Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All records were of single birds which rarely stayed for more than a day . |
| 2 | It also contained a clause which effectively provided for its continued validity should the Soviet Union be dissolved or reconstituted . |
| 3 | In the rigid and uncompromising structure of a society which constantly looked for negative , rather than positive factors , the faintest rumour was elevated to probable truth and doubt became a definite accusation . |
| 4 | The situation was particularly disturbing in the state of Bihar , which alone accounted for three-quarters of the latter group . |
| 5 | A news item in 1988 concerning a 590cm. ( approximately 19ft. ) long pilot whale washed up at Talland Bay recalls other sea mammals washed up on our coastline , one of which apparently qualified for a church burial . |
| 6 | The compartment gave only an oblique view of the altar , which perhaps accounted for the distinct murmur of conversation behind the grille . |
| 7 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 8 | The fastest growing sector of the X market was graphical user interface development technology , including cross platform tools and interface development tools , which together accounted for more than $81m . |
| 9 | Bairds of Hamilton and Hourstons of Ayr , which together accounted for more than 50 per cent of group turnover , were sold as going concerns to JT Morgan & Co ( Swansea ) and its associated company , Omnibreck Holdings , respectively . |
| 10 | The newspapers described what went on , particularly the annual Presidential Addresses , which generally called for more scientific education , and were fully and widely reported . |
| 11 | Research Triangle Park , North Carolina-based Alphatronix — which just opened for business in Birmingham , West Midlands , has announced what it calls the industry 's first open hierarchical storage management environment . |
| 12 | The ‘ space ’ which once existed for police and pickets to negotiate a mutually acceptable code of picket-line conduct has been closed off , as the miners and striking print workers discovered to their cost . |
| 13 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 14 | It is worth noting , however , that the spending priorities have not been radically dissimilar from those planned by the outgoing Labour government , which also planned for cuts in spending on education and housing and an expansion in spending on defence , law and order , and social security . |
| 15 | Another lever , which also worked for just that one hour , controlled the food supply . |
| 16 | This generous loan from the Vatican is in exchange for payment by the German episcopal conference for a new air conditioning system in the Vatican Library 's book stacks , a deal arranged by the Stuttgart Belser-Verlag which also paid for the exhibition 's catalogue ( by Jonathan Alexander , Eberhard König , Jean Michel Massing and others ; DM98 ) . |
| 17 | Sandinista leaders , headed by Ortega , did not participate in the discussions , but nevertheless welcomed the agreement , which also called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the grouping of the estimated 3,000 contras inside Nicaragua in UN-supervised security zones before being disarmed . |
| 18 | I 'm happy to see that the attitude of the C E C and of the General Secretary has changed radically , I would say , since last year , when it and they opposed the Liverpool motion , which also called for accountability of Labour councillors and M Ps . |
| 19 | President Assad visited Mubarak in Alexandria on Aug. 28 , after which both called for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal and a " restoration of legitimacy " in Kuwait . |
| 20 | They now began to side with the extreme wing of the pied noir integrationist movement , which openly called for his overthrow . |
| 21 | These schemes , which originally ran for one year , have now been extended to two years . |
| 22 | And I was struck by an enthusiastic review of the programme by a male press critic which really emphasised for me how both political and media discourses are implicated in addressing audiences/voters in patriarchal terms that are outside most of our experience . |
| 23 | There seems to be no way in which the human race can bring about the civilisation of its members without using to some degree that same power of evolution which inevitably needed for its effect the imposition of some measure of discomfort , pain or unhappiness in some form or other . |
| 24 | The rest of the budget , which reportedly provided for a partial devaluation , was denominated in rials . |
| 25 | Letters from the Iraqi government in May , which reportedly called for direct talks with Iran , apparently elicited some initial positive responses in Iran , but the initiative was overtaken by renewed controversy following the Arab League summit on May 28-30 in Baghdad , the Iraqi capital [ see p. 37473 ] . |
| 26 | Where the great rivers of molten lava had flowed in the distant past was now a jumbled mass of solidified rock-like structures which sometimes stretched for many kilometres . |
| 27 | As I look back to my inner training in prayer , I see an early stage when it consisted of asking God 's blessing on myself and those I loved , then through a stage of mental meditation , and finally a merging into contemplation , which did not need words , but a silent awareness of the presence of God , which sometimes continued for a quarter of an hour or more . |
| 28 | It is possible , however , that the search which then began for communal standards was prompted not only by this evident nadir of design , but by a wish to re-establish contact between the house and the community . |
| 29 | His daughter fed him on tins of baby food , which again confirmed for me the sour joke of existence and the particular contemptibility of this old man . |
| 30 | As well as giving Howden access to new markets such as Scandinavia and the Far East , the acquisition increases Howden 's reliance on the fan business , which previously accounted for one-third of the group 's £300 million turnover . |