Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Which led to all sorts of strange behaviour . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 12 | Verdicts were , however , subject to ‘ review ’ by the Supreme Court on six rather ill-defined grounds , a procedure which led to much confusion . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He was a conscientious and hard worker , filled with a sense of mission which led to some misinterpretation by the Whig-Liberal group . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The drug squads discovered more cases of drug use , which led to more police manpower and money being invested , which led to more discovery . |
| 19 | The drug squads discovered more cases of drug use , which led to more police manpower and money being invested , which led to more discovery . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | , mill manager at that time , is pictured third from left , front row , immediately in front of ( wearing glasses ) of which owned at that time . |
| 23 | A budget for the 1992-93 biennium , providing for expenditure of US$646,000,000 ( representing a cut in real terms of 4.6 per cent ) , was approved without major controversy [ see p. 37054 for 1989 budget disputes ] , and the USA undertook to pay before January 1992 its arrears for 1991 , which amounted to some $34,000,000 out of a total contribution of around $75,000,000 . |
| 24 | This may be compared to the total inflow of Japanese portfolio investment in the UK over 1986 Q1–1989 Q2 which amounted to some £23.2bn and total foreign inward investment of close to £50bn . |
| 25 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 26 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 27 | The question which arose in those cases was whether the cessation of trade , in the sense of ‘ putting the shutters up , ’ immediately deprived the court of bankruptcy jurisdiction over the married woman , or whether it continued while the trade debts remained unpaid . |
| 28 | The rich merchants contributed to the magnificent civic building which arose in those years ; the town and guild halls , exchanges , municipal belfries , warehouses and city houses . |
| 29 | There is not space to enumerate all his works which arose from such associations , but The Battle of Tewkesbury for voices and instrumental ensemble for the 1971 Tewkesbury Festival and Henry Purcell for counter-tenor , clarino obbligato and strings for Alfred Deller and Stour Music ( 1971 ) , the Jubilate for Charlton Kings Choral Society ( 1979 ) , the Scherzo for piano and orchestra for Douglas Smith and the Cheltenham Sunday Players , the moving Concerto for trumpet and strings in memory of Bernard Brown ( 1976 ) , and the Cantate Domino in memory of John Clough ( 1978 ) are all interesting examples that deserve to be heard again . |
| 30 | In a contest which arose from such proceedings about five years ago a Man was killed . |