Example sentences of "which [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been argued by Johnston ( 1962 ) that in Sweden , however , it was not so much the benefits of having uniform wage levels which were the major attraction of association , rather , it was the negative purpose of employers being able to present a united front to prevent the unions from ‘ whipsawing ’ individual firms ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 2 | Italy accepted that there would be economic disadvantages , though in the negotiations it successfully managed to gain some important concessions for its own steel industry : but the economic worries took a clear secondary position to the political factors which were the major motives for Italy 's participation . |
| 3 | Jewels worn in remembrance of dear ones lost , or exchanged between lovers as tokens , were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , although the ubiquitous lockets containing tresses of hair were perhaps the least subtle of these keepsakes. fit a time when the language of such things was far better understood than it is today , hearts and flowers , birds and beasts and a multitude of other symbols were incorporated into jewellery design to signify romantic love , to represent those sentiments and virtues which were the major preoccupation of the day . |
| 4 | Low income was not , however , represented in the house sale prices , which were the highest in Pittsburgh ( Table 4.1 ) . |
| 5 | The room smelt of scents — orange water or eau de cologne , beneath which were the sharper smells of hair powder and sweat . |
| 6 | The owning Regions had their priorities to maintain to reasonable standards the stations on main lines and which were the calling points for InterCity trains . |
| 7 | For these two were emotionally fixated on that monster , bonded to it by sentiments which were the cruellest parody of love and of family attachment . |
| 8 | I have not yet been given any reason for our lack of success on this occasion , and I do not yet know which were the successful applicants . |
| 9 | In his view the peasantry ( and indeed society as a whole ) was caught in a conceptual bind ; for although Protestantism provided the rudiments of a revolutionary ideology , it also distracted attention from the economic and political conditions which were the real source of their plight . |
| 10 | In fact melody and bass together defined harmonies which were the real basis of variation . |
| 11 | In these swims , on either the Thames or the Trent ( which were the only barbel rivers in the country at that time ) the barbel used to gather in huge shoals which the lucky angler decimated , usually with a trotted lobworm from a boat moored across the river . |
| 12 | This wild area is quite shaded by some old apple trees which were the only trees in the garden when they moved in . |
| 13 | Pages were put together by gathering the material up and roughing it into a layout based round the principal hooks — the headlines and pictures which were the only things that really mattered . |
| 14 | Patriotism had been distorted by lying propaganda and the massacre of European civilization resulted from the dominance of corrupt political and industrial interests , which were the only ones to benefit from the war . |
| 15 | Even until after the Second World War , the cities of Dalmatia could more easily maintain contact with each other by sea than along the tortuous roads and tracks which were the only means of land transport . |
| 16 | Instead of the ambitions of the grammar school , the curriculum was confined to the " plain accomplishments " which were the only ones needed by the " generality of the people " . |
| 17 | Distrust of the motives of the National government prevented the Labour Party and the Left from supporting measures such as rearmament and conscription which were the logical outcome of the failure of " appeasement . |
| 18 | But women always seemed to be in the majority and the proprietor and his wife , both of whom spoke excellent English and German , could be seen at every hour of the day advising parties of determined-looking women in sensible shoes how to get to St Peter 's or the Piazza Venezia or the English church , or which were the best shops to buy presents and souvenirs to take home . |
| 19 | Just before the bridge there was an opening into the gravel pits , not the opening where the lorries went , but the main gate inside which were the central offices , a bleak collection of army-like huts with corrugated iron roofs . |
| 20 | The aim of the United Peace Alliance was deliberately broad , ignoring most of the social and economic demands which were the central feature of all previous " Unity " campaigns . |
| 21 | ‘ The 1992 figures are the highest since the survey began in 1989 , and are in marked contrast to 1991 's figures , which were the lowest ’ , says Bryan Smithm of ICI engineering , and chairman of the CBI 's research and innovation committee . |
| 22 | At that point , the mother came in carrying a large tray on which were the four suppers . |
| 23 | Nimble , quick-witted , playful , pugnacious , slimline , devious , wild at heart , Flanagan 's hares were much more in tune with the dashing entrepreneurial spirit of the Eighties than Henry Moore 's corpulent corporate monoliths , which were the accepted sculptural logos of the Fifties and Sixties . |
| 24 | There were no differences in the concentrations of progastrin derived peptides measured by the various antibodies in tumours taken from rectum compated with sigmoid colon ( which were the two largest subgroups ) . |
| 25 | The reagin tests , which were the first tests to become widely available , are still in common use . |
| 26 | Right from the beginning , he fought the signs of ill health which were the first scribblings on the wall . |
| 27 | A new literacy and cheap newsprint spawned the monster newspapers which were the first cultural artifact of mass society . |
| 28 | During most of the fourteen years that he was running his restaurant he found it necessary to supplement his earnings by articles , books — heaven knows how he found the time to write them — cookery classes , lectures and the television demonstrations which were the first of their kind . |
| 29 | The strangeness lay in the mens ' uniforms which were the standard French infantry uniforms . |
| 30 | Er now we , the pensioners , had no choice , we were picked up and put into the new scheme having paid our contributions appropriately to the old scheme rules which were the higher contributions , but only to pick up the new scheme rules that were against our interest . |