Example sentences of "continued [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funeral monuments continued to be erected in parish churches in all parts of the country throughout the seventeenth century . |
| 2 | Thousands of Chinese pro-democracy protesters arrested the previous year continued to be detained without charge or trail . |
| 3 | Although some public enterprises , such as the state airline Iberia , were permitted to negotiate convenios from the mid-1960s , the pay and conditions of RENFE workers continued to be determined by ministry of labour directives.Extremely detailed ordinances covered every aspect of remuneration , working hours , staffing , recruitment , promotion , transfer and discipline . |
| 4 | We have marvellous architectural sculpture , tombstones , votive reliefs and other things which continued to be made in marble ; but most of what the Greeks themselves , and the Romans after them , considered the masterpieces of their sculptors are gone . |
| 5 | The first details of the fifth five-year development plan ( 1990-95 ) were revealed in a Planning Ministry statement on Dec. 31 , 1989 , in which heavy emphasis continued to be placed on defence spending in spite of the recession of recent years and a chronic deficit which resulted in modest spending increases overall . |
| 6 | Large well-run estates confiscated by Paulus could well have passed into imperial hands and continued to be managed for profit , but it depends on whether the Emperor needed capital more than income . |
| 7 | Although after Nero 's reign the clause of damnatio had no effect , it continued to be used in practice , as this example and others in the Digest show ; and as the documentary evidence confirms . |
| 8 | The charismatic NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi , 44 , and former Prime Minister and leader of the League for Democracy and Peace ( LDP ) U Nu , 83 , remained under house arrest , and the NLD leader Gen. ( retd ) Tin U , 64 , continued to be held in prison [ see pp. 36816-17 ; 37188 ; 37284 ] . |
| 9 | The Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer continued to be used in many parishes throughout the Interregnum ; parents continued to choose godparents for their children , and mothers continued to be churched following childbirth . |
| 10 | Evidence from manufacturing also indicates that drinking customs continued to be linked to beer consumption , quite often expected from employers as a perquisite . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , goods continued to be transported by road from Aqaba to Iraq . |
| 12 | Up to 1914 almost 80% of the annual import of grain continued to be discharged from grain vessels by the highly skilled labour force expert in the use of hand tackle with the remaining 20% being mechanically handled for bulk storage in the warehouse . |
| 13 | Kwa languages were an important influence on the Caribbean Creoles at the time of their formation ( and subsequently while slaves continued to be imported from West Africa ) . |
| 14 | The old woman sat silently gathering the strands : the young girl who had known the pain of longing ; the rich , beautiful and ambitious young woman who , despite two suitable marriages , continued to be pursued by longing ; and the older woman , who found happiness with a poor drunken sot from her father 's stables at Tjele . |