Example sentences of "[noun] which [was/were] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All too often sensible Tories at conference had to endure the views of unsound parsons and leftish Mayors , an aberration which was soon to be submerged beneath a torrent of party oratory , obsequious loyalty and special pleading . |
| 2 | When the tsar died at the beginning of 1725 there were twelve Russian diplomatic missions at work in different European capitals , a figure which was not to be significantly exceeded for the rest of the eighteenth century . |
| 3 | The 1970 Act required the EPA to prescribe NAAQSs which were not to be exceeded in any region more than one day per year , or during more than a limited period within that day ( table 8.1 ) . |
| 4 | Codes and cyphers still gave some protection against this , and in one or two cases at least cryptography was carried in the seventeenth century to a level which was not to be surpassed for generations to come . |
| 5 | My exposure to the energy and subtle abilities of my Subud brothers in Java had so ignited my optimism and sense of wonder concerning our hidden natures that I had wangled my way into Lancaster University 's Department of Comparative Religion to write a doctorate on transformational consciousness , in a field which was later to be referred to as psycho-anthropology . |
| 6 | He was forcing her to be careful of what she said ; setting up areas which were not to be talked about . |
| 7 | It was the Controller of the Household who later established that no one in authority who was within a reasonable distance of the incident could have realised that the members of the first team of bearers , most of them worthy if nervous burghers of Kinsai , had doctored strung-up nerves with wine and k'miss to such an extent that they were no longer capable of reacting with either fortitude or common sense to the kind of diversions which were now to be expected as part of the rejoicing . |
| 8 | The home of the Arts Lab which was later to be re-named ‘ Growth ’ |
| 9 | The Church certainly had doubts about the crossbow , with its deadly bolt or quarrel , a reaction which was about to be extended among certain circles to the use of cannon in its early days . |
| 10 | In Malone , the Court was asked to recognize a limited common-law right to privacy whereas in Kennedy the Court was asked to take the much bolder step and apply in this sensitive area an implied constitutional right to privacy which was not to be found in the Constitution . |
| 11 | For the District it was a period of the funded-tutor enterprise which was later to be challenged through the gradual development of a new regional policy by the Cambridge University Extra-Mural Board . |
| 12 | DRDOS seems to have drivers only for 286 and upwards machines but I eventually got EMM.SYS which was also to be found locked away in my ROM and got the machine to recognise the expanded memory . |
| 13 | The restrictions governing such use which were shortly to be articulated by Gierek , Gomulka 's successor , provide the charter and justification for the military 's conduct in 1981 : |
| 14 | Well the age group was always just school age which was up to fourteen . |
| 15 | Holden and Holford 's City of London Plan put the seal on the principles of precinct planning and the canalization of traffic , crucial aspects of redevelopment which were soon to be seen in Coventry , Plymouth and elsewhere . |
| 16 | The Mirror revealed the appalling contradiction of so-called ‘ slimmers ' ’ meals which were up to 44 per cent fat . |
| 17 | Suger devoted many years to rebuilding the great abbey church ( in i style which was later to be hailed as the prototype of Gothic architecture ) to make it a fit royal mausoleum , as well as a place of worship in which mere men could obtain a brief insight into the grandeur that surrounded the king of kings in heaven . |
| 18 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 19 | The King held it good to accomplish her desire ; and forthwith ordered letters to be drawn up to Rodrigo of Bivar , wherein he enjoined and commanded him that he should come incontinently to Valencia , for he had much to communicate to him , upon an affair which was greatly to God 's service , and his own welfare and great honour . |
| 20 | The generator outputs were fed through a good quality ammeter and into a 40 amp/hr 12V lead/acid battery which was half to three-quarters charged . |
| 21 | By 1721 Russia had twenty-one permanent diplomatic missions in foreign countries ( including one in Pekin and another in Bokhara ) a number which was not to be exceeded during the remainder of the century . |
| 22 | He complained at length about a Gallic bishop called Aldebert , who held services at springs and groves instead of in properly consecrated churches , spurned the established saints ' cults by distributing his own finger-nails as saintly relics , and invoked the names of archangels which were not to be found in the Bible . |
| 23 | For the literate group of women who might be expected to read magazines , this was in fact a transitional period : freed to a greater extent than ever before from the shadow of death , this was not yet the time of the educated lay interest in infant psychology which was soon to be aroused by Montessori , Froebel , Susan Isaacs and the Freudians generally ; nor had the hygienist movement yet got under way . |
| 24 | On 2 September 1912 Gil Blas announced that Marcel Duchamp was planning to send to the forthcoming Salon d'Automne a painting which was also to be called La Section d'Or . |
| 25 | It was , however , by now well south of the airport and , after acknowledging an air traffic control instruction to report back at the BN beacon ready for another approach , the Vanguard tracked toward the BS , another beacon which was immediately to the south of the landing runway , 16 . |
| 26 | Rain perched on a folded piece of carpet which was presumably to be her seat . |
| 27 | Here we saw our first knife-fight which was clearly to the death — and Abu hustled us away from the milling throng which surrounded the two furious young combatants who rolled around like snakes in the dust attempting to stab each other with their " badiks " , the seaman 's dagger which few of the locals went without . |
| 28 | Charles VI , now only occasionally lucid , was to remain king until his death , but in the meantime Henry would act as regent ( in effect , in control of the government ) succeeding to the crown when Charles died , a fact which was soon to be interpreted to imply English recognition of the legitimacy of Charles VI 's rule as king of France . |