Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] was [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mathematics he was clearly one year ahead , and was immediately awarded a Founder 's scholarship and two small exhibitions — and this at St John 's College which was noted at this time for its academic distinction . |
| 2 | An agreement on family reunions and the exchange of art troupes which was reached at Red Cross talks in October 1989 [ for which see p. 36975 ] broke down Nov. 27 when the South Koreans refused to allow the revolutionary opera " The Flower Girl " to be performed in Seoul , the South Korean capital , saying that its content was political and contrary to Red Cross principles [ see p. 37041 ] . |
| 3 | This meant that Blake was allocated a special cell which was changed at irregular intervals , that had to be examined every day , and Blake and the cell completely searched at least once a fortnight . |
| 4 | But the Opposition Chief Whip is continuing the fight to regain its licence to certify steers castrated bulls which was withdrawn at six weeks ' notice . |
| 5 | Richard inherited from his uncle the family ironmongery business which was located at 4 St Stephens Green . |
| 6 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 7 | Payton scotched speculation he was unsettled at Ayresome Park . |
| 8 | These vary in accordance with changes in the company 's issued share capital , subject to an absolute limit which was set at 6,661,855 ordinary shares in August 1985 , representing 5% of the issued share capital at that time . |
| 9 | Despite later Communist acceptance of this policy it was rejected at this time by William Rust for the Party . |
| 10 | At the outset he was given at most a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 11 | At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters , surrounded by television screens , satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones . |
| 12 | It was also indicated to them that while on the grade they would perform a limited range of duties as defined in a list which was published at that time . |
| 13 | Figure 1A shows the area of lesion which was calculated at 30 minutes after the injection of endothelin-1 in a range of 50–500 pmol/kg . |
| 14 | This time it was recorded at 96,700 , a drop of 1.1pc . |
| 15 | It still had n't reached a verdict by the time it was recalled at 5 p.m . |