Example sentences of "[adj] and [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover it was the last mass circulation Liberal daily and was closed by abrupt merger with the Daily Mail — a Conservative paper . |
| 2 | Albania 's last communist leader Ramiz Alia , who had resigned as President in April after his election defeat by Sali Berisha [ see p. 38878 ] , was placed under house arrest on Sept. 12 and was held under armed guard at his daughter 's house in Tirana , the capital . |
| 3 | Most of the building was old and was covered in dark green ivy , but some of it had been built more recently and was of grim , black stone . |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast proved highly popular and was given with many casts during later seasons ; it has also been revived for several other companies , with various designers . |
| 5 | ‘ Stop ’ bull-running became popular and were held on single streets blocked by carts , often on the initiation of the publicans . |
| 6 | A tiny chapel dedicated to Santa Maria do Calhau was built here in about 1430 and was enlarged in 1458 to serve the growing population . |
| 7 | May died 21 February 1684 and was buried in Mid Lavant church . |
| 8 | The Western Siberia started in 1892 and was opened in 1895 . |
| 9 | On 14 October 1991 Mr. Butler had been found guilty of contempt of court by breaching the injunction granted on 12 September 1991 and was sentenced to four weeks in prison , the sentence being suspended for six months . |
| 10 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 11 | In specimens from normal or alcoholic patients , expression of Lewis antigens was mainly in small bile ducts and showed a predominantly luminal pattern , while in the cholestatic disease groups , expression was mainly cytoplasmic and was seen in small and large ducts ( Fig 1(C) and ( D ) ) . |
| 12 | The repulsive term was increased during this phase to 4.0kcal mol -1 A -4 and was maintained at that value during the penultimate energy minimization . |
| 13 | Oaksey died in Oaksey 28 August 1971 and was succeeded in both baronies by his son , John Geoffrey Tristram ( born 1929 ) . |
| 14 | The two main resolutions on the " United Front " and Communist affiliation did , in any case , receive half a million votes each and were backed by such important bodies as the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union . |
| 15 | The first phase opened in 1891 and was completed in 1900–1901 . |
| 16 | At this point Vice-Admiral Carden , commanding the squadron , fell ill and was replaced on 16th March by Vice-Admiral de Robeck , his second in command . |
| 17 | Despite extensive flight testing and development , the project was considered to be uneconomical and was shelved in 1975 . |
| 18 | In the past , most inequalities were seen as natural and were defended as such . |
| 19 | The elections were held against the background of the serious and savage autumn harvest uprisings in October 1946 and were characterised by various grave deficiencies : some electors were not notified of the election , votes were cast by others in the names of genuine electors . |
| 20 | It was an art which was understood to transcend nature through the adherence to the ideal and was praised by influential theoreticians such as Quatremere de Quincy . |
| 21 | We visited Anguilla in the winter season which runs from December 15 to March 31 and were blessed with beautiful sunshine and very few tourists . |
| 22 | The force , which dated from 1964 and was consolidated in 1974 , currently numbered 2,141 personnel from eight countries ( Australia , Austria , Canada , Denmark , Finland , Ireland , Sweden and the United Kingdom ; of these Australia , Canada , Denmark and the UK contributed troops ) . |
| 23 | In the centre the earth had been laid bare and was scored with long scratches and furrows , and there was a narrow , regular hole , about the same size as one of the carrots they had carried that morning . |
| 24 | The earth had been laid bare and was scored with long scratches and furrows . |
| 25 | After the expiry of a 48-hour Soviet ultimatum issued on April 13 , implementation of an economic blockade began on April 18 and was described by Lithuanian officials as near-total by April 23 . |
| 26 | The Primary Sunday School began in 1908 and was held at 2.15 pm before the afternoon School at 3.00 pm . |
| 27 | This was first published in hardback in 1981 and was reissued in 1982 by Pan Books ; the editorial consultant being J.P . |
| 28 | The first Formula One World Championship race took place at Silverstone on 13 May 1950 and was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina , who became the first World Champion four months later . |
| 29 | The prototype Series F first flew in May 69 and was certified on 20 Jan 70 , becoming the first executive jet to meet the U.S. FAR Part 36 stringent anti-noise regulations . |
| 30 | In the spring of 1940 government work started on a large scale , but until then many skilled men became redundant and were transferred to private firms . |