Example sentences of "[Wh det] enabled they " in BNC.
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| 1 | By so differentiating he described both the characteristics of his villagers and the typical gestures which enabled them to tell their tale ( see page 59 ) . |
| 2 | One quality Oxford possessed in abundance , though , was spirit , which enabled them to claw their way back . |
| 3 | They also persuaded him to sign a declaration stating that he had been cautioned , which enabled them to obtain a set of fingerprints . |
| 4 | These were the occasions which enabled them to display for hours the rigid immobility for which they were famous throughout Europe . |
| 5 | They had a radio truck with them which enabled them to keep in contact . |
| 6 | Hereafter the penicillins were studied in countless laboratories , academic and commercial , and discoveries were made which enabled them to be better understood and used as the foundation for many new drugs . |
| 7 | They had always relied on speed and skill in horsemanship , which enabled them to dash in upon their adversaries , fire off a salvo from their short but deadly bows , and then retreat before any reprisal . |
| 8 | In 1860 , Baron Karl von Reichenbach ( the discoverer of creosote ) published the results of numerous experiments with sensitives using techniques which enabled them to sense an energy which he called ‘ the odic force ’ , ‘ od ’ or ‘ odyle ’ . |
| 9 | Ferguson added : ‘ When Eric joined Leeds last season , he gave them that extra bit which enabled them win the title . |
| 10 | It had to be modified in 1961 when it became clear that a minority holding did not provide a certain defence against a determined takeover , but Whitbread continued to retain minority holdings in a number of regional brewers , which enabled them to retain their independence . |
| 11 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 12 | They started to use the fast wheel , which enabled them to create new and far more refined shapes with thinner walls . |
| 13 | A number of studies have brought out the bargaining strength of trade unions during the period of near full employment [ Brown , 1981 ] , which enabled them to reinforce long-established work practices which were an incubus on British industry in the form of overmanning . |
| 14 | Inevitably , then , their major strategy for meeting demand became the long-term one of building enough new capacity to meet the demand placed on the system at the low price levels which enabled them to increase sales while just balancing the books . |
| 15 | His own contribution was to suggest ways in which the legal process exerted a powerful influence over delinquents : it provided them with a vocabulary which enabled them to justify their delinquent actions ‘ in the circumstances ’ ( ‘ techniques of neutralisation ’ ) and with a sense of injustice which helped to release them from feelings of obligation to conform . |
| 16 | Some ( e.g. pupil 3 ) attempted to obtain the answer to the question from the pattern of numbers relating to unshaded squares but most pupils saw the relationship between shaded and unshaded in each diagram which enabled them to calculate the required number directly . |
| 17 | Papal actions , too , appeared to add further proof : after 1337 , except in 1362 and 1375 , popes no longer taxed the clergy for the benefit of the king in England , though at that time they were certainly enriching the French monarch by clerical taxes ; and while successive French kings readily obtained papal dispensations which enabled them to contract politically advantageous matches , Edward on two critical occasions — in the 1340s and 1360s — was denied such benefits . |
| 18 | Red and white signs , showing an izard 's head , are the only indication that you are entering it , the izard being a sort of chamois native to the Pyrenees which is now doing well there again after having earlier been hunted almost out of existence — its survival has been put down to the First World War , when men turned to killing one another and the animals had an armistice which enabled them to breed again . |
| 19 | It owed more to the boycott of the elections by the socialist parties and to the Kadets ' skilful use of the indirect electoral system which enabled them to win a disproportionate number of seats . |
| 20 | They had reason to hate the Turks , who had driven them from their homes ; they were grateful for the grants of land which enabled them to settle down in their new homes , and they owed no allegiance to the Croatian and Hungarian nobles . |
| 21 | By bourgeoisification , Taylor is referring to the increasing emphasis within the game on comfort and entertainment manifested in such developments as the reconstruction of grounds as commercial stadia ( with covered stands , seats and floodlights ) , the payment of large transfer fees and the freedom of contract for players which enabled them to command large salaries . |
| 22 | The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships , which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers . |
| 23 | It is the Spirit who leads the Antioch church to send out Saul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey ( 13:2,4 ) which enabled them to return and report that , ‘ The Lord has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles ’ ( 14:27 ) . |
| 24 | If colleges were experienced in validation and had developed acceptable validation procedures , the Council made Validation Procedures Agreements with them which enabled them to take responsibility for the organisation of validation for their own pilot schemes . |
| 25 | The managers built up portfolios which enabled them to demonstrate competence in ten specific areas from their day to day work . |
| 26 | The US Congress at the end of March 1988 allocated humanitarian aid to the contras which enabled them to continue as a force , but Nicaragua from May 1988 unilaterally extended the Sapoá ceasefire on a monthly basis throughout 1988 and for most of 1989 [ see pp. 36421-22 ; 36681 ; see also below ] . |
| 27 | As Dr O'Brien has recently pointed out , in effect British governments between 1714 and 1815 constructed a revenue system from component parts which enabled them to increase tax revenues per head from Europe 's most rapidly growing population much more successfully than the French from the end of the eighteenth century , despite having been less heavily taxed up to then . |
| 28 | The chief characteristic of the Byzantine Church is the dome ; it represented the symbol of the vault of heaven and its builders developed constructional ability in domical form which enabled them to create many different types of design with it as covering and architectural feature . |
| 29 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 30 | A local authority issued a compulsory purchase order on a house and a notice of entry which enabled them to take over the premises after 14 days . |