Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is recorded that the area north of the river was probably uninhabitable with dense forests to the north and east of the area which became known later as Middlesex , with heath and scrub to the south , except along the margin of the river , which ‘ margin ’ was of considerable width . |
| 2 | The advance of these oil-producing countries , which became known collectively as the ‘ non-OPEC ’ group , was a notable feature of the early 1980s . |
| 3 | The recession also led to the demand for the provision of greater economic security for the average citizen , which became embodied subsequently in the growth of the welfare state following the election of the Labour Government in 1945 . |
| 4 | Counterfeit car parts uncovered included fake brake pads which got mixed up with genuine ones , Mr Northcott said . |
| 5 | Calico , which got started back in the early 1980s and which Unir claims AT&T could n't push because of USL and C++ , has reportedly 200 man/years invested in it . |
| 6 | This Act widened the scope of improvement grants , first introduced in 1949 , and gave local authorities the power to declare general improvement areas within which grants covered up to 60 per cent of eligible expenses compared with 50 per cent elsewhere . |
| 7 | For example , he noted : ‘ There are certain of these streaks of pigment which appear licked on with the point of the tongue . ’ |
| 8 | Despite the recent debate on VDU health hazards , which has raged furiously on both sides of the Atlantic , Cox report that ‘ there are no radiation levels that could be considered to be of concern to the normal individual ’ ( Displays Technology and Applications , vol 4 , p 7 ) . |
| 9 | It is in far better shape than its main state-owned rival , Crédit Lyonnais , which has lent recklessly to film moguls and on property . |
| 10 | An ancient city which has plunged right into the midst of the twentieth century , Bangkok is a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern values — noisy markets right next to the high walls of turreted royal palaces , serene gardens overlooked by modern hotels and the notorious Phatphong Road for discos , massage parlours and outrageous floorshows . |
| 11 | This strategic reorientation has progressed furthest in RX , which has moved away from copiers as its core business to customer-specified integrated office systems . |
| 12 | But it is not merely the world of ideas and scholarship which has moved on since the 19th century . |
| 13 | This is a colourful town at any time of the year , and one which has moved purposefully into the twentieth century . |
| 14 | Williams could also be on the mark with Capricorn Note in the other 450 metres open , though Dawn Milligan 's latest acquisition , Valentinos Joy , which has moved down from Scotland , trialled in 26.60 secs ( going 30 fast ) . |
| 15 | DM outlined the system which has operated successfully at Kew for some years . |
| 16 | Nigel Green , chairman of the Grand Regatta Columbus Committee said : ‘ It 's been a superb display which has lived up to every expectation . |
| 17 | That added to the bitterness which has lived on from generation to generation . |
| 18 | Labour , which has swung round to supporting Europe , is worried by the unaccountability of a central bank despite last week 's assurances from Mr Delors . |
| 19 | York district has a membership which has risen rapidly to 669 and Harrogate has 345 members , which all goes to show that the more northerley areas have a just claim for cricket somewhere in the region . |
| 20 | However , the president of the labour office , Mr Egon Franke , said this week that unemployment among refugees — which has risen sharply in October — was still only a temporary phenomenon . |
| 21 | If he does not , the uncertainty of the past few months — which has become worse in the past three weeks — will continue to hang over the coal industry . |
| 22 | The North View Engineering Works , in Harris Street , has been branded an eyesore which has become home to rats who scavenge in nearby houses making life misery for neighbours . |
| 23 | Debate on Southcom 's future , which has dragged on for years , was put on hold when American relations with General Noriega reached rock-bottom . |
| 24 | These days PCs are to be had for half that price , which has dragged down in turn the prices obtainable for software . |
| 25 | There were a few who would have asked the same question , looking at Joan Rush , senior project officer with the fund , a prime mover in the group which has beavered away at the subject to bring it into the mainstream of policy and practice . |
| 26 | A spokesman for the society , which has asked not to be named during the run-up to the election , said : ‘ We are still not certain how many houses we will have to offer Darlington council . ’ |
| 27 | A FRIEND tells me of a post-electoral poster war which has broken out in his salubrious street in north Kensington , London , quite different in tone from the good-humoured gobbing on one another 's doorsteps which characterised neighbourly relations during the three weeks preceding the day that the revolution failed to dawn . |
| 28 | Ferrochrome is used as a basic raw material for the production of stainless and speciality steels whose performance is directly related to the steel industry , an industry which has grown enormously since 1988 . |
| 29 | Thus , the lack of rules about case allocation and re-allocation procedures , and a consequent separatism which has grown up between social worker and nurse caseloads , mean that team members work in a similar way to each other , but in parallel . |
| 30 | ‘ The next generation which has grown up over here and understands what their children have to go through will handle them much , much better , ’ Cecil Williams speculated . |