Example sentences of "and [noun pl] which [vb past] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was a wide range of dolls , cars , and gadgets which had been donated to the private collection over many years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | From London to Glasgow , from Cardiff to Newcastle , historic buildings have been restored and areas which had been run down have been transformed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The material included flammable and toxic paint residues and solvents which had been stored at a site in Essex not licensed to deal with hazardous waste . |
| 13 | The barons complained that Henry III had arbitrarily re-afforested woods and lands which had been put out of the forest by the perambulations of 1225 ; that he claimed the wardship of heirs to assarts made within the forest , to the detriment of the overlords in whose lands such assarts had been made ; and that he made frequent grants of the right of free warren in disafforested areas , thereby restricting the free rights of hunting which ought to have been enjoyed by landowners in such districts . |
| 14 | They were drawn from that army of white-collar workers , managers , administrators , lawyers , technicians , and clerks which had been called into existence by Britain 's commercial and financial pre-eminence . |
| 15 | These were made worse by the tales and rumours which had been spread by evacuees about the devastation in north German cities , especially following the destruction of Hamburg . |