Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In time , each city constructed its necropolis ; but this was situated in the outskirts . |
| 2 | The most important point to note is that loyalty to such a family could survive its temporary political eclipse , and that this was rooted in the traditions of local society . |
| 3 | This was reflected in the decisions of the courts , where slightly more than half of juveniles charges with indictable offences received a probation sentence in the 1930s . |
| 4 | This was reflected in the criteria which the Committee recommended should trigger a labelling declaration . |
| 5 | This was reflected in the prices paid for the average in-calf and maiden heifer , which at times made no more than a good commercial first-calver at Carlisle . |
| 6 | This was formalised in the Codes of Practice introduced in 1976 . |
| 7 | Naturally this was publicized in the newspapers . |
| 8 | All was revealed in the Births , Deaths and Marriages section . |
| 9 | It therefore follows , in our judgment , that although this has gone unnoticed for 119 years , the jurisdiction of the judges as visitors , in so far as it relates to questions as to the fitness of persons to become or remain barristers , is a jurisdiction which in 1873 was vested in the judges of the three common law courts , sitting elsewhere than in court or chambers , when acting as judges , in pursuance of custom . |
| 10 | M-19 was participating in the elections despite the fact that it had yet to sign a final peace agreement with the government of President Virgilio Barco . |
| 11 | The YF-22 was conceived in the days of the cold war , and many of its exotic features were developed to defeat predicted Soviet advances that may or may not now materialise . |
| 12 | ENGLAND 'S challenge in the Pakistan squash Open was shattered in the semi-finals yesterday . |
| 13 | These envisaged peace on four conditions : if the Russian protectorate over the Danubian Principalities was replaced by a European guarantee ; if Russian control of the mouth of the Danube came to an end ; if the Straits Convention of 1841 was revised in the interests of the European balance of power ; and if the protection of Ottoman Christians by Russia was replaced by the collective protection of Europe 's five Great Powers . |
| 14 | No you have to get a bucket of water and flush it with a bucket , what we did have on the sink in the brew house was a a , a about a couple of foot square and on the top of that was an old pump handle , well that water used to drain all the rainwater from the roof all rainwater from the roof used to drain into that well that was sunk in the brewers , so that we could pump water out of the little well , so that we could have soft water for doing the washing , rainwater , otherwise it meant going to the standpipe in the , out in the yard to get your water for washing . |
| 15 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 16 | She would have a new dress for Sundays , which next year became an afternoon dress , and the next was worn in the mornings for doing her housework . |