Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , this was one of the reasons which led to its decline in 1971/72 . |
| 2 | Most of the seminal papers which give rise to paradigm shifts , and the creation of new journals to publish new subjects or combinations of subjects , are first published in the core journal set for the earlier research front , and the clusters which define the new research front may not include the journal which first published the paper which led to its inception . |
| 3 | It may at least be surmised that such a role was not envisaged for the CNAA by university representatives in the discussions which led to its being proposed and established' . |
| 4 | ( Mostly it had not , since it was unable to acquire the land put on the market , or even to understand the complex legal processes which led to its expropriation . ) |
| 5 | One particular boat , ‘ Duchess-Countess ’ , carried a large curved knife with which to sever the towline of any boat which got in its way ! |
| 6 | On a ‘ Factory Walk About ’ , the most recent developments are as follows : — at the ‘ top end ’ , the old Wilton winding areas has become the pattern room which moved into its new location in April . |
| 7 | Selinus , to the far west along the south coast of Sicily , evidently became very rich very early , and of the many temples , some vast , which rose on its huge acropolis several belong to this early time . |
| 8 | Leaders of the three main ethnic groups on March 18 signed an agreement , negotiated under the auspices of the EC , on the future of the republic which provided for its division into three autonomous units along ethnic lines . |
| 9 | MOTORISTS were made late for work yesterday by a llama which wandered from its farm on to the A22 at Forest Row , Sussex . |
| 10 | Bob Ivie 's speciality was his Hawaiian Punch , made to a secret Hawaiian recipe which became less secret every time he mixed up another batch before an audience , and which changed in its details anyway . |
| 11 | Modern China retained these problems which stemmed from its massive cultural heritage and as a consequence could not move forward . |
| 12 | I commute from Dunfermline to Edinburgh to work for an enlightened firm of architects which designed into its office a shower facility , which allows me to cycle in all weathers . |
| 13 | Revenues generated by this channel did not go through the joint venture , rather through Kam Circuits , which contributed to its good performance . |
| 14 | An owl-hoot startled them all and a soldier cursed as the bird sailed low over their heads , plunging in the grass to seize some little creature which squirmed in its death agonies . |
| 15 | Malraux 's Maisons de Culture , which he established up and down the country after becoming de Gaulle 's Minister of Culture in 1959 were actually a Vichyite idea which came into its own when de Gaulle realised that culture could become the faithful servant of Gaullist grandeur . |
| 16 | The Leviathan was a ruthless and cruel creature , with ‘ a heart as hard as a millstone ’ , and it destroyed anything which came in its path . |
| 17 | Half-points will also be upgraded to full points for techniques which catch the opponent as he attacks ; for deflecting the opponent and scoring on his undefended back ; for techniques which immediately follow a sweep or throw ; for an onslaught of continuous and effective attacks , each component of which scored in its own right . |
| 18 | All three were the predestined victims of capitalism , though , as we have seen , neither the peasantry nor the country-based social hierarchy which rested on its backs were in any immediate danger of collapse . |
| 19 | Hotels-to-racing group Ladbroke 's dramatically reduced profits did not unduly worry the City which approved of its increased dividend payout . |
| 20 | It is arguable that a decline in the traditional role of the military nobility in war was presaged by the ever-greater use made of artillery , that most ‘ un-noble ’ and indiscriminate causer of death , which claimed among its victims several great noblemen , among them the Bastard of Bourbon , killed at Soisson in 1414 ; Thomas , earl of Salisbury ( ‘ a worthi werrioure amonge all Cristen men … slayne at the sege of Orliaunce with a Gonne ’ , as the author of the Brut reported the event ) ; John Talbot , earl of Shrewsbury , killed at Castillon in July 1453 ; and Jacques de Lalaing , ‘ le bon chevalier ’ , killed in the very same month at the siege of Poeke , near Ghent . |
| 21 | The crucial breakthrough came in 1854 , with the purchase of the United Kingdom rights of an American patent for the manufacture , by steam machinery , of a revolutionary wood-screw with a pointed end which acted as its own gimlet . |
| 22 | Under this Act a child born alive , but suffering from a physical or mental defect as a result of something which happened before its birth , has a right of action for damages if the defendant would also have been liable in tort for what occurred to the parent if sued in time . |
| 23 | Mr Michael said the report , by senior civil servant Richard Kornicki , had not even been made available to police authorities which co-operated in its production . |
| 24 | In place of a new catalogue , the Whitney Museum republished Calder 's Universe , the book which served for its more comprehensive retrospective exhibition of 1976 , the year of the artist 's death . |
| 25 | The Dragoon dropped the carbine and fumbled for his sword which hung from its wrist strap . |
| 26 | The triumphant coronation and surge of patriotic fervour which followed in its wake led a worried Duke of Bedford , the English regent in France and uncle of Henry VI of England , to call for his nephew 's own coronation on French soil . |
| 27 | They went on to deride the ‘ screaming headlines ’ , ‘ spate of glorification ’ , and ‘ premature eulogies ’ which followed in its wake . |
| 28 | Worse still , the camps were breeding grounds for fever , and Battle in 1809 suffered severely from a typhoid outbreak which began in its barracks . |
| 29 | Thankfully , the iron gibbet which swung from its hook was empty . |
| 30 | In fact Kinsai was noted for the peace and order which existed on its streets — there was order everywhere in the land , and very little real law breaking — and it was amazing that his attackers had been able to persist for so long without interference . |