Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing we could do would reverse fundamental social trends which were producing more and more lone parents . |
| 2 | Much easier to photograph were the giant tortoises which were lumbering around like tanks in the undergrowth . |
| 3 | Accordingly , the regular demand and supply of currencies in the foreign exchange markets tended to be dominated by current account transactions , which were expanding quite rapidly as international trade grew faster than domestic growth rates . |
| 4 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 5 | ‘ The lists , ’ she said through her big breaths , which were trembling now . |
| 6 | Companies in the countries which were accumulating rapidly were investing much more than their retained profits — borrowing the rest from the banks or money market . |
| 7 | We then thought it would be appropriate to combine the best traditional ILN subjects with articles which were proving so successful in these other magazines , and the result is the first issue now in front of you . |
| 8 | Even outside Europe , in Canada , Catholic unions were set up at the beginning of the twentieth century in order to ‘ protect ’ French-Canadian workers from the more suspect ideological influences of American ‘ international ’ ( actually bi-national ) unions which were organising there . |
| 9 | There were two decisions which were binding where the rule of privilege had been applied to copied documents : The Palermo ( 1883 ) 9 PD 6 , and Watson v Cammel Laird & Co ( Shipbuilders and Engineers ) Ltd ( 1959 ) 1 WLR 702 . |
| 10 | Behind them , he could just see the small wooden houses and the deep green leaves of the coconut trees , which were moving lazily in the soft afternoon wind . |
| 11 | The pavement was still below my feet , which were moving more or less as they were supposed to . |
| 12 | There was such peace in the eyes which were looking so honestly into hers . |
| 13 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 14 | Dej and his colleagues did not want to remain the poor peasant cousins of the other Communist states which were going off along the high road to communism . |
| 15 | And then there was these these thick er straw ropes going over and then there were the other which were going sideways along the roof to hold the thatch down . |
| 16 | It did not so much contest with the establishment as succeed in areas like the mining districts of Cornwall , Kingswood and around Newcastle , where there was no contest in the sprawling villages which were growing out of the reach of a moribund parish structure . |
| 17 | Rhodes argues that ‘ if Britain had aIternative sources of net exports which were growing rapidly , then the relative decline of manufacturing industry would not matter . |
| 18 | This was kept locked from tenants who could n't have used it anyway owing to the condition of the two inside walls , which were crumbling alarmingly . |
| 19 | ONE OF FIVE children who father , a bookie , died young , Lenny McLean grew up in one of the tougher parts of London 's East End , left school at fifteen and , as a young man , started to make a few quid in the unlicensed boxing matches which were becoming increasingly popular at the time . |
| 20 | Yet neither side , partly because of the very existence of the truce , partly because of its own domestic divisions ( which were becoming more serious in France as the first decade of the new century progressed ) wished to raise fundamental issues . |
| 21 | Instead of offloading underperforming RISC machines on its customers — thousands of which were crying out for more power — it rushed to boost the power of its obsolete 16-bit processor by every tweak possible , and virtually gave the things away . |
| 22 | We were producing coal at 71 of our 174 pits — 47 of which were working normally . |
| 23 | As the chief of the Army of the South , Franco 's plan was to occupy the western provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres ; link up with Mola 's troops , which were driving south-westwards from Navarre ; and advance eastwards on Madrid , following the natural line of penetration provided by the valley of the River Tagus . |
| 24 | Because of this delay in time , it is perhaps an exaggeration to say that the expansion of English maritime activity between 1460 and 1520 prepared the way for seizing opportunities which were opening up in many parts of the world ( 63 , p.163 ) . |
| 25 | Tribe caught them up as they were attacking a pair of two-seaters which were climbing away from the British Line , if there still was one , having just bombed an artillery position . |
| 26 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 27 | I quoted reports of the quick friendships which were springing up between Burmese villagers and the BOR , and included the following paragraphs : |
| 28 | The Labour Party was not immune to the new ideas and movements which were springing up . |
| 29 | At this time , however , Christianity was only one among a number of competing religions in the Roman empire which were coming increasingly under the cosmopolitan influence of Hellenistic civilization . |
| 30 | They followed the Thames as it curved down past the Savoy Palace , Durham and York House , past the high-pooped ships scarred from long voyages which were crowding in for repairs . |