Example sentences of "and [noun] which had [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeated doses of bad news from the front generated mounting criticism of government incompetence ; ministerial confidence was visibly shaken ; and discontent which had been smouldering for years burst into flame . |
| 2 | A whole series of practices and expedients which had been widely used as an organised diplomatic system began to take shape fell into disuse as it became better established . |
| 3 | They had built up the industry on cheap labour , and their only answer to the challenge of foreign competition was to attempt to cut back the limited improvements in wages and hours which had been secured during and immediately after the war . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the king had restored to government and policy-making an element of continuity and decision which had been lacking for many years . |
| 5 | DWEC was really two companies under one name the Darlington Waggon Co which from 1867–79 had been called Harker and Pickering , and Messrs Wilson Bros and Co which had been established in 1872 . |
| 6 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 7 | Observers noted an absence of the intimidation and violence which had been a feature of previous elections , all of which had been closely fought . |
| 8 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 9 | In important respects , however , his longing was a self-deception , a poetically fruitful means of expressing that sense of loneliness and isolation which had been as much a part of him in Ottery as in London . |
| 10 | There was a wide range of dolls , cars , and gadgets which had been donated to the private collection over many years . |
| 11 | It is possible that the earlier epidemics absorbed the existing population surplus and that the later outbreaks upset the balance between land and labour which had been re-established after 1350 . |
| 12 | When Anselm was shown this letter by the king 's messenger , he quietly suppressed the papal letters to the king and queen which had been entrusted to him . |
| 13 | The effect of the war was , as in many other industries , to force government , employers and unions in shipping to face and to solve as best they could , many problems of relationships and jurisdictions which had been simmering , and from time to time erupting , for many years . |
| 14 | Now he had to face cares and obligations which had been unknown to him before ; and the beginning of his cares lay in the stern discipline of the study of books . |
| 15 | From London to Glasgow , from Cardiff to Newcastle , historic buildings have been restored and areas which had been run down have been transformed . |
| 16 | For the first time the survey , which covered 1,160,000 sq km ( i.e. two-thirds of the entire forest area in Europe ) included data on forest damage in the western part of the Soviet Union ( i.e. Byelorussia , the Kaliningrad region and Ukraine ) in addition to Estonia and Lithuania which had been included in earlier years . |
| 17 | Many commentators interpreted Aquino 's action as an attempt to revive her reputation as a populist and to distance herself from the charges of nepotism , corruption and incompetence which had been increasingly directed against her government by critics from both the right and the left . |
| 18 | Commenting that President Bush wanted to demonstrate " US concern for the situation in the Baltic states " , White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that the administration would give US$5,000,000 towards the cost of transporting medical supplies and equipment which had been donated by private companies . |
| 19 | Mrs Belgrove , a 32-year-old agricultural graduate , started by hacking down trees and giant weeds , under which were plants such as sedum and aquilegia which had been hidden since before the First World War . |
| 20 | They were : broadcasting policy ; safety at sports grounds ; the issues of press freedom and privacy which had been considered by a committee under the chairmanship of ( Sir ) David Calcutt QC in 1989–90 , leading to a further review of the effectiveness of newspaper self-regulation ; and the proposed National Lottery . |
| 21 | Behind such analyses lay Richard Hoggart 's extensive and sensitive work in The Uses of Literacy , published in 1957 and documenting the assumptions , attitudes , and morals of working-class people in Northern England , together with the influence upon them of the magazines , books , and films which had been produced for a mass market . |
| 22 | The wider operations were the responsibility of Task Force Atlantic , which included naval forces and troops which had been sent to reinforce Southern Command earlier in the year . |
| 23 | I soon found out that if I swigged a mouthful or two of the laxative cascara sagrada from the medicine cupboard , I could get rid of the obnoxious feeling of weight and fullness which had been forced on me . |
| 24 | The regular freighter from Denmark had docked and along the quayside barges were moored , filled with coconuts and spices which had been transshipped from the large Oriental freighters at the Royal group of docks downriver . |
| 25 | Privatization was introduced in three stages : ( i ) the removal of obstacles to private enterprise including the returning to private owners of an estimated 70,000 shops and businesses which had been confiscated between 1955 and 1962 ; ( ii ) the auction of over 100,000 state-owned shops , restaurants and workshops beginning on Jan. 26 , 1991 [ see p. 37974 ] ; ( iii ) legislation with effect from April 1 allowing shares in state enterprises to be sold to local and foreign investors [ see p. 38018 ] . |
| 26 | Following the thread of light upwards into the darkness , Bernice found that the curves and kinks which had been so obvious from the surface of Belial had straightened out a little more . |
| 27 | After talks in Moscow on Nov. 7 the Greek and Russian Foreign Ministers , Michalis Papaconstantinou and Andrei Kozyrev respectively , initialled a bilateral agreement on friendship and co-operation which had been signed between Greece and the former Soviet Union but had not been ratified by Russia . |
| 28 | ‘ Apart from a few pieces of glass and steel which had been gifts from my family and had sentimental value , I let her run riot among my other acquisitions . |
| 29 | The towpath , covered with a build-up of earth and grass which had been accumulating since commercial traffic on the canal ceased in the 1930's , was cleared to a width of one metre for a distance of about half a mile . |
| 30 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |