Example sentences of "which [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That gag was consciously played for laughs , of course , but the really funny thing is that the pioneering Australian brands which were on the shelves in the ‘ 70s were actually called the much more comical names of Kanga Rouge and Wallaby wine . |
| 2 | Ignoring the whole question of invisibility , which is particularly oppressive to working-class lesbians and gays , she nonetheless raised matters which were on the minds of many other heterosexual politicians . |
| 3 | " At the east end modern windows are made to the kitchen and chamber , over which are yet to be seen part of three antient lancet windows of the chancel , the center one somewhat higher and larger than the other two ; which were before the alterations deep and narrow . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , when asked about the way the societies sold insurance , 49 per cent of customers said they trusted their society to sell them only those products and services which were in the customers ' best interests . |
| 5 | A brief list of these phrases which were in the documents in 1121 will show their relevance : |
| 6 | if it shall appear by the record of the books , rolls and memoranda of his court , or by ancient perambulations , or by any other sufficient evidence , that any royal demesnes , or lands or woods which were in the forests before the time of Henry II , had been excluded by the late perambulations , then they shall be re-afforested . |
| 7 | The court ordered the original bills of lading , which were in the hands of B. , the ambassador of the Republic of Somalia appointed to the United Nations Organisation by the former government , to be placed in court to facilitate the sale of the cargo and for the net proceeds of sale to be paid into court . |
| 8 | We then talked about the first of those two towers of Tower Bridge if you remember which was about the skills that we need for er delivery . |
| 9 | His mother had spoken to Mr McDoodle , who owned one of the few horse and carts in the village , asking him if he could take Endill to the nearest train station which was over the hills in the town of Moorloch . |
| 10 | And no doubt a sensible formula would have been devised in order to tell the jury that which was in the circumstances agreed to be appropriate . |
| 11 | The transmission design and construction function ( which was in the hands of a centralised headquarters group inherited from the CEB ) was a model of efficiency , but the power station side posed more serious problems . |
| 12 | He ‘ used much pains ’ in raising forces to attack the Royalists in Sherborne ; but his military career came to an ignominious end with the failure of his assault on Corfe Castle , which was in the hands of Mary , Lady Bankes [ q.v. ] , and her Amazonian maidservants . |
| 13 | Yet in 1985 free-market Britain seemed to be outpacing the rest of bank-monitored Europe , which was in the throes of ‘ Eurosclerosis ’ : slow growth thanks to closed markets , protected managers and workers , and backward technology . |
| 14 | The budget review sub-committee has a provisional date of Thursday the third of February , which was in the minds of members and officers to deal with anything urgent that needed to be dealt with before county council budget making . |
| 15 | Loud French pop music howled out of a cassette recorder and everybody danced with each other to a song which was in the charts at the time , . |
| 16 | Presently they were ready at the place of meeting , and the gate was opened which was nearest the gardens where the Moors had entered , without order ; and they fell fiercely upon them , smiting and slaying . |
| 17 | An interim experiment took place in 1981 with tubes of brine shrimp , which are sensitive to changes in the magnetic field : they seemed to cluster at the end of the tube which was nearest the stones . |
| 18 | ‘ Bastard , ’ screamed Perdita , racing down the field , twirling her stick in the air , which was against the rules . |