Example sentences of "which were of " in BNC.

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1 His outstanding role in the development of science in the Latin West was due to his translations from the Arabic , which were of a crucial and seminal nature .
2 When Blackpool Corporation bought the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Company on January 1st 1920 , it acquired the forty-one single-deck cars which were of two main types .
3 Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution .
4 It is surmised therefore that such claims generally relate to Bf110s , which were of generally similar appearance .
5 type combined tail lamp and service number stencil carriers on the underside of the canopy against the head of the stairs , which were of the quarter turn direct type .
6 The biggest difference from the corresponding Corporation cars lay in the bogies , which were of Brush 's own design and were reversed with the driving wheels nearest the centre of the car .
7 Its platform comprised issues of direct interest and concern to women , and which were of deep political significance , as Eleanor Barton , General Secretary 1925–37 , recognised :
8 He had lectured on philosophy in the university and had made numerous friendly contacts which were of great use to myself , though I was unable to follow on his very able lectures to university students .
9 As for Cranmer , he had for twenty-five years insisted on the duty of the subject , in accordance with Scripture , to obey the powers that be , which were of divine origin .
10 All the 1957 Act had done was to create certain criminal offences , none of which were of any direct assistance to the taxpayer because they were not themselves in direct conflict with the Finance Act 1964 .
11 We chose acupuncture points that had been used in most experiments with acupuncture analgesia , as well as in the two previous clinical studies , both of which were of electroacupuncture .
12 The only evidence which seemed at the time to offer any reliable dating was that of the coins which were of sufficient interest to the nineteenth-century antiquarians for them to be recorded , although rarely in detail .
13 With the two sections of the National Insurance Act , however , Lloyd George and Churchill had introduced new approaches to two major social problems , which were of lasting importance .
14 This was especially true in the areas of information processing which were of special interest to them .
15 And so , it goes beyond the actual molecular stage if you can have this compound in crystallised form , as you can most though you might have to reduce the temperature or whatever , but then all is gone gone crystalline eventually you 'll find their crystals are also mirror images and what he actually did , he painstakingly picked out crystals which were of one particular shape as opposed to the other , he actually separated all the crystals physically by using tweezers and then found that they ha , you know , the two had a different affect on plane polarised light .
16 Although the Habsburg-led Counter-Reformation eventually extinguished this movement , it bore fruits which were of enduring significance in the cultural history of the Slovenes .
17 This class consisted of curved spaces without singularities , which were of finite size but which did not have boundaries or edges .
18 The Regional Chairman 's Committee continued to meet regularly and considered those aspects of RIBA policy which were of particular interest to the regions .
19 Those who supported the document accepted that economic reform could not be realized without an integrated market , but they also urged the strengthening of the state role in fiscal , monetary , tax and foreign relations policy ; while they were not against private ownership they favoured state ownership in industries which were of " economic interest " .
20 While it freed him from a form of dependency — his succession to the LDP leadership had been achieved with the faction 's support — it also meant that the future of his premiership would depend on the skill with which he was able to balance the party 's competing factions — including his own — all of which were of roughly equal strength .
21 This dissociation also appears if the data are split on the basis of mean risk ratings ( which were of course strongly related to ratings for number of moving objects — r(46)=0.47 , p<0.01 across studies and r(46)=0.65 , p<0.01 within the rating scales study ) .
22 All areas have a few stone buildings which were of vital importance but , in a district like northern England or Normandy , where stone is easily accessible and in abundance , understanding of construction in masonry developed much earlier .
23 In the past year , 35 sites which were of ecological importance due to their plant and animal populations have suffered long term damage .
24 And I would like to say thank you to the people who sit on the budget review sub- committee , a committee which actually I do n't attend as often as I probably ought to , particularly to the labour spokesperson , for the way he 's guided the committee , both from within the chair and at other times , on it 's work this year , to be able to propose a budget which erm , so well fulfils the aims that many of us had when we were elected in May , which were of course , to maintain services , er , to squeeze efficiency out of the sy into the system and squeeze any waste out , and to get our officers working towards zero base budgets .
25 She also lost several pieces of jewellery which were of sentimental value .
26 Further , because the N A Y was based on grain as a standard , this encouraged a switch to cash crops which were of a higher value relative to grain .
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