Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the late spring and summer of 1937 the revolution was well and truly rolled back in two of its former strongholds : Catalonia , which ceased to be autonomous within Republican Spain , and Aragon , where the CNT-dominated Council of Aragon was physically destroyed by Communist forces . |
| 2 | Details of the military arrangements , which ceased to be operational in February 1991 [ see pp. 38026-27 ] , were not released . |
| 3 | Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want . |
| 4 | Our results with western blotting contrast with those of Klein et al who identified a 65 kDa band which seemed to be specific for PSC . |
| 5 | As soon as the urban context is broken down even into such crude categories as social class , age or ‘ interests ’ , processes which seemed to be peculiar to particular urban areas turn out to be determined by other factors . |
| 6 | Although the belief in growth as a value in itself , or as the remedy for the ills of society , which seemed to be prevalent in the early 1960s has given way to a more sceptical attitude , it seems clear that an understanding of the long-run consequences of tax and expenditure policy is essential . |
| 7 | Over the past two centuries the ships employed have ranged from totally unsuitable ones , which happened to be available at the time , to , less commonly , purpose-built vessels incorporating the most sophisticated technology of the day . ’ |
| 8 | She quotes examples of environmental deterioration in China for example which started to be acute between AD , 1500–1750 and which induced long distance transport of night-soil , labour intensive digging of river silts , widespread terracing , and recycling of residues and wastes . |
| 9 | All proved to be fakes , as did their certificates of authenticity which purported to be those of Paris art expert , Paul Petridès . |
| 10 | The diagnosis was complicated as four days earlier a 14 year old boy from the same school had collapsed and died after a short illness of severe diarrhoea , which proved to be due to a fatal Salmonella enteritidis infection . |
| 11 | Many LDCs gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s , sometimes at the end of a war which proved to be destructive in human and material terms , e.g. Algeria , Angola and Zimbabwe . |
| 12 | Renault offers a 1.9-litre diesel for its roomy 21 , and I was particularly impressed by the 2-litre non-turbo diesel in the well-made Toyota Carina , which proved to be one of the best medium-sized diesels I have tried . |
| 13 | Smiling , the Archimandrite invited them to his cell , which proved to be one of the tiny dwellings built hard against the outer wall of the church . |
| 14 | But here again an obstacle presented itself which proved to be insuperable for both Polybius and Posidonius , though possibly for different reasons . |
| 15 | In reviewing the four projects , the Social Services Inspectorate identified ten key elements which appeared to be crucial to the achievement of effective multidisciplinary assessment ( DoH , 1989b ) . |
| 16 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 17 | Much later , in 1892 , a sealed bottle of this isoprene was found to contain yellowish lumps which appeared to be similar to natural rubber . |
| 18 | You could also find some letters that were confused , they did n't share common features but they sounded the same and they tended to be confused as well There was a lot of enthusiasm from the work of the neuro-psychologist th with the discovery of cells which appeared to be sensitive to particular features . |
| 19 | Lectures and concerts were to be given , for which topics of current interest should be very carefully chosen , and which had to be free for all comers . |
| 20 | The condition which had to be satisfied under that Act before a care order could be made was that ‘ his proper development is being avoidably prevented or neglected . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Boots : ‘ We had a complaint from the Kilbride family and as a result of that we withdrew both album and single , as there were words which tended to be offensive to the family . ’ |
| 22 | In relation to the vegetation communities in which the campsites were located , the major difference in impact related to campsite core size which tended to be larger in piñon juniper areas due to the more open nature of the vegetation and the less rugged nature of the areas on which it is dominant . |