Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Jason Welland gave the best expert class performance in Sunday 's Sunbeam Club organised Gordon Jackson Cup trial , which was contested on a superb 12-section course at Woolmer Farm , near Liphook .
2 The original timber used was Oregon Pine , the inherent softness of which was aggravated by the wet conditions in which it lay .
3 Held , dismissing the applications , that prior to 1873 judges sitting as visitors to the Inns of Court to hear appeals by barristers who had been ordered to be suspended or disbarred were acting as judges and performing judicial duties which were an essential part of the administration of justice in their courts ; that the disciplinary jurisdiction of the visitors in respect of fitness of persons to become or remain barristers , was a jurisdiction which was transferred to the High Court by section 16 of the Judicature Act 1873 and retained there by section 18 of the Judicature Act 1925 and section 10(3) ( b ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ; and that , accordingly , there was no jurisdiction to hear the applications for judicial review ( post , pp. 1007D–E , G — 1008A , 1010B ) .
4 Accordingly , the jurisdiction of the visitors in these matters was a jurisdiction which was transferred to the High Court in 1873 and retained there by section 18(3) of the Act of 1925 and section 10(3) ( b ) of the Act of 1981 .
5 One of the moons is in fact the remains of another planet , and it is one of the conclusions of our survey that this is a world which was resettled during the Second Empire . ’
6 As recent research is beginning to uncover , the 1880s witnessed the beginnings of a questioning of current forms of sexual morality from feminist intellectuals — a move which was stimulated by the various public sexual scandals of the decade .
7 In addition , a bathymetric survey of Finlaggan Loch , Islay , which was made for the National Museum of Scotland , was combined with investigations by a BGS diving team .
8 One early example of a pre-packaged product was JS own-brand bloater fish paste which was made to a special recipe in the firm 's Blackfriars factory from 1891 until the Second World War .
9 For large numbers come into the criminal justice system unnecessarily , erm that is likely to set back the progress which was made during the nineteen eighties and er increase and reinforce criminality .
10 Owners Rea C Richardson benefit from his onboard beet harvester jack , which was made from an ex-Moreau ram with home-brewed framing .
11 The Government must find an answer to that key point , which was made by the hon. and learned Member for Burton , who has long experience at the Bar , and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook .
12 there is a model of a robot from Japan which was made in the 1960s .
13 The impression which was made upon the British by what came to be known as the Canadian model was correspondingly deep and powerful .
14 The proposal to restore the provost as local civic figurehead raises the prospect of restoring a position to the region 's small towns and burghs which was lost in the 1975 reforms .
15 The narrowness of the ledge of the rock on which the castle stands dictated the shape of the great hall , 125 feet in length , which was built to a unique bowed plan in three sections and is perhaps one of the most interesting features of the castle .
16 At the head of the municipal square is the City Hall ( Câmara Municipal ) which was built as a private residence for the Conde ( Count ) de Carvalhal at the end of the eighteenth century .
17 As I near the end of my year in office , I am pleased to report there is no doubt in my mind that we have a very stable Institute which was built on a strong foundation by our predecessors .
18 This was the origin of the ‘ Crewe ’ locomotive type , which was built on a large scale after the transfer of the GJR works to Crewe , in the planning of which Buddicom was deeply involved .
19 The plaintiff was at all material times the beneficial owner of Caliban , a house in Tucker 's Town in Bermuda , which was built on an oblong-shaped area of land measuring 2.85 acres fronting onto the ocean .
20 Several of the people involved in the ZETA story , directly or as spectators , are still working or living in retirement in and around Harwell : many of them feel that the publicity and interest generated in ZETA made many politicians and administrators aware of fusion , and helped to gain support for the funding of Culham Fusion Laboratory which was built during the early 1960s .
21 On the hillside above is the Pico Fort ( Castelo de São João de Pico ) which was built during the Spanish occupation .
22 The world 's largest aircraft is a flying boat , the 200 tonne Spruce Goose , which was built by the elusive millionaire Howard Hughes .
23 There are numerous picturesque villages , ruined abbeys , and historic houses within easy driving distance , including Sledmere House which was built in the 1750s and rebuilt after a devastating fire , using the original plans , in 1911 .
24 The church , which was built in the 13th century , stands isolated in a field at the north end of the village , and is dedicated to St Margaret .
25 Opposite at No. 36 is the Lobkovic palace , formerly the palace of the Pernštejn family , which was built in the second half of the 16C and restored in 1651–8 by Carlo Lurago .
26 From here there is a good view of the fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição which was built in the seventeenth century on the Loo Rock to protect ships in the harbour .
27 The sale of surplus housing , which was built in the 1950s , and land near Harwell is to be managed by Kemp and Kemp , an Oxford firm of surveyors and planning consultants .
28 The Premiership outfit , who have already built three new stands in the past 15 years , are drawing up plans to replace the old south stand which was built in the 1930s .
29 It used to be called the Great Western railway , which was built in the 1830s under the guidance of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel .
30 This is a direct reference to this technique , which was written in the old days of long boats , but as the boats in use get still shorter this steering effect reduces and the ease of veering off course increases .
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