Example sentences of "of which [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a report in the International Herald Tribune of Aug. 1 , it was likely that Iraq 's " maximum demands " at Jeddah had included up to US$10,000 million in aid ; $2,400 million in compensation for " stolen " oil ; the cancellation of $10,000 million in debts ; the renunciation of Kuwaiti claims to the southern section of the Rumalla oil field ; and a long-term lease on the islands of Bubiyan and Warba , both of which lay off Iraq 's short Gulf coast . |
| 2 | Basse-Navarre , or Lower Navarre , was originally the French end of the kingdom of Navarre , the larger part of which lay on the far side of the Pyrenees , in Spain . |
| 3 | A little to the east of Ardnave Loch a round house was excavated , the wall of which lay against the edge of a foundation cut in the dune , was skilfully constructed of upright slabs interspersed with thin dry stone panels of water worn pebbles . |
| 4 | Such a man was Sir John Sargent of Datchet , Bucks. , who had no less than £50 a year and 100 marks in moveables quite possibly he was a fellow of Eton College or a canon of St George 's Chapel , Windsor , both of which lay within walking distance . |
| 5 | I travelled the West Somerset from end to end on East Saturday and I attended the ARPS dinner on the Great Central Railway the following weekend , but these events were jollies — the value of which lay in the opportunity of meeting one 's colleagues from other preserved railways and talking with the staff and volunteers of those that we visited . |
| 6 | The provision was designed to assist the government in assuaging widespread land-hunger by resettling some 110,000 peasant farmers on about 5,000,000 hectares of white-owned land , the bulk of which lay in the fertile maize and tobacco belt in the north-east of the country . |
| 7 | The developing plastics industry encouraged new avenues of experimentation , three of which resulted in unbreakable records which all appeared in the year 1930 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school . |
| 11 | Before the end of 1891 there had been strikes against free labour at Aberdeen , Plymouth , Liverpool , Shields , Newcastle , Leith , Hull , Glasgow , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough and Swansea , all of which resulted in a weakening of the union . |
| 12 | The pair , who work in the Process Studies department at Harwell , made a lot of contacts — a few of which resulted in more work for AEA — when researching the manual . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The protests were accompanied by at least eight cases of self-immolation , several of which resulted in deaths and were themselves the focus of further protests . |
| 15 | THE RSPCA has been criticised for bringing two ‘ home alone ’ court cases , only one of which resulted in a successful prosecution . |
| 16 | In Medieval times all the city 's most important public buildings were here , standing in a closed square linked with the rest of the city and reached only through one of six gates or vaults , each of which corresponded to a gate in the old city wall . |
| 17 | Ambulatory electroencephalographic monitoring over 48 hours showed two similar attacks lasting about 40 seconds , each of which corresponded to episodes of panic . |
| 18 | One was a £230,000 ‘ compensation for loss of office ’ , the bulk of which went to the former chief executive , Emmanuel Olympitis , who suddenly departed last month . |
| 19 | A further 68 members had postal votes , the vast majority of which went to Mr Field , who supports one person , one vote in reselection and has described the involvement of unions as corrupt . |
| 20 | A well-loved picture dominates the bar , held in almost religious awe : a photograph of the SS Politician , the vessel which ran aground off Eriskay during the Second World War , cargoed with 20,000 cases of whisky ; not all of which went to the bottom when the boat eventually sank . |
| 21 | Between 1974 and 1979 , for example , the Department of Industry allocated about £250 million in regional assistance to Merseyside — almost all of which went to green-field locations ( Nabarro , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | The licence fee was £71 , all of which went to the BBC . |
| 23 | As a result the Company lost its monopoly ; after 1697 all English merchants could trade with West Africa , though they were supposed to pay a tax of 10 per cent of the value of goods exported from England , the proceeds of which went to the Royal Africa Company to enable it to keep up its forts on the West African coast . |
| 24 | Nottingham 's own historian , Dr Chambers , reckons that altogether the slum property of the town produced an annual return of forty thousand pounds , some of which went to building-clubs financed by small artisans . |
| 25 | In 1958 and 1959 Uruguay sold 16 per cent of its wool exports to Communist countries , the bulk of which went to the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | Ian Johnson presented the ‘ Coin of the Month ’ , ‘ Artefact of the Month ’ and ‘ Detectorist of the Year ’ trophies all of which went to Colin Pearson . |
| 27 | The childless Gerard Van Neck died 17 August 1750 leaving an estate estimated at £240,000 , almost three-fifths of which went to his brother Joshua . |
| 28 | Lord Greene M.R. 's distinction between purpose and relevancy both of which went to the scope of the discretionary power , and his substantive sense of unreasonableness , are said to be less clear and useful expressions of the same idea . |
| 29 | Wilson ( Alliance ) was elected with a surplus at Stage IX after the transfer of Agnew 's ( UPNI ) votes nearly half of which went to him . |
| 30 | 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 . |