Example sentences of "which [verb] [vb pp] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all a spoof , but taken for real by many viewers , particularly when cameramen collapsed and scratches mysteriously appeared on a girl 's face which became covered in blood and distorted . |
| 2 | The Dimbleby newspapers had been printed by an associated company , Dimbleby Printers Ltd , which became engaged in a closed shop dispute with the National Graphical Association . |
| 3 | The IHT deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267 do not apply to determine the settlor 's domicile for the purposes of this provision ( nor do they apply in respect of moving trust property abroad ) in relation to property which became comprised in the settlement before 10 December 1974 . |
| 4 | His work with children was an adaptation of Laban 's principles of movement which became known in this country during the war . |
| 5 | Fishing boat nets torpedo A 1,000lb wartime aerial torpedo which became entangled in a fishing boat 's nets was blown up by bomb disposal experts last night . |
| 6 | Darley Anderson has sold television rights to Martina Cole 's bestselling Dangerous Lady ( which Headline bought in a two-book deal for £150,000 ) . |
| 7 | By the Great Semantic Shift which has operated in English politics over the past 30 years or so , opinions on this and many other matters which were once held by the majority and described as ‘ moderate ’ , ‘ of the centre ’ or merely ‘ patriotic ’ have gradually come to be described first as ‘ right-wing ’ , then as ‘ extreme right-wing ’ , then as ‘ lunatic fringe ’ and finally as ‘ fascist ’ . |
| 8 | Attention has also focused on British merger policy which has operated in a self-regulatory framework , rather than a statutory one . |
| 9 | A look at this shy and distinctive creature which has lived in Britain for thousands of years and featured in many favourite stories but is rarely seen in its natural habitat . |
| 10 | One event which has lived in my memory , and which I would not have liked to repeat , was of cycling home one evening ( I lived near Altrincham ) — and I was in the middle of Barton Bridge when I heard a German bomber overhead — I have never pedalled so quickly since , realising that I was in the middle of a prime target . |
| 11 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 12 | In the last decade or so the area has become fairly well known as the centre of production of red wine which has risen in the hierarchy of wines of Languedoc : it should achieve further fame for its ponts naturels . |
| 13 | That is bound to affect employment , as shown by the number of business failures , which has risen in the past 12 months by 14,000 , and the number of mortgage repossessions , which has topped the 100,000 mark . |
| 14 | The introduction of the card was part of the evolutionary process which has begun in 1850 when Wells and Fargo merged to form a company which transported valuables across America by Express delivery — thus American Express . |
| 15 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 16 | I add my voice to the condemnation of the activity of the Provisional IRA which has pertained in Northern Ireland for more than 20 years and which in this case was clearly sectarian as it killed seven Protestant workers . |
| 17 | The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is , and is ‘ knowing thyself ’ as a product of the historical process to date which has deposited in you an infinity of traces , without leaving an inventory . |
| 18 | Sexual maturity is reached in the female at the time of first menstruation — the discharge via the vagina of the unfertilised egg and of a lining which has grown in the uterus during the egg 's development . |
| 19 | This is a movement which has grown in the only way that alliances can , from the bottom up ; it is not merely a discussion group , but a real movement engaged in real debate . |
| 20 | ‘ A company which has grown in the past two or three years may have been unable to move to larger premises , partly because it has been unable to pass on its present lease . |
| 21 | They have Alan Watt and Shade Munro in the engine room , but will have to be alert against a Currie outfit which has grown in style and stature throughout the season . |
| 22 | The shares closed at 56p — much higher than most analysts had been predicting given the £185m hole which has appeared in Ferranti 's accounts as a result of the International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 23 | In a recent editorial , the Communist daily Trybuna Ludu alluded to this problem , when it warned that ‘ many comrades do n't see the danger which has appeared in recent months ’ . |
| 24 | Bergman 's ( 1979 ) comments on Sweden indicate that it is also a belief which has appeared in other countries . |
| 25 | One suggestion which has appeared in print was that the clone should bear the name of one of the Directors which Sir Nigel Gresley ordered for the North British Railway . |
| 26 | Q : Are we going to be able to regain the business which has declined in the Japanese market ? |
| 27 | The venture , originally styled Information Workbench and based in Mountain View , California , is being funded by Sippl , who provided the seed capital , and venture capitalist Mohr Davidow Ventures , which has kicked in $1.5m . |
| 28 | The poor physical conditions under which many teachers have to work may be difficult enough , but their problems are compounded by the gulf which has developed in many schools between teachers and pupils , and the low regard in which teachers are held . |
| 29 | Eddie Alcock , who has represented the Castle Hill , Ipswich , division at County Hall for eight years , said : ‘ It is to do with a difficult situation which has developed in a company which I am associated with . ’ |
| 30 | The significance of this event was not so much that it was government interfering in artistic freedom , as liberal would-be martyrs would have it , but that it showed how frightened the President was of the populist , anti-intellectual feeling which has developed in the US over the last few years . |