Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] which [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Success rates were generally low for questions which asked for knowledge of the decimal equivalent of common fractions : The answer 1.2 is suggestive of the view that a fraction a/b is equivalent to the decimal a.b . |
| 2 | Many poor people were grateful for anything which lightened their burden , others were resentful of patronage which went with it . |
| 3 | Following the government 's failure to meet the deadline the CFD held a rally on Sept. 30 in Ouagadougou which ended in clashes with government supporters . |
| 4 | The most notable capture was that of Caen which fell at the end of July , and which , according to the chronicler Froissart , was the source of much material gain which was taken down the river Orne to the coast for shipment back to England . |
| 5 | The presence in such deserts as the Sahara of vast lakes such as mega-Chad which overflowed into the Bodele depression south of the Tibesti seems more the sort of feature which would have resulted from increased Pleistocene rainfall . |
| 6 | The first ship to discharge at the new facility was the S.S. Ebbrix , a small vessel owned by T. R. Rix & Sons Ltd. of Hull which arrived on 23rd August . |
| 7 | Decisive naval battles were also made less likely by ideas which persisted throughout the century as to the way in which wars at sea should be fought . |
| 8 | The panel had also been over-optimistic on employment which fell by 3 per cent compared to the 2 per cent forecast . |
| 9 | It made £818,000 before tax in 1992 on turnover which rose from £12.3 million to £13 million . |
| 10 | So he jumped head first into the forty-gallon oil-drum full of rainwater which stood at the rear of the caravan . |
| 11 | He believed a truer picture of the company 's performance was given by earnings figures calculated on a current-cost basis , which rose by just 8 per cent to £3.1 billion on turnover which fell by more than £1 billion to £73 billion . |
| 12 | The ground was already thick with frost which crunched beneath his feet as he walked . |
| 13 | The race was only open to vehicles which ran on unorthodox fuels , or which had internal combustion engines modified for greater energy efficiency . |
| 14 | It was previously suggested that one could describe the pattern of results from Study 2 as recognition being best for situations which accorded to subjects ’ expectations , e.g. risky exemplars of risky junctions or safe exemplars of safe junctions . |
| 15 | Forte announced a group pre-tax profit fall of 62 per cent from £190 million to £73 million on turnover which rose by just one per cent to £2.66 billion . |
| 16 | The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister , Mahmud Va'ezi , visited Bonn on Dec. 11-12 for discussions which centred on the hostage issue . |
| 17 | ‘ At one time there were dozens of companies which specialised in renting out western paraphernalia . |
| 18 | The air was sweet with incense which wafted round the marble high altar like the spirits of the blessed . |
| 19 | However , the rise in pensions relative to incomes which occurred in most countries also increased the cost of not working — for the farsighted , at least — since pensions were generally linked to contributions from pay . |