Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people , or " the masses " , had usurped powers and functions which properly belonged to government and the state . |
| 2 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 3 | Sharpe 's current illness apart , he also missed several months with repeated hernia problems which eventually led to surgery . |
| 4 | Bottom : Lotus four-litre V8 which eventually went to GM for Corvette |
| 5 | You sent me 200 francs , 100 of which naturally went to Survage , without whose help I would have been completely broke … but now … |
| 6 | The boat 's wrap-around windscreens were made of black polarised glass which only added to Dream Baby 's ugly air of menace . |
| 7 | She was mated to Ajax and produced two litters , the first one , in 1938 , contained five dogs , four of which apparently went to India and Pakistan , for reasons which seem to be obscure . |
| 8 | Savings included reductions in subsidies for agricultural exports and increases in state controlled prices , particularly for fuel ( which rose by between 19 and 45 per cent ) , which together amounted to $426,000,000 . |
| 9 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 10 | The popularity of physical sanctions to prevent masturbation , including the development of elaborate machines which sensitively responded to erections or physically prevented masturbation , has been well documented . |
| 11 | Easily Accessible : Lewes is an interesting town dating back to the Norman Conquest with steep narrow streets and a mixture of Georgian and older buildings including antique shops , a ruined castle , museums and a house which once belonged to Anne of Cleves . |
| 12 | Equally intriguing is the bronze pony cap , which once belonged to Sir Walter Scott . |
| 13 | In 1912 he first used stencilled figures and letters in ‘ Guitare ’ , an oval painting owned by the Musée de Grenoble , and in 1913 adopted collage techniques , as in ‘ Tivoli-Cinéma ’ , a work which once belonged to Pablo Picasso . |
| 14 | The legality of money market dealings by Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London , which once amounted to exposure of £5bn is being challenged by its auditor , Anthony Hazell , a partner in Deloitte Haskins and Sells , with the support of the Audit Commission , the local authority financial watchdog . |
| 15 | In one leading case from 1963 , a Fascist leader was convicted under the section for making a speech at a public meeting which deliberately provoked to fury the Jews , the members of CND , and the communists who had come to Trafalgar Square with the express intention of stopping the meeting . |
| 16 | Most of the fairways are affected by crosswind which yesterday gusted to 30mph , making the par-5s genuine three-shotters , and the quartet of par-3s anything but short . |
| 17 | As we have seen in the section on Education , Wordsworth grew up in a mathematical and scientific age , which still adhered to principles discovered in the seventeenth century . |
| 18 | Rationing , which still applied to meat , bacon , butter , cheese , tea , sugar and sweets , actually became more austere than it had been in 1945 . |
| 19 | Even after the murder of Thomas Becket in his own cathedral on 29 December 1170 , there were churches in Aquitaine which still turned to Henry for help and protection . |
| 20 | The Glasgow shop ( 1,600 sq ft , 4 full time , 2 part time ) is managed by Brownie Gray , who , my rep friend surmises , has picked up trade which formerly went to Holmes and Grants . |
| 21 | BURMAH , the oil group which nearly came to grief in the 1970s stock market crash , was one of the few shares to resist Barclays de Zoete Wedd 's gloomy forecast on shares . |
| 22 | However , building societies have taken advantage of the new regulations which allow them to raise 40% of funds on the wholesale markets , and are intent on maintaining their market share by encroaching on areas of lending business which traditionally belonged to banks . |
| 23 | He particularly admired the beautiful white spikes of Itea and recommended it for late flowering , a quality which also applied to Clethra alnifolia . |
| 24 | Once the bickering and backbiting , which also led to Terry Vaux and Gwilym Treharne standing down from their posts as the Welsh representatives on the International Rugby Board , had died down , the general committee resolved to consult the clubs again over links with the Republic . |
| 25 | These are the Three Women , which originally belonged to Leo and Gertrude Stein and is now in Russia , and the monolithic still life Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table , now in the Kunstmuseum in Basel . |
| 26 | This is only the most recent of a number of ‘ discoveries ’ of this elusive library , which really belonged to Ivan the Terrible 's father , the Grand Duke of Moscow , Vasily III , who in turn had inherited it from his father , Ivan III , husband of Sophia Palaeologus , the niece of the last Byzantine emperor . |
| 27 | They seem , however , to have had little support amongst the lords , and the opposition which undoubtedly existed to Gaunt 's reversal of the acts of the Good Parliament lacked leadership and co-ordination . |
| 28 | Erm the only reason this is an issue that I get a cooking for as Research Process Manager anyway , as Audit Manager I need to have other booking forms , and the only booking forms and additional booking forms I need are all jobs which then got to Mrs which are the so I ask please make amendment to put Audit Manager in and I do n't think we need to specify . |
| 29 | The next day saw the religious ceremony at Notre Dame — which again led to family difficulties . |
| 30 | Japan 's attempts to cut off China from the south provoked the US into sanctions which ultimately led to Pearl Harbor in December 194I . |