Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1985 , interest paid to bank depositors was put on the same tax footing as for building societies : tax is deducted at source at a composite rate . |
| 2 | Unlike in the private sector , borrowing for investment was treated in the same way as borrowing to finance current spending ( on labour or raw materials ) . |
| 3 | A new bus service from the Tower to Hoo Hill was started in the same year , sealing the eventual fate of the Layton tram route . |
| 4 | With the landmark and directional cues present ( but feeders removed ) , the paths taken by all rats in each group ( Fig. 2 a , b ) showed a striking dissociation : search was concentrated at the former location of F+ in group fixed but around L+ in group varied . |
| 5 | A massive police search was launched for the former paratrooper involving 25 officers , a search and rescue team , dogs and horses . |
| 6 | Leader of the State Council Eduard Shevardnadze was elected to the latter position — effectively a presidential role — with over 95 per cent of the vote . |
| 7 | Jacqueline de Romilly , Professor of Greek Literature at the Sorbonne , in her Messenger Lectures at Cornell University in 1967 on ‘ Time in Greek Tragedy ’ , has argued that it was no coincidence that Greek tragedy was born at the same time as historiography . |
| 8 | For example , the morning play on the Saturday was condensed into a half hour package and there was some great stuff in the morning . |
| 9 | To reduce the risk of variable staining intensities , Grimelius staining was performed at the same time for all the specimens of one examination year . |
| 10 | Even though Blanche 's first question was innocent enough , Dexter knew immediately that the superintendent was thinking along the same lines . |
| 11 | Two years ago Benazir Bhutto was thinking along the same lines . |
| 12 | Methylase assay : The methylase activity at 30°C and 42°C was measured in the same buffer used for the endonuclease reactions . |
| 13 | As in the earlier books , the bravura set-piece dominates , and the most memorable concerns the crates in which the Portuguese have packed up their belongings , and which were eventually shipped out of Africa — Kapuscinski was to stumble on a few of them in Portugal , sunk , as it were , in the sand . |
| 14 | The severity of oesophagitis in patients with Barrett 's oesophagus was classified in the same way as in other patients and depended on the endoscopic appearance of the oesophageal mucosa above the neosquamocolumnar junction . |
| 15 | Chlorine was used at the same time , and one may suppose that confusion arose in many minds about their separate effects . |
| 16 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 17 | The lower part of the corps de logis on the southern or river side was built at the same time as the keep , but later raised , when a northern wing was added to it . |
| 18 | In the Republic , as in the North , a parents ' movement to set up integrated schools was started around the same time . |
| 19 | ANGER among Conservative backbenchers was voiced by the former prime minister Edward Heath last night as Tory MPs appeared to back away from a full-scale rebellion over the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel and power in the Budget . |
| 20 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 21 | Arguably , however , his most brilliant work was done during the many months of relative inactivity that followed , for it was then that he remoulded his demoralized command into a confident , compact fighting unit . |
| 22 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 23 | Vechey was dressed in the same clothes as yesterday . |
| 24 | They belong to an old elite : the landowners and merchants whose wealth was confiscated by the former regime , which abolished all forms of private ownership . |
| 25 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 26 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 27 | Eventually , as the lunchtime crowds subsided officewards and the pub was left to a few loud tourists , they found a quiet corner and sat down with their drinks . |
| 28 | The plan was to return to the same group of airfields , on the assumption that the garrisons would hardly expect them back quite so soon . |
| 29 | The left-wing campaign against Japanese rule in Korea was conducted by the several varieties of Korean communism . |
| 30 | Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family . |