Example sentences of "which [vb past] [conj] it have " in BNC.
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1 | The original detentions had been undertaken without the approval of the government , which admitted that it had failed to exert its authority over rebellious troops in the Agadez region who had taken the law into their own hands . |
2 | The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " . |
3 | The African colony to which he returned was regarded by the British government as ‘ advanced ’ — in African terms — which meant that it had made a start on the road to self-government ; however , the Colonial Office reckoned that the goal was still distant . |
4 | This result she attributed to the very short duration of persistence of the icon , which meant that it had faded before the cue could be utilised to sample selectively . |
5 | There was silence , no regular chug-chug-chug of the working generator , which meant that it had to have stalled . |
6 | But The Sun thought that ‘ the meeting was a bogus one , if it was held at all ’ , further alleging that this clandestine organisation ( which said that it had met in secrecy because it feared Hooligan reprisals ) was a put-up job by someone in the pay of The Daily Telegraph . |