Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discovery of more stable chemicals ( Table 3 ) — the true residual insecticides — which were sprayed on to the walls and roofs of dwellings and left a deposit that was lethal to mosquitoes resting on it for many weeks and even months , produced the ideal control that did not demand an impossibly high efficiency . |
| 2 | By 1975 the Worcester project was ‘ well under way ’ , and by 1979 all the beds and hospital places , which were provided up to the prescribed national levels proportional to the catchment population , had been opened . |
| 3 | According to a House of Commons motion , the leak was traced through a system of numbered copies of the 752-page document , which was sent out to the authorities investigating possible criminal proceedings resulting from the report 's conclusions . |
| 4 | This delayed the Whole patrol for two hours whilst the unfortunate driver was flown to the Field Hospital in a Gazelle helicopter which was called out to the scene , and a REME team drove out to repair the Land-Rover . |
| 5 | The two reportedly denied reports that they had left their London hotel to attend the Palestine National Council ( PNC ) meeting in Algiers in September [ see pp. 38453-54 ] , and the PLO news agency Wafa on Sept. 26 said that they had not attended the PLO meeting in person , but had sent a message which was read out to the political committee . |