Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst the younger generation the arrival of the book in the wake of Penguin 's successful defence met with an enthusiasm which rarely survived a thumbing of its pages . |
| 2 | He then went on to describe the very considerable commercial and economic disadvantages experienced by peripheral industrial countries compared with the enormous advantages enjoyed by the privileged centrally placed Golden Triangle countries and called to question the entire concept of a European budget which incredibly penalised the poorer peripheral countries instead of applying the penalty the other way round . |
| 3 | POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire which badly damaged a large mill last night . |
| 4 | A fire which badly damaged a house at Leam Lane , Felling , near Gateshead , was started by a six-year-old girl playing with a lighter , police said last night . |
| 5 | St Johnstone coach John McClelland came on as substitute in the second half in a vain bid to restore confidence to a rearguard which badly missed the suspended John Inglis . |
| 6 | However , the lobby group which successfully opposed the plan , and environmental organisations , are now convinced the registers will be dropped . |
| 7 | I support strongly the development of housing associations in view of my experience with my local authority in Sevenoaks , which successfully sold the whole of its housing stock to West Kent housing association . |
| 8 | In contrast to the few pet names moving through the bynames stage to become established hereditary surnames , there are dozens of diminutives which successfully made the transition , and an example of the surnames coined from but one font-name is sufficient to make the point : from Richard ( Reaney , as above ) come almost thirty styles including Rich , Richie , Hitch , Hitchcock , Higgins , Hicks , Dick , Dickie and Diggen . |
| 9 | Firstly he introduced new cars , including the De Luxe cars , new Pullman cars for the Fleetwood route and the famous toastracks which successfully operated the Circular Tour . |
| 10 | By March things had settled down sufficiently for the DCAC to mount a mass demonstration which successfully traversed the original 5 October route — this time without diversions , but this was the last occasion on which the DCAC was able to organise a peaceful mass demonstration . |
| 11 | Moderator I would simply cite as an example of what I have in mind the conferences organized by the assembly council which successfully resolved the problem of necessary buildings . |
| 12 | One of their descendants has founded the Farmington Institute for Christian Studies which successfully encouraged the Government , when drafting the Education Reform Act of 1988 , to restore Christian studies as an educational subject . |
| 13 | That college was the stronghold of the " child-centred " approach to teaching young children , but the schools in the London area which successfully demonstrated the Froebelian philosophy were few and far between . |
| 14 | From an aesthetic perspective , the booths which successfully overcame the white-carpeted department-store ambience were those which staged one-man shows , or accrochages sharply focused upon a few artists , such as Galerie Jule Kewenig of Cologne with Peter Wutherich 's ‘ Literary Watercolour ’ ( 1992 ) , a beautiful , ovoid configuration of books , with titles and spines facing downwards and inwards , in shades of turquoise , green , blue and violet and Sophia Ungers , of Cologne with eight works by painter Stefan Mattes . |
| 15 | The group , which successfully blocked a plan to extend a golf club over Tunstall Hills , is now aiming to get the local landmark protected . |
| 16 | Essex 's alleged impotence was the central issue facing the royal commission set up in 1613 , which duly ruled the marriage unconsummated and granted a divorce , freeing the countess to marry Carr . |
| 17 | After heated debate and repeated votes , Gorbachev succeeded in pushing through the legislation , which effectively meant the deputies voting themselves out of office . |
| 18 | But other things happened within the music industry which effectively took the heat away from The Smiths in the early months of 1984 . |
| 19 | solicitors ought to be discouraged from giving undertakings which it was not within their capacity to fulfil — particularly those which effectively took the form financial guarantees ; |
| 20 | In the aftermath of the first oil shock , however , there was a greater tendency for OPEC countries to diversify their assets into traditionally strong currencies such as the Deutschmark and Swiss franc , a move which effectively boosted the international value of these currencies . |
| 21 | The Committee under Hope 's tight control produced a Report which effectively left the choice of architect for the new Foreign Office between Scott and Banks and Barry . |
| 22 | The charter , which effectively signalled the postponement of any move to introduce a multiparty system , also confirmed Déby 's own position as President . |
| 23 | Half a dozen men lay behind an overturned banqueting table which effectively divided the room in two . |
| 24 | The third stage included provisions for : ( i ) direct elections to the Flemish and Walloon regional assemblies ; ( ii ) reform of the national parliament and especially the Senate which effectively duplicated the work of the Chamber of Deputies without acting as counterweight to it ; and ( iii ) defining the foreign policy prerogatives of the regions of Brussels , Flanders and Wallonia . |
| 25 | On Oct. 9 the Mozambique legislature approved a number of amendments to the Constitution which effectively incorporated the terms of Protocol Number 3 signed between the government and Renamo on March 12 and covering arrangements for the future electoral system [ see p. 38804 ] . |
| 26 | In the middle of this solemn crisis , Alan burst in : ‘ Have you a book on insect identification ? ’ — which effectively deflated the solemn mood . |
| 27 | Between 1513 and 1516 Parliament consented to four grants of revenue which effectively revolutionized the system of direct taxation in England . |
| 28 | A meeting of heads of state and government of the 16 NATO member countries in London on July 5-6 concluded with a declaration which effectively formalized the end of the Cold War by redefining the organization 's military strategy and political goals . |
| 29 | With the development of closed and visored helms , which effectively hid a man 's face , elaborate crests in the shapes of animals , birds , fantastical creatures and other adornments were employed on helmets to signal identity , and these too became associated with particular families . |
| 30 | Of the great settlement in the European tradition since the Congress of Vienna , only the Congress of Berlin , which effectively finalised the allocation of the world 's population to the jurisdiction of a ‘ modern ’ state , was not the end product of a ruinous war . |