Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In common with other recipients of Western development aid , Indonesia was concerned at the possible diversion of resources by donors towards Eastern Europe , and the prospect of a strong regional economic organization was therefore attractive . |
| 2 | Alexander was resident at the papal curia at the time of his election to Coventry in 1224 . |
| 3 | With its sparkle , its risque connotations ( the prudish Mendelssohn was outraged at an early performance ) and its bustling accompaniment , deftly played , it was proof again of Dame Joan 's versatility . |
| 4 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 5 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll do that — later , ’ she replied , keeping her voice calm while checking to make sure the camping area was available at the required period . |
| 7 | In the 1970s , mortgage relief was available at the highest marginal tax rate up to £25,000 — the equivalent of £200,000 today — and school-fees could be paid by any number of schemes , such as grandparents covenanting part of their income . |
| 8 | The success of the project was evident at the first concert last year . |
| 9 | Another ballot box was available at the central library . |
| 10 | The City was alarmed at the hefty slide into the red and a heavily reduced dividend payout and knocked 19p off the share price to 173p . |
| 11 | This perilous situation was unrecognized at the French Supreme Headquarters , but was swiftly apparent to the watchful and questioning Lanrezac . |
| 12 | Phil Hanlon , director of health promotion with Greater Glasgow Health Board , said the medical profession was alarmed at the statistical trend . |
| 13 | Despite the thick skirt and cardigan , Agnes was surprised at the delicate frailness of her , like one of those rather coy Parian ware figurines , and with much the same over-large blue eyes . |
| 14 | Chest and abdominal computed tomography was performed every six months when lymph node or lung involvement was present at the initial staging . |
| 15 | A practical testing of Professor David Tweedie 's long-held wish for a ‘ hanging case ’ for the Financial Reporting Review Panel was frustrated at the last minute when Trafalgar House backed down and agreed to restate its 1991 figures in its next published accounts . |
| 16 | Thus Davy was happy at the Royal Institution to give series of lectures on agricultural chemistry , and to work on tanning as well as on potassium and chlorine . |
| 17 | Fewer than expected samples were obtained from patients with successful H pylori eradication as the eradication rate with triple treatment in the DU trial was low at an overall 50% . |
| 18 | On 15 December 1806 John was married at the ancient parish church of St John the Baptist at Penistone , about a mile away from his new home , to a local girl named Mary Woodcock . |
| 19 | Pope John was present at the general congregation on 7 December . |
| 20 | Paul was taken downstairs , and shown the place where he was to work ; it was a dark room with a high office stool , and a second reader was busy at a similar one ; this man was sullen , for he was about to leave and Paul would take over his job . |