Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the application of good marine logic — tasting the water and finding it salty , then making sure the ebb — and flood-tides were of equal strength ( both tests which argued against this body of water being a river ) they realized that they had , indeed , discovered the way through . |
| 2 | For many years all British clubs used 1,000 lb weak links which failed on any two-seater launch where the pilot tried to get the maximum height . |
| 3 | What I saw was staggering for the line which passed through those three points apparently intersected three others — a standing stone , just off the Marlborough Road , a bi-section of two round barrows — the line passed cleanly through the narrow gap between them , and finally the most important of all — the west end of the West Kennet long barrow . |
| 4 | He showed that it was possible , starting with a uniform concentration of chemicals which interacted with each other , for the system to develop differences in the concentration of the chemicals , which he called morphogens , such that there would be chemical waves with peaks and troughs of concentration of the morphogens . |
| 5 | In the background to this central theme in his thought lie two major influences upon him which interacted with each other and with the impulses derived from Kant . |
| 6 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 7 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 8 | Which led to all sorts of strange behaviour . |
| 9 | The Psittacidae , he always claimed , was ‘ the first book of the kind drawn on stone in England of so large a size , & … one which led to all Mr Gould 's improvements . ’ |
| 10 | Also , in the meantime , a military revolt had taken place in the Spanish army , lead by General Franco , and it soon became clear the division of the contending sides were , on the one side , The Nationalists who were strongly supported by Italy , Germany and Portugal , and on The other side , the government forces , supported by Communist Russia , which led to that side being referred to as ‘ Republicans ’ . |
| 11 | The following year a further scheme of the Charity Commissioners set up an education system which led to that enjoyed today . |
| 12 | This was a policy which led to many disagreements with his timid employers , and he waged a vigorous guerrilla campaign against the prudery and philistinism of the BBC hierarchy . |
| 13 | This dismal monumentalism is the apotheosis of impersonality , a confirmation rather than a denial of the mindset which led to such slaughter in the first place , though the architect intended no irony . |
| 14 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 15 | Verdicts were , however , subject to ‘ review ’ by the Supreme Court on six rather ill-defined grounds , a procedure which led to much confusion . |
| 16 | Particularly successful aspects of the talk were the invitation to contributions from the floor , which led to several interesting points being made , and the mix of old photographs from the heyday of steam with modern ones mostly taken by himself . |
| 17 | He was a conscientious and hard worker , filled with a sense of mission which led to some misinterpretation by the Whig-Liberal group . |
| 18 | The demonstration ( which led to some violence ) was organised by the " Stop State Snooping " committee , whose members included representatives of the Social Democratic Party , one of the four governing coalition parties . |
| 19 | Goals from John Morrissey , John Aldridge and Neil McNab put paid to Southend in front of 5,870 fans , but there was a slack spell in the second half which led to some booing . |
| 20 | The events which led to this began on 30 June 1925 when the coal owners decided that they would abolish the national minimum wage , cut wages by about 10 per cent in order to compensate for the government 's return to the gold standard with a reflated pound , and to maintain standard profits no matter how low wages fell . |
| 21 | The London Industrial Strategy ( Greater London Council , 1985 ) details the strategy developed for London , and outlines the social , economic and political reasons which led to this particular form of local policy being adopted for London . |
| 22 | While admitting that it was originally the understatement of German earnings which led to this move by the German analysts , in this we nevertheless have a model on which to work . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The drug squads discovered more cases of drug use , which led to more police manpower and money being invested , which led to more discovery . |
| 25 | The drug squads discovered more cases of drug use , which led to more police manpower and money being invested , which led to more discovery . |
| 26 | A later chapter will explore the process of conversion and persuasion which led to those structural changes which gathered momentum in the later 1960s . |
| 27 | Just over a fortnight ago two of Tyson 's more controversial penalty decisions had help spark a free-for-all at the end of the League match between Arsenal and Norwich City which led to both clubs being charged with bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 28 | They 'd gone down a narrow alleyway — up North they 're called ‘ ginnels ’ but do n't ask me why ; I just observe , I do n't translate — which led to another alley at right-angles . |
| 29 | , mill manager at that time , is pictured third from left , front row , immediately in front of ( wearing glasses ) of which owned at that time . |
| 30 | Half-built houses had hitherto been exempt from local taxes and the country was full of new ‘ housing developments ’ , which amounted to little more than forests of concrete stumps and rusty struts and braces . |