Example sentences of "which was [adj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talk was that those good enough to pass the special high standards required by the regiment , would receive wings and special regalia , which was sure to appeal to the ladies . |
| 2 | The Committee Office at Westminster said that all members of the committee , which was due to return to Britain last night , were taking part in the visit . |
| 3 | Experience of recession in the 1980s has redirected our attention to a longer-term temporal pattern in economic events , which was first applied to nineteenth century international change . |
| 4 | Indeed the basic telegraphic equations were ‘ … in their simplest form … first given by Lord Kelvin in 1855 ’ .6 Another of Kelvin 's achievements was development of the concept of inductance , the practical importance of which was first brought to the attention of engineers by ‘ … the problems experienced in … the Atlantic cables ’ .7 |
| 5 | Israeli officials have maintained that solitary confinement is necessary to prevent Mordechai Vanunu from other inmates and to prevent him from revealing further classified information , including details of his abduction , which was illegal according to international law . |
| 6 | After some discussion the Lord Chancellor directed that the money was to be put into the hands of trustees nominated by the committee , or else paid to the Accountant-General — which was likely to lead to added expense . |