Example sentences of "which [pron] were [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being a comprehensive Weltanschauung , in which there were to be found , according to Gramsci , all the elements that are needed for the construction of a new ‘ integral civilization ’ , it has come to be regarded by many thinkers as a much more limited and tentative body of thought , which is far from being able to predict , in any detail or with any certainty , the future development of society , or to offer anything but the roughest of guides to political action . |
| 2 | The Saturday Review in its now usual vein commented that although they were ‘ all men of various claims to distinction ’ , they hardly appeared competent to examine and assess the baffling array of entries with which they were to be confronted . |
| 3 | Winchester city councillor Major Dougie Covill requested that more pressure be put upon the county council to improve the footpaths and pavements which are in a very dangerous condition , and a Broad Street businessman wondered if residents were really aware of the changes going on in Broad Street , and the manner in which they were to be undertaken . |
| 4 | Testimony and documentary evidence would , they envisaged , be presented either to the forum court or obtained by Letter of Request in the foreign country in which they were to be found . |
| 5 | The surplus of 38 had to be considered because it was greater than the difference , 6 , between Trimble 525 , and Robinson , 519 , and might conceivably have affected the order in which they were to be eliminated . |
| 6 | The legislation was flawed not by the requirement of sanctions , claimed Bush , but by the rigid manner in which they were to be imposed , which would " harm US economic interests and provoke friendly countries who are essential to our efforts to resist Iraqi aggression " . |
| 7 | All were required to get official sanction for their enclosure and to provide evidence of the means by which they were to be physically provided for . |
| 8 | Summoning troops from the reserve would be easier if the formations in which they were to be deployed existed already . |