Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 He had a sneaking suspicion Philpott had members of staff whose sole function was to dig up the personal indiscretions of those people who could be beneficial to UNACO , then use them as a form of blackmail to get what he wanted .
2 One is that the not guilty verdict was brought on the understanding that she sought medical help in a psychiatric hospital , and that poor Jane finished her days in Broadmoor .
3 Another favourite pastime was to chat up the girls from Directory Enquiries while they were getting phone numbers .
4 This rating was given immediately the subject heard the bleep in the centre of the junction .
5 The aim of this study was to evaluate how the proliferation index obtained by PCNA ( 19A2 ) correlates with that determined by conventional BrdU immunocytochemistry .
6 Thus , the aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the characteristics and outcome of 56 cases of primary gastric lymphoma that have been morphologically reclassified according to recent knowledge of the MALT derived lymphomas .
7 Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership .
8 However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side .
9 This identifier was used whenever the zone to the left or to the right of the line segment being digitized was sea .
10 could be extremely severe , but some horseplay , and the occasional illicit disc was put on the record-player , much to Herr Hocher 's annoyance .
11 Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor .
12 Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope .
13 The wounded German Officer was carried up the grassy bank and placed against a tree .
14 In such petty ways some revenge was taken on the wealthy transient .
15 This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village .
16 The effect of this explosion of trade between the advanced countries was to increase sharply the proportion of imported manufactured goods consumed inside these countries .
17 The Plant Commission on electoral reform did not stimulate an internal debate in the party , because its real function was to do precisely the opposite .
18 The overall effect was to speed up the disintegration of the larger estates , but to leave the smallholdings virtually untouched but constantly threatened .
19 In general , twice as much crosslinking was seen when the amount of protein was doubled .
20 The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford .
21 The low point was sitting out the European contests with a broken arm .
22 As Anglican church discipline was tightened and as the Oxford Movement spread its influence throughout the clergy the happy-go-lucky attitude of older Broad and Low Churchmen was put on the defensive .
23 That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta .
24 An urgent decision was taken on the surface that the men would have to be brought out in groups of three .
25 Haworth 's basic method was to modify chemically the unreacted hydroxyl groups in a disaccharide and then hydrolyse it and identify the reaction products .
26 The most obvious treatment was to cut out the growth .
27 The purpose of these options was to examine visually the relationship between the subject and the image .
28 He added that Virgin was taking up the matter of the fairness of take-off and landing slots at UK airports with the European Commission .
29 No legal action was taken so the locals were left to seethe with no redress .
30 The howling growling blood-drenched boy was eating up the foreman .
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