Example sentences of "[Wh det] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His chief officers formed a board which had a very considerable measure of authority to determine its own ways ( witness , for example , the Western Region 's adventure with diesel-hydraulic locomotives when the remainder of British Railways was following the diesel-electric path , or the Eastern Region 's policy of civil engineering for speed ) . |
| 2 | Similarly , Cambridge English was originally sustained by the achievements of literary modernism which had a new agenda to write . |
| 3 | Dixons , which had a gloomy message last week , fell 2p to 140p after touching 138p . |
| 4 | Seven of the top 10 places in the table went to banks which had a role in the BAT bid . |
| 5 | At a Fabian fringe meeting , Andrew Neil , editor of The Sunday Times and executive chairman of Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Television , made a speech , of course in his own and his boss 's interest , which had a sense and vigour that the conference platform could dearly do with . |
| 6 | ‘ The place that did give him a job was the Irish Catholic paper The Standard , which had a very funny editor who just liked to drink most of the day and was amused by Patrick and hired him as film critic . |
| 7 | As soon as they saw the car , which had a police sign on the roof , they quietened down . |
| 8 | They 'd get off the bus from West London there because they were such big Faces fans and Malcolm 's shop was right next door to the home of the dandy fashion shop Granny Takes A Trip — a shop which had a Cadillac sticking out of its window — where The Faces and The Stones bought their clothes |
| 9 | He then built a machine for the piano which had a series of lights which went on and off ensuring that you played the right note — without ever having to understand what a sharp or a flat was . |
| 10 | Omi sighed contentedly as she looked around the room which had a fair smattering of elderly ladies , like herself having a Sunday morning treat . |
| 11 | A Victorian porch has replaced the original double-height one , which had a tiny room above it . |
| 12 | Mr Forte admitted that while the BHRCA was the largest industry association , there were other groups which had a ‘ legitimate claim to speak for certain sectors of the industry ’ . |
| 13 | The highest rating was for the bottlenose dolphin , which had a mercury content as much as 130 times the maximum permitted level for human consumption ( 0.5 ppm ) . |
| 14 | Instead they relied on ( and quoted ) machines which had a maximum reading of one five-thousandth of the dose some were actually receiving . |
| 15 | The United Kingdom had a serious balance of payments problem in manufactured goods , which was only partly disguised by the revenue beginning to flood in from North Sea oil , which had a limited life . |
| 16 | She remembered how the table around which they sat at High Tea , was covered with a sheet of speckled grey lino which had a strange stickiness . |
| 17 | Marie had been putting her money in a machine which had a little silver crane which came down and swung round , grabbing at the prizes . |
| 18 | Your claim to be the first publication to print dog obituaries made me wonder how many other readers remember the Tail-wagger magazine , which had a regular In Memoriam column . |
| 19 | He moved into the farthest room , which had a tiny square of window set in its far wall and overlooking the rear driveway . |
| 20 | He belonged to that alliance of the professions , the remnants of old money and a smattering of intellectuals which had a romantic view of the working man and found a sympathetic ear in the leadership of more conservative trade unions . |
| 21 | Wide local powers , it is said , were transferred from semi-autonomous secular magnates to wealthy and disciplined ecclesiastical corporations which had a natural interest in sustaining royal power . |
| 22 | Vonetta was born in this country and went to a school which had a good multicultural mix ; she talked about the ways in which many of her friends , white and Black , love Black music and styles of fashion and find Black men the most attractive . |
| 23 | I was shown to my room , which had a view of the back garden and the Noones ' paddock , where three sheep were grazing as the sun went down . |
| 24 | Abdulrahman was a member of a lineage which had a reputation for learning , and hence was vulnerable to arguments that his children ( he had one son and six daughters ) should go to school . |
| 25 | He was succeeded at Carr 's Lane by J. H. Jowett who transformed the chapel , by now surrounded by slums , into an ‘ institutional church ’ with its own ‘ Institute ’ which had a cafe , billiards room , lecture hall and cinema . |
| 26 | He then headed two minority governments which were dependent on the Liberals , and a National Government which had a clear Conservative majority from October 1931 onwards . |
| 27 | Likud faces a strong challenge from the Centre-Left Labour Party , which had a stronger showing in the latest opinion poll published at the weekend . |
| 28 | ‘ Look at Osaka which suffered 121 fires and was still a success , or at Montreal which had a month-long transport strike but stunned the world , ’ said one Spanish official . |
| 29 | Highlander was able to put the YCCC in touch with other community groups in the mountains which had a wide variety of similar experiences of toxic waste dumping in their communities . |
| 30 | The brassie is equivalent to the No. 2 wood ( which had a brass plate on the sole to save wear when used on the fairway ) , whereas the jigger ( a narrow faced club with a little loft ) is approximately to the ‘ chipper ’ enjoying some popularity today . |