Example sentences of "which had [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was bitterly hostile to the enormous powers and privileges of the church in southern Italy , and thus abolished the Inquisition in the Two Sicilies and attacked the right of mortmain which had over generations accumulated vast amounts of property in clerical hands . |
| 2 | An attitude which had for generations seemed common-sense now appeared archaic , part of a vanishing world . |
| 3 | It was one of the great post-war institutions whose central purpose was political — to put an end to the frightful nationalistic quarrels which had for decades , indeed centuries , seen the people of Europe tearing each other to pieces and spreading havoc far and wide . |
| 4 | But , he said , last week the beleaguered Mr Major had found new friends in the SNP — which had for weeks been urging all-party opposition talks on the government of Scotland , but had been in secret negotiations with a Tory government . |
| 5 | When the PKK failed to evacuate its bases by the end of the month Turkey , which had on Oct. 16 begun a " limited " air and ground operation in Iraq , swiftly expanded its operations . |
| 6 | Indonesia , which had on Feb. 25 declared its territorial waters closed to the ship [ see pp. 38769-70 ] , had deployed a number of warships to prevent the boat entering its waters . |
| 7 | As an aside , I saw a cartoon yesterday which had to guys in a bar reading the newspaper in the year 2023 . |
| 8 | To a large extent the areas nearest to the Mediterranean were the most civilized , but there were cities further north with important cultural traditions , including Lyons , Bordeaux and Autun , and there were other cities , including Trier and Paris , which had at times been the residences of emperors . |
| 9 | ‘ That it appears to this Committee that the conduct of the Secretary has been highly culpable in inspecting and exposing the contents of papers of a private nature belonging to the professor which had by accident fallen into his ( the Secretary 's ) hands . |
| 10 | The move was seen as an attempt by Israel to defuse the worsening crisis in its relations with the United States , which had in October voted for the sending of a UN mission to Jerusalem . |
| 11 | Japan 's unexpected move followed prolonged pressure from the US administration , which had in September announced a ban on the import of drift-netted fish [ see p. 38459 ] . |
| 12 | The 200-strong rebel army which had in December 1989 infiltrated from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire was now thought to number some 5,000 men and boys , a small proportion of whom had reportedly received training in Libya and Burkina . |
| 13 | It appeared deserted , a trifle sinister even amid the overhanging trees — and , though she had not before registered the fact , it lacked the sound of happy voices which had in times past always greeted her return . |
| 14 | Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries , which had in turn supplanted manor courts . |
| 15 | It marked the end of the Croatian Republic as a semi-autonomous nation and the final victory of Tito 's Communists in the civil war which had in effect been raging in Yugoslavia since 1941 . |
| 16 | The most important of these abolished the army which had in effect ruled the country from 1968 to 1989 , created the office of ombudsman to protect the individual and social rights of citizens , and established the full autonomy of the Electoral Tribunal , guaranteeing it 0.7 per cent of current central government finances to enable it to operate effectively . |
| 17 | He was out to reveal a spunky , sparky , spontaneous self which had in fact never existed . |
| 18 | While Christie 's toyed with the idea of another Spanish sale , they quite rightly decided it was better not to overplay one market , which had in fact exhibited some weaknesses amidst the strengths . |
| 19 | Privatization would fall into two categories : the sale of state-owned shops and restaurants , which had in fact been under way since May 1 ; and the sale of state-owned factories and enterprises , 40 per cent of which were envisaged to be in private hands within three years . |
| 20 | The Communist Party ( PCP ) , which had in August declared its approval of the attempted coup in the Soviet Union , lost nearly half its seats , obtaining only 8.8 per cent of the vote and 17 seats on a joint platform ( the United Democratic Coalition — CDU ) with smaller leftist parties . |