Example sentences of "which was [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the writer 's experience of recording the practices of old farm horsemen the frog 's or toad 's bone was nearly always linked with the jading of a horse , and they used the repellent substances with the bone , which was either powdered or whole , in this practice . |
| 2 | No consensus was reached on G-24 aid to the Soviet Union , which was particularly opposed by the United States Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 3 | PLAN has agreed with the Ugandan Government to begin its operations in the Luwero district , an area which was particularly devastated by the civil war which ended in 1986 . |
| 4 | The over-riding reason for the fall was the reduction in the working week which was particularly marked from 1966 onwards and was disproportionately large among female workers who were constituting a bigger share of the total working population . |
| 5 | The reduced value of trade was not confined to imports ; the fall in these was parallelled , although not precisely , by a decline in cloth exports , which was particularly marked at Bristol . |
| 6 | ‘ Even agents in London and the South-East , which was particularly hard-hit during the recession , have reported a busy December . |
| 7 | Our particular role may be to take over consciously and with some degree of awareness that which was formerly done on a more instinctive level . |
| 8 | Rowland Compliance Testing [ which was formerly known as Power Certification Limited ] has established a substantial portfolio of quality blue-chip customers throughout the country , and is poised for substantial growth . |
| 9 | Place Barn , Wilmington , Polegate , East Sussex Place Barn , Wilmington , is flint-walled barn which was formerly attached to Priory Farm at the head of the hill that leads out of the village to the South Downs . |
| 10 | In a third room is the so-called Broccardo portrait from Budapest , the ‘ Three Singers ’ from the Pitti and the recently restored canvas from the Mattioli collection , also showing three singers , which was formerly thought to show ‘ Samson Mocked ’ . |
| 11 | The Joint Transport Operation ( with Oxfam ) which was formerly located in Desse , capital of the region of Walo in the north of the country , was relocated in Addis Ababba during the latter stages of the civil war . |
| 12 | The assessors chose 116a for their schedules which , although it had a flat elevation to Parliament Street , had the large internal quadrangle which was ultimately incorporated into the executed building . |
| 13 | He disputed the idea that Latin American agrarian structures were ’ feudalist' , arguing that they too existed in dependent relation to a capitalism which was ultimately supported by their very primitivism . |
| 14 | Almost exactly a year later , a bomb did go off in the basement car park during the evening rush hour , causing many minor casualties , and about £350m in damage , about ten per cent of which was ultimately reinsured in the London market . |
| 15 | For the statistical processor the processing time is linearly proportional to the sentence length , as opposed to rule-based method which was exponentially related . |
| 16 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 17 | In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field . |
| 18 | They did n't go into the kitchen , but into the front parlour which was rarely used on weekdays . |
| 19 | In particular need of repair are the east and west sides , and the roof , which was badly damaged in the storms of 1987 and 1989 . |
| 20 | The City council of Amsterdam has instructed a New York lawyer to investigate the possibilities for legal action against Daniel Goldreyer , the restorer of Barnett Newman 's ‘ Who 's afraid of red , yellow and blue III ’ which was badly damaged with a Stanley-knife in 1986 . |
| 21 | In December 1917 Malcolm was given command ( as major-general ) of the 66th division , which was badly mauled in the great German offensive launched by Erich Ludendorff in March 1918 . |
| 22 | The September 27 show took place at the Los Angeles Coliseum , situated in downtown LA , which was badly hit in the April riots . |
| 23 | Sir Wyn also promised that the Government would provide whatever cash assistance was necessary for action at Llandudno General Hospital , which was badly hit by the floods . |
| 24 | Sir Wyn also gave an undertaking that the government would provide whatever cash assistance was necessary for action at Llandudno General Hospital , which was badly hit by the floods . |
| 25 | He established that the body which was badly decomposed was that of a male aged between 16 and 25 . |
| 26 | To Gerald Thomas , who experienced a lot of Ken 's problems — mainly his sexual difficulties , the director remembered for me ; his dissatisfaction with a part of his life which was neither fulfilled nor which he even wanted fulfilled — Ken was ‘ a child , a child who was always showing off ’ . |
| 27 | The use of a widely understood and increasingly popular language which was neither identified with any one tribal group nor with the colonial power was a great asset to the nationalists . |
| 28 | She then signed a form provided by the hospital , which was neither read nor explained to her , signifying her refusal of consent to blood transfusions . |
| 29 | The visitor came from Surrey and brought with him a bat , which was duly presented to me — my first cricket bat ! |
| 30 | In 1850 a local man , returning from Mayday festivities in Otley , suggested the village might follow their lead and he gave £5 towards the purchase of a pole , which was duly erected . |