Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [pers pn] [vb past] were " in BNC.

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1 Although he did criticise its guidelines which he said were badly drafted .
2 Although he did criticise its guidelines which he said were badly drafted .
3 As right-wing violence against foreigners continued on an almost daily basis , mainly in the east but with some incidents in the west , the Brandenburg Interior Minister Alwin Ziel called on Sept. 8 for the banning of neo-Nazi organizations which he believed were masterminding the attacks , particularly the Cottbus-based German Alternative ( DA ) .
4 The chapter on Annapurna contains several images which I felt were well below the overall standard .
5 An environmental activist prior to his appointment in 1990 [ see p. 37312 ] , Lutzemberger had been outspoken in his criticism of Brazilian institutions which he believed were contributing to environmental destruction , particularly that of the Amazon rainforest .
6 The staggering fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research should lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place .
7 The fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research could lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place .
8 The last time the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) expressed his concerns , he gave a list of our programmes which he said were to be destroyed and eliminated .
9 Ambulance services were hit in many areas , but the dispute remained centred on London , where management published a list of 999 calls which it said were not being answered .
10 As he compared the ‘ full rich life ’ of the old back-street cultures which he thought were being pitted and undermined by the ‘ canned entertainment and packeted provision ’ of the new pulp culture , Hoggart made no effort to disguise his contempt for this barren cultural wasteland — the pop songs , the crooners and the heart-throbs , the hairstyles and clothing , the espresso bars and milk bars which young people frequented , together with the ‘ sex in shiny packets ’ literature and the cacophony of juke-boxes and ‘ nickelodeons ’ .
11 He had demanded exorbitant fees for his speaking engagements and billed the Socialist Labor Party for theatre tickets and corsages which he claimed were for Eleanor .
12 A woman in her eighties was plagued by hallucinations of loud machinery noises coming from her neighbours ' houses , noises which she believed were deliberately made to disrupt her sleep .
13 He dismissed some of the popular images of the Specials which he said were off the mark .
14 His work represents the brilliant efflorescence of a dying culture : he pushed that culture together by an act of will , giving it a shape and context which sprang out of his own obsessions , and the certainties which he established were rhetorical certainties .
15 He also asked Norman to remove his sandals which he said were hard to draw .
16 He had an impressive set of movements which he said were excellent for dealing with charging horsemen .
17 On the sixth day , with the water supply exhausted and no hope of a patrol arriving , they decided to walk to the nearest British lines which they thought were 200 miles to the east .
18 In many Third World countries national liberation movements which failed to create effective political parties were either taken over by military elites or else the governments which they formed were overthrown by military coups .
19 Described as " red patriots " the group had only eight deputies in the Supreme Soviet , but observers noted that the ideas which it promoted were gathering increasing support in Russia .
20 Most controversially he announced sweeping cuts in commodity subsidies which he said were unavoidable as government subsidies on wheat and petrol had previously amounted to £S1,000 million and £S7,700 million respectively , which simply could not be sustained .
21 Some claimed that the powers which they tapped were either from God or from their own subconscious mind .
22 It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula .
23 Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ?
24 Getting taken to the doctors and getting needles stuck in you erm things like um being fed cod liver oil , things like being hit for doing things which I thought were quite legitimate like pruning my mother 's geraniums and stuff like that .
25 So you know there were erm lots of little things like that erm in the layout of the flats which I thought were n't er well they just were n't practical .
26 The fact that the rights which they exploited were only exercisable overseas was irrelevant in the absence of any financial interest in the subsequent exercise of the rights by the sub-licensee .
27 BOB Phillips of Information Services at Risley sent us some motoring observations which we felt were worth sharing …
28 Demonstrators held Daio responsible for the country 's economic difficulties which they said were a direct result of the structural adjustment programme Daio had agreed with the IMF and World Bank .
29 The difficulties which they met were formidable , and as much political as scientific .
30 In section 1.1 , we looked at a number of general principles which we said were common to the behaviour of all types of institution .
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