Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gullibility of the electorate was tested to the nth degree by the promises of ; more taxi licences , a ‘ better ’ carnival , ‘ good and plenty water ’ and the equally uninspired promise from one candidate that , if reelected , he would abolish dog licences . |
| 2 | True , the lawful use of force might then be met with unlawful resistance which would in turn be likely to give rise to harm to the person whose use of force was justified in the first place . |
| 3 | Money was exchanged , the two contestants shook hands , and their place in the ring was taken by a second pair of fighters : a Rajput with a handlebar moustache , and a small but fierce-looking Muslim who sported a bushy black beard . |
| 4 | A report on the extent and nature of the feedback was included in a second document circulated to all schools in 1980 . |
| 5 | Ostenecrosis was mentioned for the first time when the patient was seen by an orthopaedic surgeon with new radiographs ( see Figs 1 and 3 ) 30 months after the first bowel symptoms . |
| 6 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 7 | At the resumed hearing a nolle prosequi was entered pursuant to section 4(1) of the Criminal Justice ( Administration ) Act The defendant was tried on a second indictment charging him with murder , convicted and sentenced to death . |
| 8 | The extensive studies on removal and transplantation of the ovaries by Knauer in Vienna ( see Chapter 5 ) appeared in 1900 and the more general concept of hormones or blood-borne chemical messengers was elaborated for the first time by Starling in his Croonian lectures a decade after Beatson 's observations ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 10 | ( One of her brothers was killed in the first . ) |
| 11 | Fortunes changed for Douglas Reyburn golf team when the inter company Buchanan Trophy was played on the 23rd June at Belleisle Golf Course , Ayr . |
| 12 | Hill was substituted in the 55th minute , too late to prevent Halifax going further behind . |
| 13 | Reg took over as caretaker-manager but after only ten minutes of their second match realised that Athletico were out of their depth in Division One and , sure enough , the club was bundled into the Second , finishing the season fifteen points adrift at the bottom . |
| 14 | For day travelling the sleeping compartment was converted into a second day compartment . |
| 15 | On the vidscreen a priest was eulogizing about the next life . |
| 16 | The priest was dying with a last Gloria on his lips , and Harry , carried away upon a tide of hatred for all things Spanish and all things Catholic , had already sunk the blade into the back of the young hidalgo . |
| 17 | This ritual was practised until the last decade or so but has apparently now ceased , which is perhaps in the best interests of the dolphins . |
| 18 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 19 | After Fawn Hall , a break was arranged before the second act in which , after excursions by a few minor players , North was to appear . |
| 20 | The cutting edge of British art historical research was presented at the nineteenth annual Association of Art Historians ' Conference , held from 2 to 4 April at the Tate Gallery . |
| 21 | In the case of oil , for example , the raw material was in one republic , the petrochemical plants were in another , the scientific research was conducted in a third and the extracting equipment was in a fourth ; and who owned the pipelines that passed from one republic to another ? |
| 22 | ( The data given in this chapter was collected during the first six months of 1985 and employers should , therefore , bear this in mind when determining their relocation policies . ) |
| 23 | Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate . |
| 24 | Marinello 's arrival at Arsenal was greeted like the second coming . |
| 25 | Here a determined attempt was made in the last decades of the fourth century to uphold the ancient Roman religion along with the classical culture with which it was associated . |
| 26 | The Albert Dock was opened on the 21st August with the arrival of the S.S. Florence . |
| 27 | His car was struck by a third vehicle pinning him and severely injuring both his legs , one of which was later amputated . |
| 28 | From October that year , a small car was towed behind the first electric car of the day to South Station , and pulled by a horse on a shuttle service between there and Squires Gate . |
| 29 | Last summer , the House of Representatives passed a bill funding the full $1.8bn requested by the Navy , but the vote was taken before the second sea test failure . |
| 30 | That is strange , for the boat was moored for the last night and the river was calm . |