Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the Porkkala base was relinquished many years after Finland re-established the independent operation of her internal political processes . |
| 2 | INCOME support was increased this week for pensioners aged 75 and above , or 60 plus and disabled . |
| 3 | And RUC sources revealed that since the blackmail gang was scooped last June , extortion complaints from businessmen has virtually dried up . |
| 4 | The prayer opposite was composed last year by deacons on retreat before they were ordained priests and missionaries . |
| 5 | Wembley 's West side was shut that night while the Royal Box side was boosted by schools and stadium staff on free tickets . |
| 6 | If this kind of field study was to have any value at all in the modern world , it would have to be transformed by the introduction of more rigorous techniques . |
| 7 | The National Co-operative Research Act ( NCRA ) was designed to alleviate concerns that the threat of antitrust action was discouraging desirable R&D joint ventures ( see Scott , 1989 ; Katz and Ordover , 1990 ; Scott , 1988 ; Link and Bauer , 1987 ; Evan and Olk , 1990 ; and others ) . |
| 8 | The original Community Care Support Force was formed last year to help both health and local authorities prepare for implementation . |
| 9 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
| 10 | It was stated that the car on a 9 ft. 6 in. truck was carrying 58 passengers and weighed 12½ tons loaded . |
| 11 | The Boat Club was voted Athletic Union 's team of the year and Club captain Piers Robinson shared the AU award for ‘ Contribution to Sport ’ . |
| 12 | A woman whose wedding ring was stolen eight years ago has got it back . |
| 13 | After his car windscreen was cleaned five times in half an hour , Mel Smith has had enough … to write a hilarious sketch for the latest BBC series of Smith And Jones . |
| 14 | On my way back from Ents Committee last week , erm the internal mail bloke was delivering some gear to computer services , and he left the back of the post van open . |
| 15 | The NT/ Community Outlook Primary Healthcare Conference was told last week that potential nurse prescribers will come under the same pressure as doctors from an industry that spends £200 million a year promoting its products . |
| 16 | An oesophageal biopsy specimen was taken 20–40 cm from the incisors for histological examination . |
| 17 | To form a New Testament canon was to give special importance to the written tradition , imparting a fixity which protected it against adulteration . |
| 18 | A further blood sample was obtained 10 minutes after starting the drink and thereafter at 10 minute intervals for 90 minutes . |
| 19 | A blood sample was taken five minutes after completing the drink and further samples were taken at 10 minutes intervals for 90 minutes . |
| 20 | The London-based Social and Community Planning Research organisation was commissioned nine months ago to carry out a special study of Employment Training . |
| 21 | The one hundred thousand pound greenhouse was built three years ago at Shurdington near Gloucester to propogate 40,000 trees and shrubs for use across the country . |
| 22 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 23 | A sale of Impressionist and Modern art in Madrid on 24 March was the least successful of any sale organised by Edmund Peel & Asociados since the Spanish auction house was founded four years ago . |
| 24 | If the Unity Campaign was to have any effect its links with the Labour Party had constantly to be underlined . |
| 25 | The tribalism of the town 's Ga majority was given heavy emphasis . |
| 26 | The village blacksmith was reestablished three years ago and makes hand-forged articles to the customer 's requirements . |
| 27 | The effect of the development plan programme was to lay existing procedures bare , to make them explicit and visible to every citizen , not just the interested parties , parents and teachers . |
| 28 | By the time the Taft-Hartley Act was invoked ninety-five days later , there would be a total of two killings , two assaults , thirty-five bombings , the taking of one hostage , and seventy-one other ‘ disruptions ’ involving such things as sabotage of railroads , gunfire directed against people , trains , and motor vehicles , property damage , and other incidents of violence serious enough to be noted by the Department of Justice . |
| 29 | Its ornate Town Hall was completed in 1858 and was ceremonially opened by Queen Victoria herself , while the oval , glass-domed Corn Exchange was erected three years later . |
| 30 | The management accountant was having considerable difficulties explaining to management that fluctuations in profits resulted from differences between volume of sales and the volume of production within an accounting period , together with the system of product valuation used . |