Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The shares were divided among three groups of managers — the 50 most senior , some 250 middle managers and the remaining 700 who were running large contracts , or a group of units . |
| 2 | In 1981-82 , 3,800 tonnes were imported , and by 1987-88 we were importing 80,000 tonnes , thereby almost becoming one of the major toxic dustbins of the world . |
| 3 | In 1972 he was appointed chief executive ( second permanent secretary ) to set up the Property Services Agency at the Department of the Environment and held that position until his appointment as chairman of the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in 1974 , which he held until 1978 . |
| 4 | In 1972 he was appointed Honorary President of the Danish Cricket Association and later was most happy and proud to accept the MCC 's invitation to become an Honorary Life Member . |
| 5 | In January 1884 he became senior mathematics master at Blairlodge School , Stirlingshire ; in January 1885 he was appointed mathematical master ( later head of mathematics ) at King Edward 's High School , Birmingham , where he remained until his retirement in March 1920 . |
| 6 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 7 | In 1985 he was appointed divisional controller of Guinness Brewing Worldwide ; in 1987 group controller of Guinness PLC ; and also in 1987 director of business development of United Distillers . |
| 8 | In 1985 he was made Head Gardener of Killerton , an arboretum famous for its rare trees and shrubs . |
| 9 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
| 10 | In 1472 he was given joint command of an armed force sent to sea to resist the king 's enemies . |
| 11 | " I shall write only that which was written last year and the year before that , " said the Annamese with a sarcastic smile . |
| 12 | That 's right which was run two days a week for over for three and a half weeks . |
| 13 | I got to know Rosemary before Basil ; she was my Art Adviser in my earliest days of teaching and how fortunate I was to have such encouragement , support and stimulation . |
| 14 | I had n't realized how much I was missing female friendship . |
| 15 | In 1894 she was appointed assistant commissioner to the royal commission on secondary education under James ( later Viscount ) Bryce [ q.v. ] to investigate girls ' education in Devon . |
| 16 | Following Iraq 's defeat in February 1991 there was intensified diplomatic activity by the EC , UN and United States on the Cyprus problem . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister , Ingvar Carlsson , who was asked on Feb. 19 to form a new government , on Feb. 23 announced details of a more moderate economic package acceptable to most parties , and on Feb. 26 he was reappointed Prime Minister at the head of a new Social Democratic government . |
| 18 | By late 1874 it was producing various types of coloured printing papers , as well as newsprint , on a 54-inch machine . |
| 19 | Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode ; Mr Richards could well have attempted to administer him a Mars bar instead . |
| 20 | At Canton his early success , as commercial agent for opium merchants in India , led to his association with Magniac & Company , and by 1826 he was controlling that firm 's Canton operations . |
| 21 | In 1826 he was appointed resident engineer to the London docks where , over the next nine years , he designed and executed the Eastern dock , with the associated warehousing , entrance locks , bridges , and other works . |
| 22 | In March 1250 he was appointed Chief justice of ‘ all the forests of England on both sides of the Trent ’ , so that the forest administration was once again united under a single head . |
| 23 | On 4 March 1250 he was made chief justice of the forest on both sides of the Trent , an office which he exercised for two and a half years until 25 October 1252 . |
| 24 | But by 1979 he was selling enough stock from his Mum 's garden shed to move into the Wanneroo premises . |
| 25 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
| 26 | Manchester United were convinced he was finished four years ago and were happy to let Villa take him — along with the personal problems which also contributed to his departure from Old Trafford . |
| 27 | He admired the stonework of the school , the windows and even pointed out how quaint it was having two handles on each side of the door . |
| 28 | The new rich who were building new houses were only too happy to have their aesthetic decisions made for them by the ‘ professionals ’ . |
| 29 | In 1980 she was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Calabar , Nigeria , is now a Fellow at London University and takes creative writing groups at Goldsmiths College . |
| 30 | The older man pointed to the younger who was loading tangled nets into the small , brightly painted fishing boat , Island Spirit . |