Example sentences of "which was [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " 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 | British Rail tell us that the Banbury to Paddington train , which was due to arrive at Oxford at three minutes past seven , has been cancelled this evening , but I 've nothing disadvantageous to report to you from the buses . |
| 3 | Erm yeah Ken had one and he 's managed to erm secure early release from erm the lease which was due to finish in July . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Some Palestinians , however , leapt to the conclusion that the crash was staged in order to boost sympathy for the PLO leader ahead of a crucial meeting of the 90-member PLO central council which was due to open in Tunis today . |
| 6 | The lawyers , working away in their legal centre in Kirkwall , continued to prepare their case for the Proof Hearing , which was due to open in Kirkwall on 3 April . |
| 7 | They were measured again at the start of the experiment and every two weeks during the " active " phase which was due to last for eight weeks . |
| 8 | Technically , unless accepted by the Speaker , a resignation from the Assembly became operative only if approved by the Assembly as a whole , which was due to remain in recess until September . |
| 9 | Under Vietnam 's current five-year plan , which was due to end in 1990 , the Soviet Union was to provide aid amounting to $14,500 million , while Vietnam 's debt to the Soviet Union was approximately $15,000 million . |
| 10 | On world trade negotiations , the leaders committed themselves to " making a full contribution to a positive outcome " of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) which was due to end in December [ see p. 37228 ] . |
| 11 | The new law , which was due to enter into force on July 1 , made premeditated money laundering a crime punishable by fines of up to 1,000,000 Swiss francs ( US$1,500,000 ) and by prison terms of up to five years . |
| 12 | The Philippines and United States governments ended inconclusively on May 3 their seventh round of negotiations to renew the agreement on US military bases in the Philippines which was due to expire on Sept. 16 , 1991 . |
| 13 | Both Mitterrand and Hurd also discussed the mandate for the airborne multinational forces ( UK , US and French ) based in southern Turkey , which was due to expire on June 28 [ see p. 38690 ] . |
| 14 | A statement issued by that party on Jan. 20 described the scheme as impractical and a futile attempt to form yet another selected shura ( an Islamic consultative council ) in order to prolong the tenure of the interim government which was due to expire in February . |
| 15 | The talks were scheduled to resume in early January 1991 , the Philippine government having previously set Jan. 31 as the deadline for concluding a new accord to replace the current Military Bases Agreement which was due to expire in September 1991 . |
| 16 | The new version of the directive , which had received the assent of the European Parliament ( EP ) on Nov. 22 , and which was due to come into force in January 1993 , allowed providers of financial services the right , in principle , to trade anywhere in the EC provided that they met minimum standards ( the so-called " single passport " concept ) . |
| 17 | * The Prague authorities have revoked a regulation which was due to come into force during October , requiring all cars entering the city 's historic centre to be fitted with a catalytic converter . |
| 18 | Worst of all , perhaps , on a day of perfect weather conditions , the recording equipment suffered an inexplicable fault which was impossible to rectify on location so that the whole trip was wasted . |
| 19 | In the summer of ‘ 86 there was something called the Harmonic Convergence , which was supposed to usher in the Age of Aquarius — people who were going on about it back in the 60s jumped the gun by about 20 years . |
| 20 | And in particular , science which was supposed to rely upon careful generalizing , with repeated experiments and observations , could not handle unique events . |
| 21 | Inside , it was so hot and humid , and the smoke , which was supposed to vanish towards the great baronial chimney , hung in the air instead and stung your eyes . |
| 22 | It supplied him with nothing less than the key to a fresh overall grasp of theology which was able to cope with the most serious challenges proffered in the previous century . |
| 23 | In 1956 , George Gerbner constructed a model which was able to cope with complex processes and with the production of messages and with the perception of messages and events . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | On the radio link Richie reported that he had scored a net 69 , which was likely to stand as the best score of the day . |
| 26 | ( N.C. , 1979 ) where it was said that persons charged with serious disciplinary offences had a right to call any evidence which was likely to assist in establishing vital facts in issue , that the chairman had a discretion to refuse to call witnesses to prevent the accused calling so many witnesses as to make the system unworkable but that fairness demanded that there be a right to cross-examine witnesses . |
| 27 | Irina 's brother was a member of the Navy Board , and he must have taken pleasure in sowing any seed which was likely to grow into a further barrier between father and son . |
| 28 | Evidence was reinterpreted that might seem to count against them : for example , the Earth 's long geological history , which seemed impossible if it were just a cooling sphere ; or the Sun 's apparently endless emission of energy , which was hard to explain in terms of its being made of coal , or fuelled by meteors , or contracting and giving out gravitational energy as heat and light . |
| 29 | Public-sector land owners were often under an obligation to obtain the best price possible , which was unlikely to happen in times of such severely-restrained demand and when an urban-land market hardly existed at all . |
| 30 | North Korea had also signed long-delayed nuclear inspection accords with the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) at the end of January , but had stated that these would not become effective until ratified by the Supreme People 's Assembly — the country 's legislature — which was unlikely to occur before April . |