Example sentences of "which had recently [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was Ron ‘ Rescue Dog ’ Hitchens , with his three Rottweilers , one of which had recently eaten a Scotch terrier . |
| 2 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 3 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 4 | We decided it would be a good idea to develop a computer corpus of British English , intended to match the Brown University Corpus of American English which had recently become available , and which was the first computer corpus of modern English . |
| 5 | A report released in late March by a UN relief team which had recently visited Iraq stated that the bombing had caused " near-apocalyptic results " and had relegated Iraq to a " pre-industrial age " . |
| 6 | The College was itself uneasy about the lack of ‘ coordinated opinion ’ among three engineering boards which had recently visited it , and an Academic Board sub-committee considered that undue emphasis had been given to the question of policy for full-time and sandwich courses , ‘ to the detriment of more important issues involved in the preparation of courses of degree level ’ . |
| 7 | They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives . |
| 8 | In a speech on 17 December 1945 Kim stressed the necessity for creating a wide range of party organisations in factories , enterprises and villages with the formulation of suitable criteria for party membership so as to eliminate some of the dubious elements which had recently joined the party . |
| 9 | In the related oyster drill Urosalpinx cinerea , Pratt ( 1967 ) found that a starved snail would move away from other starved individuals , but towards ones which had recently fed . |
| 10 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , reports on Sept. 20 said that a Harvard University medical team which had recently returned from Iraq had found that the number of child deaths due to malnutrition and disease had trebled since the imposition of sanctions . |
| 12 | An international team of academics which had recently returned from Iraq reported on Oct. 22 that the death rate of Iraqi children under five had almost quadrupled since the imposition of sanctions [ see also p. 38452 ] . |
| 13 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |
| 14 | Ciaran Ryan reported on a case of blatant discrimination in Bank of Ireland , Area West which had recently come to light . |
| 15 | In September he was elected chairman of a new National Co-ordinating Commission of Solidarity , set up by representatives of the regional organizations which had recently come into being . |
| 16 | The only optimistic statement came from the third cadre of military transport , which had recently held two cell meetings . |
| 17 | In the course of our case studies in the manufacturing sector we encountered several organisations which had recently introduced or extended their use of temporary working and which referred to the workers concerned as " casuals " . |
| 18 | President Kaunda told delegates that Zambia 's experience could not be compared to that of the Soviet Union or of East European countries which had recently opted for political pluralism . |
| 19 | De facto dual recognition was also boosted by agreements with Australia and Canada to upgrade their offices in Taiwan , while Saudi Arabia , which had recently established relations with China , allowed Taiwan to retain the use of its former embassy . |
| 20 | The realisation made her want to study the other woman closely , and , covertly , she was able to do so , as Marise and Faye were soon involved in a discussion of the modern Japanese sculpture exhibition which had recently opened at the art gallery . |
| 21 | Chile and Argentina were both offered barter deals , involving the exchange of Chilean nitrates ( demand for which had recently collapsed because of German development of synthetic substitutes ) and Argentine agricultural products for Soviet crude oil , along with assistance in the setting up of their own national refineries . |
| 22 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |