Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |
| 2 | The contest was judged at the fete-style launch of the South East region held at Kinross , on the shores of Loch Leven . |
| 3 | The movie was completed at the final cost of $3 million . |
| 4 | When the Parliamentary Curry Club was launched at the Red Fort restaurant in Soho last month , the celebration boasted 79 MPs — not least of whom was the aptly-named Edwina Currie . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This research was undertaken at the British Library of Economic and Political Science , School of Oriental and African Studies , Library of the Conflict Research Society at City University , London ; Central Research Library , New York ; Columbia University ; and the Library of Congress . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 10 | To reduce the risk of variable staining intensities , Grimelius staining was performed at the same time for all the specimens of one examination year . |
| 11 | The general question of Unionist attitudes to Labour was highlighted at the Special Party Conference in 1917 where Law came under a strong attack . |
| 12 | The strikingly aesthetic prow at Eridge Green Rocks , which resembles a mini Appointment With Fear was climbed at the surprising grade of 6a/b by Mike Vetterlein , and received an on sight second ascent by an on-form Adam Powell , followed by a rapid third ascent by the effervescent Doug Reid . |
| 13 | The purified protein was assayed at the indicated concentrations for its ability to hydrolyse p- nitrophenol phosphate ( pNPP ) either in the absence ( ○ ) or presence ( ○ ) of 200μM sodium vanadate . |
| 14 | Chlorine was used at the same time , and one may suppose that confusion arose in many minds about their separate effects . |
| 15 | The royal prerogative was surrendered at the Glorious Revolution and gives governments the power to make war , treaties and appointments without consulting parliament . |
| 16 | The men at the ramparts had often tried in vain to tempt one of the stray artillery bullocks near enough to capture it , but at long last , towards the end of the first week of September , an old horse was captured at the banqueting hall and put to death . |
| 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 | He says : ‘ Was this flame kindled at the altar of the Lord ? ’ and she answers : ‘ This flame was kindled at the holy fire . ’ |
| 19 | Self-stimulation decreased immediately after transfer except for HM , where the decrease was observed at the next datapoint . |
| 20 | Moscow resented being excluded from the post-war occupation of Japan for example , whilst Washington was disturbed at the Communist victory in China in 1949 , and in June 1950 the invasion of pro-Western South Korea by the Communist North dramatically demonstrated that Cold War tensions outside Europe could have a major impact within Europe . |
| 21 | The BBC Good Food team was joined by Derek Andrews from the Meat and Livestock Commission , and the tasting was held at the Commercial Gas Centre in London . |
| 22 | The quality and quantity of pupils ' work was questioned at the fourth meeting . |
| 23 | The revised proposal was debated at the Extraordinary General Meeting on May 20th , 1983 , with a separate discussion on the question of the Committee constitution also taking place ; this new proposal was a virtual mirror image of the 1982 amendment which had been disregarded by the President at the Extraordinary General Meeting of that year ! |
| 24 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 25 | After a further Expert Group had met , unusually for an Asian-African body , in The Hague with participation from the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference , the Arab League and the Commonwealth Secretariat , a Model for Bilateral Agreement for the Service of Process and Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters was adopted at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Committee in 1986 . |
| 26 | In a letter to the British Medical Journal in 1938 on the treatment of pneumonia he stated that sulphapyridine was active against pneumococci only when helped by leucocytes , and ( true to the tradition of Almroth Wright ) its action was improved if anti-pneumococcal serum was administered at the same time . |
| 27 | For the Irish squad to tour New Zealand will not be fit enough — the IRFU decision to send fitness advisor Eddie O'Sullivan with the team was made at the eleventh hour . |
| 28 | A planned trip by PLO chair Yassir Arafat to Syria in mid-October was cancelled at the last moment . |
| 29 | The world has changed since the long , low silver engineering prototype was unveiled at the 1988 British Motor Show and Jaguar 's then chief executive , Sir John Egan , decided that they should try to find a way to build it , as the ultimate supercar to outdo Ferrari and Porsche . |
| 30 | A regional bookshop was opened at the regional office and has made an encouraging start . |