Example sentences of "one [prep] which [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The Home Office has funded various research projects , one of which looked at the effect of murder on the victims ’ families ; this has enabled local schemes to help victims of the most serious crime . |
2 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
3 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
4 | In the early part of 1990 there was a run of particularly low tides , one of which resulted in a boatyard in Sant'Elena , on the north-eastern edge of Venice , burning to a cinder because the fire boats had to take a roundabout route . |
5 | However , I know of repeated pleas for action and the despair of so many small firms , one of which resulted in yet another suicide of someone whom I knew , resulting from business failure . |
6 | THE RSPCA has been criticised for bringing two ‘ home alone ’ court cases , only one of which resulted in a successful prosecution . |
7 | ‘ The fruits of the park have been guarded latterly , not by a dragon , but by fierce bulls , one of which drove from his labours a celebrated artist , who , with difficulty , escaped over the wall into the lower park . ’ |
8 | Craig Luxton , a New Zealand-born scrum-half on the England periphery , rubbed salt into the self-inflicted wounds with a series of tap-penalties and darting thrusts , one of which led to a 90-metre break-out and a second try for Gavin Thompson — one of the game 's few high points . |
9 | As with many clubs , there were disagreements , one of which led to one of the members being dismissed . |
10 | Ripon opened up a 15–0 gap by the interval and scored tries through former British Lion Peter Squires and left winger Dave Watson ( 2 ) , one of which came from a breakaway . |
11 | Ripon opened up a 15–0 gap by the interval and scored tries through former British Lion Peter Squires and left winger Dave Watson ( 2 ) , one of which came from a breakaway . |
12 | In an extensive reshuffle of the Supreme Military Council ( now composed principally of civilians ) on Oct. 14 , 1989 , President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo created three Ministries of State at the Presidency , one of which went to a newcomer to the Council , Alejandro Evuna Asangono . |
13 | There were other important inhibiting factors , one of which related to sources of government finance . |
14 | Then a couple of Jumping Jack fireworks came over the top , one of which fell into my underpants . |
15 | The Survey was conducted on seven selected days between 16 August and 9 September 1981 , all but one of which fell within the period of the Edinburgh International Festival . |
16 | In late August , after the terns had fledged , he went over one evening to do some work on the island , and on the way back in the dusk he disturbed a party of terns which were roosting on the beach , one of which flew into the tractor and was killed . |
17 | There are other images , too : he mentions the " ailanthus " , one of which stood in the yard of the Mary Institute where he had once played , and the " briar rose " by his father 's house in Gloucester ; in addition , he employs words like " rote " or " groaner " which he had heard as a child in New England . |
18 | Half-way down these walls , one of which backed onto the bathroom , slightly below waist-height there was a wide slate slab on which the pig used to be salted to preserve it through the winter . |
19 | The Mir space station had several problems during 1990 , one of which necessitated in July a dangerous space walk to repair thermal insulation . |
20 | Karl , his head turned steadily to his right , peered intently at the run-down flats and battered buildings and factories lining small side-streets , each and every one of which ended in that apparently insignificant , almost unobtrusive wall of grey concrete blocks . |