Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increased range and penetration of government activity , the tendency for specialised administrative departments to function with little political control , the growing complexity in the affairs of trade unions and other voluntary organisations which led to greater dependence upon professional experts — all these made it imperative that the general public should be better informed than ever before . |
| 2 | So stable were these chemical compounds that they were passed on from prey to predator by their accumulation in fatty tissue , involving a metabolic process which led to higher concentrations as the insecticide was passed along the chain . |
| 3 | The number of mills that could work effectively on the same stream was limited , which led to smaller streams being used by means of building dams to create mill-ponds . |
| 4 | Like Finn , she believed that Lydia had now relented , mistaking her lack of interest for compliance , which led to further misunderstandings at bedtime when Lydia told Finn that he was to sleep in the tiny room where she kept the oil lamps which was furnished with a camp bed and sleeping-bag . |
| 5 | The whole issue was then revived by a consultation paper published by the government in February 1985 which led to further legislation . |
| 6 | The incident prompted a disturbance outside his home which led to further arrests . |
| 7 | It helped to maintain levels of production and to prevent price-cutting wars which led to further bankruptcies and so to further unemployment . |
| 8 | It was , moreover , widely disseminated by a profusion of pattern books which concentrated upon smaller houses . |
| 9 | In line with the terms of the agreement the government announced a supplementary budget on April 2 , which provided for further tax cuts and increases in the subsidies on agricultural produce and house building . |
| 10 | Within hours of his departure HQ 5 Corps had acted on his " advice " and had approached Tolbukhin 's HQ about the handing over of the Cossacks , but they did so in a manner which reserved to higher authority the final decision whether or not to hand them over [ KP 93 ] . |
| 11 | These depositors were less likely to make sudden substantial withdrawals , which allowed for lower cash reserves : profit without risk , especially since lendings were usually secured on land mortgage . |
| 12 | Later productions , which returned to earlier themes , were to be gentler , as for example the almost sentimental etchings of the Prince of Wales dreaming on the eve of his wedding ( 24 January 1795 ; reproduced in Hill , 1966 ) . |
| 13 | There was a working-class element , centred on the Shankill Road , West Belfast , which was suspicious of the élite nature of the Unionist Party 's leadership and which campaigned for higher wages , better housing conditions , and various welfare provisions . |
| 14 | Considerable efforts were made to fill the gaps which existed for earlier decades , notably by the acquisition of a large collection of Richelieu 's papers in 1705 , while in 1710 Torcy had most of the archive moved from Versailles , where it had hitherto been , to the Louvre ( the papers covering the years since 1698 remained at Versailles to be used in the daily business of the ministry ) . |
| 15 | As well as churches , Watkins quotes numerous examples of ‘ castle mounds ’ which developed from earlier structures . |
| 16 | Of course people in one time or place might be more aware of God , or more able to formulate their awareness in a way which persisted through further generations . |
| 17 | This in turn produced a sharper contrast than in 1980–1 between ( a ) responses which emphasized the need to strengthen and buttress the role of the police , and ( b ) responses which called for greater emphasis on the rejuvenation of the social and economic fabric of the inner cities . |
| 18 | Early evaluation of the CADDIS prototype was carried out in conjunction with ATE personnel which resulted in greater confidence in the general approach coupled with acceptance and participation in the general approach . |
| 19 | When external treatment with tea-tree no longer produced any improvement ( after many months ) , the oil was given by mouth which resulted in further elimination of toxins . |
| 20 | However , the successful operation of the snake was hindered by the adverse circumstances of the time : exchange rates were no longer pegged against the dollar ; there had been a massive increase in oil price which resulted in larger payments imbalances and severe exchange rate pressures ; domestic rates of inflation were showing a tendency to diverge markedly ; and the world economy was moving into recession . |
| 21 | He stuck to these attitudes through the 1820s and after , and could see no reason to take up the new liberal and radical ideas , which aimed at further break-up of the existing order of things . |
| 22 | Jean 's precocious bubble of confidence , which had earned her the attention of her parents , was replaced by a sense of guilt about what had happened which lasted into later life . |
| 23 | He adored the smooth-limbed whiteness of the idealised youths of ancient Greek art and it said that Angelica Kauffman 's painted figures followed this view of , and taste in , Greek masculinity in opposition to a more robust , tense , athletic and Roman image of the male body which prevailed in later French versions of neoclassicism . |