Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] this [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was a peak of deaths , which you can see quite clearly , which occurred during this period . |
| 5 | But in the light of the collapse of the Berlin Wall , which occurred after this book was completed and sent to my publishers , we have changed its title to Britain 's Defence Dilemma : An |
| 6 | I would like to thank staff at all levels for their tremendous efforts which contributed to this success . |
| 7 | The other factor which contributed to this effect was his decision to become a broadcaster . |
| 8 | They need regular injections of Factor 8 , some of which came into this country infected with the AIDS virus . |
| 9 | The lorry which came from this warehouse in Bletchley was found in North London later this morning still carrying its load of forty thousand pounds worth of clothes although the doors are damaged . |
| 10 | The claim to descent from Ida , nevertheless , suggests that it was a Bernician family which intervened at this point . |
| 11 | Poxed , disfigured scavengers scuttled across hillocks of debris which rained into this underworld from a low steel sky by way of chutes and grilles . |
| 12 | The recommendations which flowed from this committee , published in 1919 , owed much to one member , Raymond Unwin , and it is from this source that earlier years of experiment in site planning ( focusing particularly on density and layout ) , house design and standards of accommodation finally came to fruition as national policy . |
| 13 | So a drug which acted during this phase , a ‘ true causal prophylactic ’ , was exactly what was wanted , but how was it to be found ? |
| 14 | As usual the author traces the history of the stations from their earliest days , 1891 in the case of Pwllheli , and has located some early photographs including one of the unusual ‘ tubular ’ lifeboat which served at this station on the Lleyn Peninsula for a short time after it was first opened . |
| 15 | Police were today trying to find out what happened during an seven hour ordeal which began on this country road in Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , we may go back to the situation in 1072 , and begin with some words of Lanfranc which provide the main evidence for the documents which existed at this date . |
| 17 | The first person to teach it officially was probably Quatrefages in 1855 , in the professorship which existed in this subject at the Musée National in Paris . |
| 18 | The climate which developed in this period in Britain was one in which the prejudices of the judiciary were reinforced by a media campaign supportive of the Tory Party 's ideas on moral decay and over-dependence upon the state . |
| 19 | The 1970's can not be concluded without a reference to some of the societies who have enjoyed a special relationship with Henley and which started in this decade . |
| 20 | When your family members went mad these days you had to keep them at home , and whatever the sound policies , on the part of the government , which lay behind this decision , it was undoubtedly inconvenient for those upon whom would fall the burden of caring for the deranged . |
| 21 | In the United States , there was a recognition that interdisciplinary proposals could ‘ fall between the cracks ’ ( Porter and Rossini ) , and the National Science Foundation set up separate panels to review proposals which fell into this category . |
| 22 | It is worth noting that of the course proposals which fell at this hurdle most were of a very high standard . |
| 23 | But the first real headhunting boom began in the late 1970s and early 1980s , when the recession really began to bite ; executive search may be seen as one of the few industries which grew in this period . |
| 24 | Following the death of a land owner , his land would be divided between his sons ; as the population increased the fragmentation which resulted from this approach became increasingly serious . |
| 25 | Like many other groups , this group felt that the narrative which resulted from this strategy was 'smoother " , more balanced and more neatly structured . |
| 26 | This is a United Nations embargo , er and er all ships are required to comply with it , er and er the British , Australian , American ships which combined in this action , and we 've just had another one , and er also , there which involved also different ships , but involved er British , Australian and American ships as well , er and that ship is being inspected at the present time . |
| 27 | Indeed , a major theme which emerged at this time was the lack of attention given by employers to the age structure of their work-forces and the consequent lack of encouragement to older people to see themselves as potentially economically viable . |
| 28 | The relationships between site factors and soil erosion which emerged from this study are given in Table 8.5 . |
| 29 | Only letter strings which appeared in this dictionary were considered to be correct . |
| 30 | He watched me intently , eyes narrowed against the sun which struck into this side of the courtyard , waiting for me to give a reasonable answer , which was foolish of him . |