Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole issue was then revived by a consultation paper published by the government in February 1985 which led to further legislation . |
| 2 | With the campaign against the Japanese army still raging he observed , ‘ We have in Burma a potentially dangerous situation … not dissimilar to that which developed in Southern Ireland after the [ last ] war . ’ |
| 3 | If the same set of appearances could be saved by each mathematical model , then why should one be privileged as that which corresponded to physical reality ? |
| 4 | Montagu welcomed dissent in India as a sign of blossoming political maturity , and distinguished confidently between legitimate and illegitimate unrest — the latter being that which had for its object ‘ Home Rule ’ , the former that which aspired to political responsibility to the degree the British saw fit to give it . |
| 5 | The Neath captain , who leads a pack which shows four changes — one positional — from the eight which fired on empty cylinders against Ireland earlier in the month , will be charging his front five with the task of creating an early impression on title-chasing France . |
| 6 | Lord David Stuart , breeder of Belted Galloway cattle at Mochrum in Wigtownshire , Scotland , wrote an invaluable book in 1969 which investigated in great detail the possible origins of the Lakenvelder and the genetics of breeding for belted and white-faced patterns from pied cattle . |
| 7 | Lowther was an active parliamentarian , serving on 141 committees during his first decade , during which he was a reliable supporter of the government and received a grant of lands between the tides at St Bees–Whitehaven from Charles II which proved of considerable importance in his local battles . |
| 8 | Recently , the SAAF returned one of the SAA Dakotas , namely serial number 6888 which served with 44 Squadron . |
| 9 | Although Catriona Lambert , the first round leader , managed an opening 76 which took in two eagles where her ball chased downwind at two of the par-5s , there was many a disaster story . |
| 10 | Among the most interesting episodes in his career was his employment as official artist to the Citroen Motor Company 's expeditions across Africa and Asia in 1924–25 and 1931–32 which resulted in elaborate pastels of subjects such as Ondorodiau , Chief Mombuti , a Congo Pygmy chief . |
| 11 | The Turkish-Cypriot administration in the northern part of the island rejected as unacceptable a UN Security Council resolution of Oct. 11 which called for both sides to observe the existing framework for a settlement [ as agreed in April 1989 — see p. 36711 ] which envisaged the establishment of a bizonal federal republic . |
| 12 | For some , the war was brought much nearer home when the French ( with their Castilian allies ) began once again to attack and plunder towns and villages on the south coast of England , the legitimate activities of English fishermen being among those which suffered from such raids . |
| 13 | However , when the personal thefts were restricted to those which occurred within 15 minutes ' walk of the victim 's home , unemployment was again a statistically significant factor . |
| 14 | The building societies are not without blame , due to their lending policies during the 1980s which led to individual circumstances not being properly taken into account . |
| 15 | But it remains to be seen whether the commission will examine events of the early 1980s which led to 261 Canadians being infected by contaminated blood and about 800 haemophiliacs becoming infected by tainted blood products . |