Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sceptics argued that there was no real difference between a right and a duty ; once it was laid down when auditors would be expected to use their right to report , it effectively became a duty . |
| 2 | They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final for their third win in successive years and they effectively became the second underwater sevens champions since Australia in 1983 , the previous ‘ monsoon ’ tournament . |
| 3 | And so it was , in 1950 , that Edouard effectively became the baron de Chavigny . |
| 4 | This process implies that forecasts effectively became the annual budgets . |
| 5 | ‘ I started screaming so loudly that crowds ran to the scene which eventually made the policemen stop . ’ |
| 6 | The Morley/Penman project had a negative thrust — ‘ rockist ’ duly became a term of abuse as casually applied by pop fans as ‘ selling out ’ had been by 1960s rock fans — but its tone was relentlessly optimistic and Morley was duly rewarded for his faith in market forces ( and in Dollar in particular ) by being invited into Trevor Horn 's record label plans . |
| 7 | In the second Test at Port-of-Spain , he duly became the third ‘ W ’ , Weekes and Walcott having already made their debuts , and scored 97 and 28 not out . |
| 8 | That effectively made the game safe for the tourists , but there was little to commend in a cold and often bitter contest . |
| 9 | Much more seriously , the House of Lords in Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd v. ACAS ( 1978 ) effectively made the resolution of recognition disputes dependent on the co-operation of employers . |
| 10 | His rebuke to the Congress , that " if this leadership is to succeed , it must have the men it wants " , effectively made the second vote on Yanayev a vote of confidence in Gorbachev , and Yanayev was then elected by 1,237 votes to 563 . |
| 11 | I rather got the impression that they would take him er , er , continue interest in what would happen , I 've got the impression they have a representative here to give their view of how it was er |
| 12 | Virgin duly made the appropriate rerelease but nothing happened . |
| 13 | However , the House of Lords , when hearing the appeal in Davis v. Johnson [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1132 , expressly affirmed the rule in Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co . |
| 14 | Left-wing critics furiously attacked the Chancellor 's cynicism and blatant inegalitarianism . |
| 15 | So those who persistently demanded succour when they were no longer entitled to it and irritatingly pricked the conscience of the rich were particularly apt for denunciation as witches . |
| 16 | On the other hand , Whitaker avidly devoured the kind of Boy 's Own adventures typified by such heroes as Bulldog Drummond and any of John Buchan 's creations . |
| 17 | Essex 's alleged impotence was the central issue facing the royal commission set up in 1613 , which duly ruled the marriage unconsummated and granted a divorce , freeing the countess to marry Carr . |
| 18 | Secondly , they gave a deterrent theory : the massive support which a man could call on deterred the would-be criminal ( unless his offence was unwitting ) . |
| 19 | The backers rather misjudged the mood of the populace at the time , and far from attracting crowds of culture-hungry theatre-goers , the actor-managers of the day had to be protected from the mob by the soldiery . |
| 20 | Ford — and indeed the unions — badly misjudged the mood of the workforce . |
| 21 | And woe betide both of them if Leonard failed to phone her if he decided to stay out and thereby wasted the food ! |
| 22 | WHEN Capenhurst employees raised money 16 years ago to send cerebral palsy sufferer Alan Barnes to America for treatment , they little realised the heights to which he would rise . |
| 23 | The full manufacturers ' list of 24 models which were considered not satisfactory ( and presumably failed the government test ) is : Boots 500 ; Brother MF1200PW and MF3200DB ; Electrolux NF4061 , NF4065 and NF4076 ; Goldstar ER350ME and ER535ME ; Hoover H6312 ; Matsui 260TC ; Moulinex 059 ; Philips AVM625 and AVM734 ; Proline M3030 ; Russel Hobbs 8504 ; Samsung RE570D , RE576D and RE990CT ; Sanyo EM2714BR ; Sharp R-7A50M and R-8H50(B)T ; Toshiba ER9610EW-1 and ER9630E ; Tricity MH1081 . |
| 24 | Their thesis maintains that as technology — seen as the driving-force of change — and industrialisation become more uniformly applied the countries involved will tend , over an extended period , to develop more similar industrial features , including their industrial relations arrangements , practices and ‘ web of rules ’ . |
| 25 | I thought it must be a visit to his lawyer or somesuch and politely asked no more . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you order the bourbon and water , sir ? ’ she politely asked the empty high-backed chair in the living-room . |
| 27 | The arrangement eventually became a sore point in relations between the US and Panama , which regarded the original treaty as an affront to its sovereignty . |
| 28 | Her brother , Merfyn , began training with his uncle as a motor engineer and eventually became a technical journalist . |
| 29 | He eventually became a prebend of St. Paul 's and Archdeacon of Leicester ; had it not been for his friendship with Bishop Crewe who sympathized with the Stuarts , he could have expected to become a bishop . |
| 30 | An important example is George Crabbe , who grew up in poverty but eventually became a priest ; although his poetry is deeply informed by the experience of poverty , he is alienated in many respects from the class into which he was born . |