Example sentences of "which [vb past] into [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polls in most states open today at 6am local time , which translated into British time means 11am for New York and 2pm for California . |
| 2 | First , in many cases the previous foreign owners of those companies which passed into local ownership , either private or state , were invited to continue as managers for which they received a management fee . |
| 3 | Another modification introduced in 1992 was that any business which moved into new premises would inherit the transitional relief ( i.e. the phasing in allowance ) of the previous occupant . |
| 4 | … not noise , but something more like an invisible hammer which smacked into both ears at once . |
| 5 | The very term necropolis , which came into common usage , harked back to the pre-Christian era . |
| 6 | They need regular injections of Factor 8 , some of which came into this country infected with the AIDS virus . |
| 7 | Like the beta-blocking drugs which came into clinical use later , their effects were not predicted but were undoubtedly useful . |
| 8 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 9 | To take the trip to Meudon and to visit Jacques and Raissa Maritain , and also her sister — a visit which turned into two visits — was most rewarding . |
| 10 | Poxed , disfigured scavengers scuttled across hillocks of debris which rained into this underworld from a low steel sky by way of chutes and grilles . |
| 11 | You 've only got to look at history … slavery which led into colonialism which developed into full-blown imperialism , right on up to the present-day immigration policies . |
| 12 | Suddenly , Harry was gripped by a sneezing fit which dissolved into painful coughing . |
| 13 | They were indeed works of art , great mop-headed beauties made from finely-cut wood shavings which curled into unbelievable shapes . |
| 14 | Also on the Committee 's agenda will be a research proposal on the globalisation of Cable News Network , the US-based television news service which leapt into worldwide prominence through its coverage of the Gulf War . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But the amount of Aramaic literature which went into international circulation must have been limited in quantity and variety . |
| 17 | Figure 5 is the PAS-score trajectory for Lowndes Queensway , the second largest furniture and carpet retailer in the UK , which went into administrative receivership in August 1990 , exactly two years after it was formed from a £450M leverage buy-out . |
| 18 | This style in plain colours — light & dark , then into the big rounded ‘ beagle ’ collars which went into all colours — and in checks & in different materials : cotton , cotton/poly , Oxfords , wool mixes , etc . |
| 19 | Although shareholders in Hilton Mining afterwards contemplated legal action because the prospectus had not revealed that Allan Hilton , the chairman , had been a director of Hilton ( Products ) which went into voluntary liquidation , their real grievance was against Harvard 's selling techniques . |
| 20 | The decision to focus on the fur trade follows the demise last month of the pressure group Lynx , which went into voluntary liquidation after losing a libel case against a mink farmer . |
| 21 | For while it was happy for the advisory team to devise policies which went into considerable detail about aspects of classroom practice which are surely for schools and teachers to determine , it remained relatively aloof from one area of school life — home-school links-where policy might usefully and helpfully have stipulated not just goals and commitments but also a range of procedures from which schools could choose . |
| 22 | Fox set up New World Pictures to make British films , and Columbia Pictures engaged Irving Asher , who had been making quickies for Warners , to initiate a production programme that led to such interesting pictures as The Spy in Black ( 1938 , U-Boat 29 in US ) and Q Planes ( 1939 , Clouds Over Europe in US ) , both of which tapped into contemporary anxieties about the prospect of war . |
| 23 | To seaward , the ship of Mick Crackbene shuddered within a column of smoke which blossomed into red flame . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Oil consumers , whether directly or indirectly concerned , concentrated their attention on the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf , through which flowed some 20 per cent of the oil supplies of the world outside the CPEs and which shifted into sharp focus as the war intensified . |
| 26 | Given the range of the latter , his historical output was substantial , with his work in English history , best represented by England in the Nineteenth Century , 1815–1914 ( 1950 ) , eclipsed in quality by his work on French history , which was attractively written and distinctive in approach and content : his several books on the subject included Democracy in France ( 1946 ) , which ran into five editions before his death . |
| 27 | Mawson published two main works , The Art and Craft of Garden Making ( 1900 ) , which ran into five editions , and Civic Art ( 1911 ) , in which he discussed the principles of town planning . |
| 28 | The company , which ran into big trouble after a couple of customers failed to complete big orders as expected — when the orders had already been booked as sales in the figures , says it is unlikely to be acquired because of a Sword of Damocles hanging over it in the form of outstanding class-action law suits . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This was the first occasion on which the ancestors of the modern Slovenes found themselves included in a political unit which extended into central Europe . |