Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first fireworks exploded and the Wheel was almost enveloped in flame while the air was filled with a mixture of smells — paraffin , sooty smoke from the straw and cordite from the fireworks . |
| 2 | Religion was also associated with ethnicity . |
| 3 | Perhaps their disappointment was partly expressed in lack of lineside permits , high viz jackets , and abusive language to officers and volunteers of the railway . |
| 4 | A weak positive association was only demonstrated with serum triglyceride , VLDL-triglyceride and LDL in females . |
| 5 | Aid was especially needed for stabilization funds to bolster the convertibility of the three planned currencies . |
| 6 | Launched in 1958 , the card was originally made of cardboard and was the same colour as the travellers cheques the company had invented in 1891 . |
| 7 | The deal was finally kicked into life by Turndal , who on his appointment said SCO would be looking to acquire additional system software technologies and utilities from outside ( UX No 420 ) . |
| 8 | as smokers but coming on to th the real point of the experiment was n't to look at fitness , and was n't just to set up a stop smoking project , but what I wanted to look at was whether people gain weight or not . |
| 9 | For instance , if the results of an experiment are too disconcerting , the scientist will check to see whether the experiment was rightly conducted without breach of ceteris paribus ( ‘ other things being equal ’ ) conditions . |
| 10 | The original timber Warehouse was entirely destroyed by fire which started on 12th January and burned for three months . |
| 11 | Here we have the notion that as the system of technology ( the domestication of animals and the formation of herds ) develops , it becomes incompatible with the social system , especially the system of inheritance and familial authority , This growing incompatibility , or contradiction , then leads to a revolutionary change in the social system , in this case the change to father right , a system which according to Morgan and Engels was better adapted to pastoralism . |
| 12 | The defence will then be able to argue that the complainant consented to sexual intercourse and that force was not used in order to accomplish the contact or penetration . |
| 13 | The defendant company denied liability under its policy of insurance on the ground that the loss of the watch and ring was not caused by theft within the meaning of the Act of 1968 . |
| 14 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 15 | Sunguratex experienced inadequate and intermittent water supplies and shortage of spare parts while Blanket manufacturers was mainly affected by non-availability of spare parts for its ageing machinery . |
| 16 | Investment was predominantly directed at infrastructure ( 51 per cent ) , rural development ( 25 per cent ) and social welfare ( 14.7 per cent ) . |
| 17 | It may be that the president was simply lured by power . |
| 18 | The new President was hurriedly sworn into office on Nov. 2 . |
| 19 | In Lipman [ 1970 ] 1 QB 152 the defendant was also convicted of manslaughter ( for facts see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 20 | LORD TENTERDEN C.J. : Assuming that the offer to pay the six guineas without costs was evidence of an express promise by the defendant to pay that sum to the plaintiff as a compensation to him for his loss of time , still , if the defendant was not bound by law to pay that sum , the offer to do so not having been accepted will not avail the plaintiff . |
| 21 | Floodlighting was finally allowed for Cup ties from 1955 and for League games from 1956 . |
| 22 | To ensure that his subjects acquired the habit of carrying out his instructions he had to visit them as often as possible , and although the king 's itinerary was normally publicized in advance — so that merchants and tradesmen , as well as petitioners , could frequent his court without difficulty — it was sometimes useful to turn up without warning . |
| 23 | Preliminary analysis of these questions suggested that dissatisfaction with six of the organizations was importantly related to preparedness to break the law : the press , local government , the civil service , banks , the police and the local doctor . |
| 24 | c-Myc was then activated by addition of β -oestradiol to a final concentration of 2μM and the cells were monitored by time-lapse cinemicroscopy at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 25 | THE BEST sit-com ever made actually began a year earlier , written by estranged Hancock creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson , but in '64 an episode was actually postponed on Election Day at the request of opposition leader Harold Wilson , who feared Labour voters might stay at home ( See ? |
| 26 | The Last Movie was finally going into production . |
| 27 | Wheatley was heavily influenced by evidence given by the departments of the Scottish Office and particularly by the planners of the Scottish Development Department ( Keating and Midwinter 1983:97 ; Page 1983:44 ) . |
| 28 | A winning Club was now led from dummy and East was trapped . |
| 29 | Sulphate reducing bacteria were never detected , and methane excretion was not affected by sulphate feeding . |
| 30 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |