Example sentences of "which was [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is fitting perhaps that Picon has placed the Hope Dionysus just in front of the entrance to the restaurant , a space which was formerly part of the Greek and Roman galleries . |
| 2 | Michael Green draws attention to the fact that the Gospels represent an entirely new literary form , which was neither history , nor biography , but a highly selective weaving together of fragments using preaching and teaching ‘ arranged in order to show what sort of person Jesus was , to give the evidence on which the disciples had followed him and had adjudged him the Messiah and Son of God , and by the strongest possible implication , challenge the readers to make the same act of faith in Christ as they themselves had done ’ ( Green 1970:229 , 230 ) . |
| 3 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that it was implicit in the Housing Act 1957 that a local authority must serve a demand for expenses before bringing an action to recover them under section 10(3) ; but that the requirement to serve such a demand before taking action was a mere procedural step which was not part of the cause of action and that , save as expressly provided by section 10(4) for summary proceedings , the period of limitation began to run from the completion of the works ; and that , accordingly , the action was statute-barred ( post , pp. 126F–G , 129E — 130B ) . |
| 4 | ( Elections in Berlin , which was not part of Brandenburg , would be held on Dec. 2 , 1990 . ) |
| 5 | The implications were that I had no physical characteristics of my own , but that in the same way as I ‘ had ’ my father 's nose , or my grandmother 's eyes , I somehow inhabited a body which was not mine but a replica of my mother 's , and over which , therefore , I had no control . |
| 6 | Later , it became clear that this material , despite its potency , contained only about 1 per cent of pure penicillin and that it was almost entirely composed of material which was not penicillin . |
| 7 | Then she sank her teeth into that flesh which was not flesh . |
| 8 | They went back to France which was already part of the Roman Empire . |
| 9 | By the age of two , which was when Princess Katherine next saw her father , the King , who had been away fighting wars in France , it was quite apparent that the Princess was deaf . |
| 10 | Preston 's Auntie Ethel and William 's mother , Elaine , had been best friends at school , which was why Preston had been detailed as William 's Minder — another one of Auntie Ethel 's great ideas , like the newspaper that could defend you against muggers . |
| 11 | Newley had been wearing a black , loosely knitted jersey , which was why Dougal had not noticed the wounds earlier . |
| 12 | Also , apparently there was some kind of bug which the whole party got to some degree … which was why Deane was ruled out completely . |
| 13 | ‘ Which was why Leila stood out , ’ said one of Zeinab 's friends , Gamal . |
| 14 | It was also one of the most economical , which was why Kolchinsky would have purchased it in the first place . |
| 15 | He was particularly careful of any involvement with the Mamur Zapt , which was why Owen not only reported formally to the Khedive but was nominally subordinate to Garvin . |
| 16 | We may also note that , when this message was sent to MACMIS in the afternoon of 15 May , AFHQ was under the impression that 5 Corps had already taken surrender of the 200,000 Croats , which was why Tito was being asked to " instruct his commander to accept them " . |
| 17 | They were responsible for the complete show , which was why stories of stars giving notes to other actors or ordering changes in sets and costumes were not just examples of megalomania , but the desire to maintain the overall standard of whatever production they put their names to . |
| 18 | Which was why Blackbeard accepted directives from him , even if he felt that he did not need them . |
| 19 | This new building is the detached cottage used by the Ladies since the 1950 's and which was previously Mr. and Mrs. Pedler 's home . |
| 20 | On fine evenings in summer , we always took a walk after church , usually by the same route , which was up St. Martin 's Lane and Fowlers Hill to Milford Hollow . |
| 21 | A Church already existed at Old Chiswick , for the folk who lived along that part of the River Thames , or used the ferry crossing which was just west of the eyot there . |
| 22 | They arrived there with about twenty minutes to go before lunch , which was just time for general introductions and for Leith to be shown her room , wash her hands and rejoin Naylor , Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood , and Travis downstairs . |
| 23 | It was quite another for Mary to spend her childhood and adolescence in the most powerful and civilized country in Europe , which was also Scotland 's traditional ally , so that she might assume that what she learned there was not the product of hostile bias . |
| 24 | Sewerby Hall museum has a fine collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery , clothing , pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site at nearby Home Farm which was also part of the estate , but the most interesting exhibits in the museum are to be found in the Amy Johnson collection . |
| 25 | And perhaps a little bit to spending the £750 which was also part of the prize . |
| 26 | The Scentmakers ' Bazaar , which was where Mahmoud was taking them , was one of the oldest and most traditional of the bazaars . |
| 27 | Which was where Strummer was going . |
| 28 | ‘ In a strict Party sense this was all bourgeois individualism and bohemianism , to me it was infinitely more attractive than anything going on in the Communist Party , particularly the student Communist Party , which was largely in-fighting and sectarian politics . |
| 29 | Asil Nadir , the former head of Polly Peck , an electronics-to-fruit group which was once Britain 's fastest-growing company , skipped £3.5m ( $1.5m ) bail while awaiting trial for theft and false accounting concerning £30m . |
| 30 | It is on the site of the old Malswick Halt , which was once part of the Newent to Gloucester Railway , another industrial relic that has long disappeared . |