAS.1 XS567 , which served on board HMS Endurance during the Falklands War in 1982 . |
| 17 | The main gearbox has an oil pump to circulate the oil unlike most gearboxes designed at that time which relied on splash lubrication . |
| 18 | This will was completed in time for the sale period which began on Boxing Day . |
| 19 | Her first interview for the new series , which started on Easter Monday , was a scoop half hour interview with Prime Minister John Major at No 10 Downing Street . |
| 20 | He suffered a jaw injury in the incident which started on Easter Sunday . |
| 21 | The power unit for the Once-Over tractor unit was four cylinder water cooled engine which started on petrol and was switched over the paraffin after a warming-up period . |
| 22 | And er eventually he came er an engine which er there were some which started on petrol and then you turned on to paraffin but most of the work , just going on petrol , with a plug and a magneto . |
| 23 | His letter contained an account of all the birds he had seen : a common goatsucker that flew gracefully round and round the ship for an hour , although it had ‘ in all probability passed the night on the wing ’ ; a female yellow wagtail that alighted only for a moment ; numerous petrels , five of which he killed for himself , and one for use in Mr Yarrell 's work ( a History of British Birds ) ; a flight of swallows , and several small turtle doves , which ‘ visited the ship [ and ] went off again immediately ’ ; a kestrel which was killed ‘ from off the Rigging ’ ; a short-eared owl which flew on board during the night , was caught and kept alive for several days ; and hundreds of shearwaters , which surrounded the ship off Madeira and the Salvage Rocks . |
| 24 | The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising is to continue its campaign , which broke on TV this year , to reassert the industry 's effectiveness , according to IPA president Peter Mead . |
| 25 | He was in the middle of the pivotal scene with Marianne , a scene which called on hero and heroine to embrace and kiss passionately . |
| 26 | It is perfectly true that Blake did have a battery-operated radio in his cell which worked on medium and long waves only . |
| 27 | ‘ When we got to Parma the car ( which worked on methane gas ] broke down in the middle of piazza Garibaldi , which had been completely cleared of civilians because the convoy was going to pass through it . |
| 28 | During the campaign , which focused on opposition accusations that Charles had become too authoritarian in style , the Prime Minister had suggested that the DFP could win all 21 seats . |
| 29 | I refer here , of course , to B. F. Skinner , whose views on language learning as essentially a matter of behaviour being shaped by stimulus control provided theoretical warrant for an approach to language teaching which focused on habit formation . |
| 30 | June 1991 : HCIMA 's technical Advisory Group published a briefing document entitled Providing Accessible Accommodation , which focused on design criteria for accommodation to meet the needs of disabled people . |