Example sentences of "which [was/were] part " in BNC.

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1 To provide some much-needed improvement the InterCity director decided to transfer ten HSTs to the Midland — five from the Great Western , two from the East Coast main line plus three which were part of the build for the Cross Country ( North East-South West ) routes .
2 Colonel Odling-Smee was the officer commanding the Fifth Buffs which were part of V Corps in southern Austria .
3 Mrs. LEAPOR 'S whole Library consisted of about sixteen or seventeen single Volumes , among which were Part of Mr. Pope 's Works , Dryden 's Fables , some Volumes of Plays , & c .
4 Fig. 10 includes large proportions of rabbits and birds , neither of which were part of the comparative fauna obtained by trapping , so that the two samples appear very dissimilar .
5 Hardly a true grand cru , Sillery gained its prominence from the slopes of Verzenay which were part of the estate of the famous Brularts .
6 Governments had to live up to the mythical images of themselves which were part of their acceptability .
7 It did exist in those parts of ‘ modernizing ’ industry which were part of the engineering industry and involved skilled labour in manufacture , as distinct from the Fordist production practices of process plants .
8 v. Commission of the European Communities ( Joined Cases 154/78 , 205/78 , 206/78 , 226/78 , 227/78 , 228/78 , 263/78 , 264/78 , 31/79 , 39/79 , 83/79 , 85/79 ) [ 1980 ] E.C.R. 907 that the guarantee afforded to the ownership of property did not extend to protect commercial interests , the uncertainties of which were part of the very essence of economic activity .
9 Because of the workings of the housing market the local working population tends to congregate on the village council housing estate ( where one is available ) , where the closely knit patterns of neighbourly association which were part of the occupational community are retained .
10 The Yek were practically immune to the extremes of heat and cold which were part of the climate of Tarvaras , and even they took shelter , if it was possible , from the midday intensity of the red giant around which the world and its two moons orbited .
11 As a sign of this , a statue of Sanjurjo in Pamplona was adorned with one of the red berets which were part of the Carlist uniform .
12 The binary policy , which is central to the history of higher education from its elaboration in the second half of the 1960s , and intimately related to the history of the CNAA 's own policies and operations , is explained by many or all of these factors , but can not be separated from perceptions of the roles and attitudes of the universities that we have previously discussed , and which were part of the decision-making environment of the mid- and late 1960s .
13 Kershaw , from London , is wanted by American authorities over an alleged conspiracy to sell Treasury bills worth £54m which were part of a haul of £280m in stolen bills , police said .
14 His advocacy is not surprising : he never abandoned the interventionism which was part of the conventional wisdom in the Sixties and Seventies .
15 Kennedy 's advisers opposed this solution because it would again single out Britain amongst the European states for special treatment ; it would fuel de Gaulle 's dislike for NATO ; and it would make Britain 's entry into Europe , which was part of the State Department 's policy , even less likely .
16 He told them that Iraq had 60 divisions ready for war , compared with his enemies ' 18 , and would therefore win any battle for Kuwait , which was part of Iraq 's ‘ body and soul ’ .
17 ‘ Good afternoon , The Haven hotel , ’ Susan said into the telephone , waving to her as Maggie left Reception through a wooden flap which was part of the counter .
18 To the rear of the main block , adjacent to the old railway bridge , is a wide stone arch which was part of the installation .
19 If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below .
20 It was a torture which was part of the school 's underground mythology , but something he assumed had died out at the same time as the belief that bullying was inevitable , harmless and good for the victim 's character .
21 An Ulsterman and pre-war Irish rugby international , Paddy had been in No. 11 ( Scottish ) Commando , which was part of Layforce .
22 The snowy owl , which was part of this group in the skeletal elements analysis , is slightly removed from it in Fig. 3.
23 A promontory on the south side of Sydney 's waterfront which was part of John 's 190 acre estate is still called Piper Point and streets in the district are named to his memory .
24 Oxford Instruments is to buy the Cambridge-based thin films group , which was part of the now defunct Cryogenic Consultants company .
25 It was not a conscious avoidance of the Debtors Prison but the more positive , good-humoured attitude which was part of Making Your Bed and Lying On It .
26 ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’
27 The big cat , which was part of the cargo , attacked Captain Gene Cameron , 51 , in a German port .
28 The railway 's team crane , which was part of a demonstration goods train at the time , turned from game-keeper to poacher as it became derailed and had to be rescued by another crane .
29 When a colony was launched as the property of a single owner he , or one of his family , might go out to oversee the administration but he was unlikely to cut his links with England , if only because it was important to be able to maintain the court favour which was part of the political strength needed by anyone who wanted to run a colony on his own .
30 The author was born in Kronstadt , part of the ethnic German enclave in Transylvania — a region which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning of the century but which had been handed over to Romania after World War I. Faced by the prospect of conscription into the Romanian army in World War II , the author volunteered for the Waffen-SS .
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