Example sentences of "which was [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was convinced that something had happened in our absence ; something had indeed happened — it had rained hard during the night and early morning — which was strange for that summer when we had a period of almost drought conditions . |
| 2 | In other words they are being totally unfair in that process and as a result of this more people are likely to suffer as a result of fire Council and savings which are clearly er is proposed er that is Conservative review that we should not be using new money or money within the environment budget which is better stretched for all the other services , to find that other fire fighters as much as we agree they are needed when clearly there is another pot of money which was available for this service and which the other two groups have decided they will take |
| 3 | The World Bank , which was keen for other cities to follow Singapore 's example , reported a 44 per cent fall in traffic entering central Singapore between 7.30am and 10.15am . |
| 4 | Finally , the ‘ deme judges ’ ( again an originally Pisistratid invention ) dispensed a justice which was uniform for all Attica , but they travelled round the demes on a kind of assize circuit ; they too must have been agents of unification . |
| 5 | One Scottish Cup semi-final was played on Sunday and the greater experience of Les Steel ( Barnet Shenkin , Victor Goldberg and John Matheson ) told against Liz McGowan ( Ken Baxter , Malcolm Cuthbertson and Andrew McIntosh ) in a match which was close for 24 boards then decided in the third set of 12 boards . |
| 6 | The cash limits were intended to reduce the social cost of distortionary taxes elsewhere , to impose ‘ financial discipline ’ in the hope of attaining a performance that was closer to that which was cost-minimizing for any output , and to increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations . |
| 7 | Indeed , another type of initiative which was eligible for three-year education support grant from 1990–91 was projects enabling teachers to play a more active role in relation to non-attendance . |
| 8 | The plans , adopted by NatWest , and which will go on show to the public after Easter , have been designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership , a firm of architects which was responsible for many of the high-quality buildings in the City . |
| 9 | W we still seem to debate certain things three , four and five times they creep their way through to the main committee and full council and I have to say that the point in para B about the report we 've been sent not recognising the reduction in local er government responsibilities it it is it 's a bit rich , because our response to that report does n't recognise that when I first arrived here Chairman we had the education department which was responsible for all the schools , six colleges of further education , college of art , college of agriculture , the teacher training college at and a major polytechnic . |
| 10 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 11 | The State Security Committee ( KGB ) , which was responsible for Soviet border defences , rushed border guard reinforcements to the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Jan. 3 amid reports that attacks on border installations had spread and now threatened the entire 800 km frontier . |
| 12 | It was also the meeting place of the Board of Guardians , whose duty it was to look after the poor , and the Patrington Union which was responsible for 27 parishes . |
| 13 | Younger figures , perhaps above all the exciting young Jewish expressionist poet , Jakob von Hoddis , dominated the organization , the ‘ Neuen Club ’ , which was responsible for these events . |
| 14 | It appeared that within the organization was a secret group which was responsible for extra-legal anti-semitic ‘ excitement ’ . |
| 15 | The policeman , seeing the expiry date on the cartons of tinned milk , promptly issued a summons against the Jordanian manager for selling milk which was unfit for human consumption . |
| 16 | In front of him were two other cars , which was unusual for this road . |
| 17 | Firstly , it viewed the company as distinct from its shareholders and therefore , unlike the contractual model , it could be seen to support the theory that it was the company which was liable for any debts . |
| 18 | He alone could at once restore the unity of England and Normandy , which was important for many great families . |
| 19 | In 1959 the BDDA returned to Edinburgh for a successful Congress , which was notable for memorable weather , the election of Dr E S Greenaway , Headmaster of the Yorkshire School for the Deaf , as President in succession to the late Sir Richard Paget , and an address by Mrs Molly Sheavyn ( nee Miss Molly Sifton ) on Why 1 changed my Mind . |