Example sentences of "[noun sg] group which [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the 13 legalized opposition groups which had participated at the conference were allowed to put up candidates . |
| 2 | There are some underground opposition groups which have used imaginative tactics to capture the world 's attention , calling on celebrities like Bob Geldof to endorse their struggle . |
| 3 | A large and increasing proportion of afforestation is being undertaken by the private sector , which includes both large landed estates with long traditions of involvement in forestry and also forestry investment groups which have become active in recent years . |
| 4 | But the Banbury environmental research group which has given evidence to the select committee on energy over Harwell says the reasons for the shut-down are more complicated . |
| 5 | This has led to me setting up a very enthusiastic and committed core group which has given itself five years to complete the assessment and documentation needs to cover the Region . |
| 6 | When I won an essay competition in 1957 on " Why I was proud to be a citizen of Leeds " , organised by the Variety Club of Great Britain and the local evening paper , the big event in my London visit was not Buckingham Palace , nor having Norman Wisdom put his arm round me , but gazing at a skiffle group which had played in the 21's coffee bar with Tommy Steele . |
| 7 | Three days previously Lemos had publicly declared that the UP was the political arm of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces ( FARC ) left-wing guerrilla group which had killed 17 soldiers on March 5 in a campaign to disrupt congressional and local elections [ see below ] . |
| 8 | Subsequent speculation linked the attacks to the Comisión Néstor Paz Zamora ( CNPZ ) , named after the late brother of President Jaime Paz Zamora , who had been a militant in the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) , a left-wing guerrilla group which had launched an unsuccessful guerrilla movement in 1970 . |
| 9 | The TSB Foundation is one of four independent charitable bodies established in the banking group which have distributed over £12m to 4,000 UK charities . |
| 10 | In November 1989 it was announced that the Falkland Islands Company ( now owned by Anglo United , a UK-based mining and fuel distribution group which had taken over Coalite , the Falkland Islands Company 's existing owner , in August 1989 ) would be appointing a chief executive who would be based for the first time on the islands themselves . |
| 11 | None had previously served as Home Office Ministers , although Lord Thorneycroft had chaired the policy group which had produced Crime Knows No Boundaries in 1966 . |
| 12 | The Northamptonshire relief group which has brought them here know that they have a reposibility to care for people likely to suffer seriously psycholical problems of witnessing the war . |
| 13 | These in turn were similar in political structure and function to pre-war pressure groups which had reflected popular anxiety against German competition . |
| 14 | The crowds who gathered round the palace were respectable citizens cheering a king who had already conceded to the army and to provincial garrisons : they were not an organized pressure group which had forced the crown to become liberal by accepting the constitution of 1812 , appointing a liberal municipality , and a Junta to supervise the establishment of the constitution . |
| 15 | ‘ I can not act under pressure of one group of citizens , ’ Mr Adamec said in a televised address , referring to the Civic Forum group which has led resistance to the Communist-dominated government he announced five days ago . |