Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1978 the Mariana Islands ( excluding Guam ) had opted for status as a self-governing commonwealth of the USA , and in 1982 the FSM and the Marshall Islands had signed compacts of free association which provided for internal sovereignty and US economic support in return for continuing US control of their defence and foreign policies . |
| 2 | And carrots which looked like impacted wisdom teeth crossed with a fantasy of Edgar Allan Poe 's . |
| 3 | ( Even with the economy-wide agreements in Sweden in the 1983 negotiations no settlement could be arrived at with the union side which insisted upon separate industry level negotiations being conducted . ) |
| 4 | Newton did n't have to be a scientist either to realise what his two goals had done for a Chelsea side which played with impressive self belief considering its young personnel . |
| 5 | They name the side which lost to Danish club Slangerup last week . |
| 6 | He had paid very little attention to the section of the survey briefing which dealt with native flora and fauna . |
| 7 | But Roosevelt was close to death , and the British had to wait another two years until the " brain-wave " at last arrived in the form of discreet signals from the US State Department — signals which led in due course to the European Recovery Programme and Marshall Aid . |
| 8 | In a contest which arose from such proceedings about five years ago a Man was killed . |
| 9 | As the House will be aware , on 29 November , three child care officers formerly employed by Leicestershire county council were convicted on extremely serious charges of sexual assault and other acts of violence which occurred in three Leicestershire children 's homes between 1973 and 1986 . |
| 10 | The ES servers double the capacity of the previous top-end MIServer which came with 12 CPUs . |
| 11 | The main feature of this system was the relatively small and , on trend , declining proportion of public revenue which came from direct taxation . |
| 12 | MENSA , the organisation for people with very high IQs , started an investment club which bought from one sharedealer an American OTC stock Biotech Capital Corporation . |
| 13 | Sitting in one corner of the moulded seat which ran round three sides of the cockpit , she bit into a sandwich , suddenly ravenous . |
| 14 | However , there continued to be successes from individual business units which resulted from another year of good effort , team work and commitment by Wimpol staff throughout the Group . |
| 15 | In order to create sufficient headroom within the studio , it was necessary to remove an existing tie-beam which spanned between two timber posts that helped to support the roof structure and to adapt and re-site this member at a higher level , just below the soffit of the ceiling ( Plate 11 ) . |
| 16 | But Clifford Barnett , the head of the anthropology department which voted in closed session last week to expel Mosher from his PhD candidature , denies that the department was subjected to any pressure . |
| 17 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 18 | Another question was ridiculous , about a spider 's weight which increased to 500 g . |
| 19 | Japan was both militarily and economically vulnerable and the lack of outside support for her resistance to great power domination reinforced a sense of national isolation which originated in national myth , grew in the seclusion period and was strengthened by an awareness of the cultural divide between Japan and the West . |
| 20 | Significantly , it was the consul with a Greek surname , Q. Publilius Philo , who was entrusted with the drive into Campania which led to this pact in 326 . |
| 21 | … not noise , but something more like an invisible hammer which smacked into both ears at once . |
| 22 | It was the failure to incorporate the catholic — nationalist remnant into the consensus of the Northern statelet which resulted in sporadic violence , institutionalized and structural on the one side and insurgent-guerilla on the other . |
| 23 | This was the prelude to an aggressive baton charge by police in full riot gear which resulted in seventy-three arrests ( Geary , 1985:135 ) . |
| 24 | This rethinking went on in episcopal households and monasteries as well as in some urban schools which survived in some areas well into the sixth century . |
| 25 | An additional $100 million was targeted for " magnet " schools which specialized in specific subjects . |
| 26 | A strange courtship which blossomed during visiting hours and after letters were exchanged looks set to continue in similar mode for the foreseeable future . |
| 27 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 28 | Fifteen years of one-party rule ended formally on Nov. 30 when a new Constitution came into effect which provided for multiparty democracy and a free-market economy . |
| 29 | The incident sparked off a riot which lasted for three days [ see p. 37081 ] , and racial tension had been high during the trial . |
| 30 | Poets were more likely to hold radical opinions toward the end of the century than in Stephen Duck 's time ; however , the following passage ( c. 1795 ) reveals a political consciousness which developed despite early patronage . |