Example sentences of "which was [adv] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No consensus was reached on G-24 aid to the Soviet Union , which was particularly opposed by the United States Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 2 | PLAN has agreed with the Ugandan Government to begin its operations in the Luwero district , an area which was particularly devastated by the civil war which ended in 1986 . |
| 3 | Sir Wyn also promised that the Government would provide whatever cash assistance was necessary for action at Llandudno General Hospital , which was badly hit by the floods . |
| 4 | Sir Wyn also gave an undertaking that the government would provide whatever cash assistance was necessary for action at Llandudno General Hospital , which was badly hit by the floods . |
| 5 | It transferred its cargo to an Irish tug , the Marita Ann , which was duly seized by the Irish Navy . |
| 6 | A joint congressional committee drew up a common version of the two bills which was duly approved by the two chambers , and was signed into law on Sept. 22 by President Fidel Ramos . |
| 7 | Pike , as I expected , confirmed that this was work which was normally done by the statistical clerks . |
| 8 | Opposition parties alleged voter intimidation and irregularities during the election , which was easily won by the PDCI . |
| 9 | Doctor Denmark recently retired as head of the Psychiatric unit for the Deaf at Whittingham Hospital , Preston , which was partially funded by the BDA . |
| 10 | Consultant pathologist Dr Brian Rogers said Jacob had no congenital malformations and died from a lack of oxygen which was probably caused by the umbilical cord being around the neck before birth . |
| 11 | Yet each of these monotheistic faiths developed its own distinctive mysticism , which was instinctively recognised by the establishment as an authentic — even an honoured — spirituality , though relations with it are sometimes strained . |
| 12 | Hope rose to his feet and his full height with no little menace , which was clearly recognised by the intruder . |
| 13 | Not less important , Kunaev was at the centre of an elaborate network of patronage and corruption which was clearly threatened by the imposition of an ethnic and political outsider . |
| 14 | One of the problems of the economy was the level of its resources that were being sucked into the long-running colonial war in French Indo-China , a war which France could not win and one which was effectively concluded by the humiliating surrender in May 1954 of the cream of the French army at Dien Bien Phu . |
| 15 | He then filed his application with the European Commission , which was favourably settled by the UK Government after the ruling in the Hodgson case . |
| 16 | The Béarnais of Pyrénées-Atlantique is the only purebred remnant of the original yellow-brown , pink-muzzled Pyrenean Blond , a breed which was otherwise absorbed by the Blonde d'Aquitaine ; indeed the Béarnais itself is registered in the latter 's herdbook . |
| 17 | After 1911 , women whose husbands were in insured employment received a maternity benefit of 30/ rising to £2 after World War I , which was completely absorbed by the cost of an attendant , leaving nothing for extra food and necessities for the mother and baby . |
| 18 | The overseas trade in cloth also contributed to the growing dominance of London , because exports were largely in the hands of the Merchant Adventurers ' Company , which was increasingly dominated by the London Mercers ' Company ( 64 ) . |
| 19 | In news programmes , quality and range were sought by setting up a distinct company , ITN , which was jointly owned by the other companies and supplied news for the whole channel , and later for Channel 4 . |
| 20 | This was done through a programme of special events , the ‘ Edinburgh and Lothians European Programme ’ , which was jointly managed by the Council , Edinburgh District Council , Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited and the Chamber of Commerce . |
| 21 | A strike of about twenty-five staff in the sterile supplies stores had dramatically reduced activity , which was already hampered by the union policy of refusing admission to any but emergency cases . |
| 22 | In everyday practice — and CSM does work every day and not just on those when a practolol or a benoxaprofen blows up in its face — this leads to an informality of conduct of business which was carefully cultivated by the late Sir Derrick Dunlop from the earliest days of the Committee on Safety of Drugs , CSM 's forebear . |
| 23 | Chile has one of the largest temperate forests in the southern hemisphere , with many unique species , but the native forests are under threat from plantation of trees for industrial production , which was heavily subsidized by the Pinochet government . |
| 24 | In the past all Q.T 's received a training which was heavily subsidised by the Society — in to-day 's terms this amounted to about £200 per person for each year of training . |
| 25 | Then , Dornan fired in another great cross which was well collected by the Dinamo keeper . |
| 26 | On the first day of his visit Roh attended a state banquet at which Akihito issued an apology which was well received by the South Korean government . |
| 27 | We need a sector policy that will look closely at the Engineering Training Authority , which was also dismembered by the present Government . |
| 28 | Richard Rau presented the award to and his team at a dinner in the Williston Elks Lodge , which was also attended by the employees ' wives and vice president of operations , James Adams . |
| 29 | President Kaunda of Zambia said on Jan. 22 , at a summit meeting of the six frontline states in Lusaka which was also attended by the ANC leaders , that UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar had confirmed that he had presented the Harare Declaration to the South African government shortly after Christmas . |
| 30 | The San José Group of Foreign Ministers of the five Central American countries together with Panama met their counterparts from the 12 European Community ( EC ) member countries in Managua , the Nicaraguan capital , on March 18-19 for the seventh annual meeting on EC-Central American co-operation , which was also attended by the Foreign Ministers of Colombia , Venezuela and Mexico . |