Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enlarged LFA , the areas included in which were determined in close consultation with farmers ' representatives , now takes in much land amenable for agricultural development and may increase the proportion of the UK uplands experiencing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict . |
| 2 | In the 1930s , the Supreme Court began to widen its interpretation of free speech to include writings and films of little or no artistic merit , provided they did not include ‘ licentious ’ speech , the forms of which were listed in 1942 as libel , slander , insulting or ‘ fighting ’ words , and obscenity , all of which were excluded from First Amendment protection . |
| 3 | The great sun god had many forms and names , seventy-four of which were listed in the Litany of Re , a text which was inscribed in the entrances of royal tombs of the New Kingdom . |
| 4 | Goody himself in a later essay points out that ‘ at least during the last 2,000 years the vast majority of peoples of the world ( most of Eurasia and much of Africa ) have lived in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write ’ ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 5 | Even in areas outside this great span — in Australia for example , the South Pacific or Amerindia — the main detailed knowledge that we have of these cultures is — almost by definition — in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write . |
| 6 | The two other local mosaics , the Keynsham Villa mosaics , which were excavated in 1924 and last exhibited about three years ago , will also be on display . |
| 7 | A closer look — say from a boat — would show that these birds were feeding on sand-eels which were massed in a huge ‘ ball ’ just below the surface . |
| 8 | In Mary 's reign , between 1542 and 1574 , when the civil war which followed her deposition was finally over , there were twenty-five large-scale bonds involving groups of people , five of which were made in the first six years of the minority , as well as the thirty-six individual bonds made mainly for political purposes by Arran and Mary of Guise , and the two by Beaton which , in view of the comment by John Knox about the extensive number of his bonds , can only be a small proportion of the total . |
| 9 | This ice cream boasts American parentage , though its ancestry goes back to the exotic sherbets which were made in the Arab kingdoms of Granada and Cordoba in Spain . |
| 10 | A new constitution is under discussion , proposals for which were made in June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] . |
| 11 | A more precise source for this than archaeology is the record of tax assessments , and more particularly the grants of tax relief which were made in the fifteenth-century reassessments . |
| 12 | The killing in Hrothgar 's meadhall described in the ensuing passage was clearly the origin of the many Country House murders which were to feature in Hercule Poirot 's investigations . |
| 13 | Sometimes , too , there was evidence on these cards of the conflicts which were raging in the minds of the garrison . |
| 14 | The flotation went some way to offset criticism of the Nigerian government in a World Bank report , the details of which were given in the Financial Times of March 16 . |
| 15 | Two of the 12 qualitative and seven of the 13 quantitative variables which were studied in univariate analysis significantly influenced patient 's survival at six weeks . |
| 16 | The conference of 1944 had to be postponed owing to the difficulties of travel , which were imposed in the spring and summer of that year when the Allied invasion forces used Britain as their base for the ‘ reentry ’ into France : it was finally held in December . |
| 17 | The wheels were turned by four wheel lathes , which were positioned in the centre of the shop facing the bogie and body ramps . |
| 18 | The posters contained the major elements of student grievances and demands Which were to reappear in 1989 . |
| 19 | Some of the damage was done by the thousands of casks of rum which were stored in the town , and which exploded in the heat and caught fire immediately . |
| 20 | with large stacks of metallic drums which were stored in one deeper hollow directly under the window of Froebe 's office . |
| 21 | Even in these circumstances the approach provided a deep insight into the information needs of the organisation , and revealed a considerable number of potential improvements , some of which were implemented in the course of the study and others that were addressed in the longer term . |
| 22 | Mr Lyons has been part of the team which restructured Labour 's industrial policy , the fruits of which were seen in John Smith 's alternative Budget . |
| 23 | That those unexpected interests in colour are still valid has been confirmed by Ryman 's ‘ Versions ’ , a series of sixteen recent pictures employing a thin layer of white pigment washed over coloured grounds laid on fibreglass , which were seen in Shaffhausen and at Pace , the artist 's New York gallery , in an exhibition which closed last month . |
| 24 | In the front window was a display of paint-brushes which were arranged in a fan . |
| 25 | This was especially true of those schools which were situated in poverty-stricken areas following the aftermath of the General Strike of 1926 and mass unemployment . |
| 26 | The Hall 's own linen was sold and the proceeds used to purchase coin operated laundry facilities which were situated in the second floor utility room . |
| 27 | Pressures were measured using external strain gauge transducers ( Druck Ltd , Groby , Leicestershire , UK ) which were situated in each infusion line and connected via amplifiers to an eight channel chart recorder ( Lectromed MT8 PX , Ormed Ltd , Welwyn Garden City , UK ) . |
| 28 | Reflecting the great care taken by the architects to conserve and enhance the qualities of this former industrial building as a significant element in the metropolitan riverside scene , the project has received several awards , including a Doe Housing Design Award and a Civic Trust Award , both of which were presented in 1985 . |
| 29 | There have of course been many other visits which were either not documented or else which were presented in an ephemeral form . |
| 30 | In this instance DHAs had begun the process in their feasibility reports by putting in ‘ bids ’ for resources which were couched in ideal terms . |