Example sentences of "which was [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | relatively detailed specification , which was made possible because of the change from fixed to relative location , and |
| 2 | The move , which was made possible partly because of new estimates of the reserves available in the vast Groningen gas field , was calculated to increase government revenue by up to Fl40,000 million , although this would mainly be after 2000 . |
| 3 | For example , the outlawing of the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons , which was made explicit in the 1925 Protocol , laid the basis for an acceptance by states that the development and possession of such weapons should be outlawed , which was agreed in the 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development , Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological ( Biological ) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction . |
| 4 | That is only reasonable given that , in the new age of investor protection , the aim of a new system would be to improve the quality of information which was made available to shareholders . |
| 5 | It was a privilege which the state guarded jealously and which was made available to business enterprises whose purposes aimed to benefit the public in general as well as enrich the corporators . |
| 6 | The latest report from the Environmental Health Department of Selby District Council which was made available to the Selby District Council Planning Committee last Wednesday clearly criticizes the issue of air quality based on the British Coal proposals as they stand . |
| 7 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 8 | Ferdinando and I being both your servants when we sinned were like unto brother and sister and broke a commandment which was made clear to me on reading the Scriptures . |
| 9 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 10 | While the visit was , of course , an unofficial one , it had a serious purpose which was made clear by the discussions about the problems facing France . |
| 11 | And when they were all assembled , he went out unto them , to a place which was made ready with carpets and with mats , and he made them take their seats before him full honourably , and began to speak unto them , saying , I am a man who have never possessed a kingdom , neither I nor any man of my lineage . |
| 12 | His greatest reward was the gift of a mortuary temple , the only one granted to a non-royal person , which was built near to that of the king and which raised the deceased Amenhotep to divine status , placing him amongst the cults of kings . |
| 13 | The Zombie ( played by a well-known Horror Film Specialist ) had walked for a thousand years in a subterranean cavern which was broken open by an earthquake in Lisbon . |
| 14 | The Irish courts have held that a child which was born deformed in consequence of an injury to its mother , caused by the fault of a railway company on whose line she was travelling , could not recover damages ; but the decision turned on the view that the company , not having means of knowledge of its presence , owed no duty towards it . |
| 15 | And there was one place which was called creepy . |
| 16 | The software , which was developed in-house , is marketed internationally on Hewlett-Packard Co workstations . |
| 17 | This would replace a Novell Inc NetWare-based system which was developed in-house and which is still in operation today . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open . |
| 19 | In the Lancaster we never wore our parachutes , only the harness , which was kept handy nearby ready to clip on in an emergency . |
| 20 | Equity was not an issue which was given serious consideration . |
| 21 | The media law , which was given final approval by the Senate ( upper house of parliament ) on Aug. 5 , regulated advertising time on state and private television and defined the proportions of Italian , European or other films which could be shown . |
| 22 | MPs had been pressing for an enquiry following the publication of a damning report on the state of school discipline by the Professional Association of Teachers in 1987 , which was given prominent coverage in the press . |
| 23 | The dolphin received further protection in 1975 , when the District Magistrate of Sukkur made trapping or killing of dolphins illegal under a Criminal Procedure Code , which was given extensive publicity by drums , through radio and newspapers , and by placing posters in key locations . |
| 24 | Italy was a major donor among European countries and Greece announced that it would make available US$70,000,000 for agricultural development , which was given high priority . |
| 25 | And William began to run from the approaching cart , which was piled high with the bodies of the plague victims , and as he ran the streets became the familiar streets of his childhood and he knew that all the time he was running from the terrible cart he was getting closer and closer to the dark house by the railway embankment with its shuttered windows and its locked door , and that this was more terrible to him than anything in his history books . |
| 26 | Will Her Majesty 's chief inspector report on the case of Kings school , Winchester , which was denied grant-maintained status as a direct result of the local authority using public funds to wage a campaign against it ? |
| 27 | The Republic of Singapore , which was granted internal self-government by the United Kingdom in 1959 , was declared an independent , sovereign state in 1965 when it separated from Malaysia . |
| 28 | Sebe , the " President-for-life " of the Ciskei homeland which was granted nominal independence by South Africa in 1981 , was absent from the country at the time . |
| 29 | Intensely fond of music , he invented high-quality components to incorporate in his invention of stereophony , which was granted British Patent 394325 in 1931 . |
| 30 | As my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) said this afternoon , any passenger who encourages and any driver who recklessly drives causing injury or damage is guilty of reckless driving , which was renamed dangerous driving in the Road Traffic Act 1991 and is liable to two years imprisonment . |