Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An imposing entrance for this was built at the end of Kirby Road , and the inspection pits were only half the length of the depot to facilitate displays . |
| 2 | The re-development took place while retaining the original ( 1910 ) granite and Portland stone façade on Great Tower Street and this was replicated at the rear of the building and down the open side on Idol Lane . |
| 3 | The home ranked with the church as the place of religious allegiance , and this was symbolized at the beginning and end of the day by family prayers . |
| 4 | This was followed at the weekend by reports alleging that Mrs Mandela was implicated in the death of Dr Abu-Baker Asvat , who was murdered in his Soweto surgery in 1989 . |
| 5 | Indignation over the military intervention in Panama by the United States in December 1989 [ see pp. 37112-13 ; 37271 ] led to the withdrawal of co-operation by Peru in anti-drugs operations , but this was resumed at the end of that month . |
| 6 | Another example of this was seen at the nest of a pair of European eagle owls , which are large birds weighing up to 4 kg . |
| 7 | The Crown alleged that this was done at the instigation of the appellant with knowledge that the money should have been delivered up to the official receiver or the trustee in bankruptcy . |
| 8 | This was echoed at the bottom of the dress . |
| 9 | All this was achieved at the cost of only two S.A.S. soldiers killed — Captain Roy Bradford and a trooper who was a mechanic for the jeeps , both casualties in the one incident — and seven men wounded . |
| 10 | Recordings of sleep patterns again showed that this was achieved at the expense of REM and Stage 2 sleep , leaving Stage 4 sleep levels unaffected . |
| 11 | This was achieved at the expense of Turkey , following a series of wars . |
| 12 | [ This was inserted at the insistence of United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . ] |
| 13 | This was held at The Community College , Bishop 's Castle at 7.30 p.m. on Friday , 3 November 1989 and was attended by 33 members . |
| 14 | This was celebrated at the Anvil Hotel in Dorset with his colleagues and wife Giselle . |
| 15 | Other transactions — this was included at the planning stage to allow for transactions that might not be predicted . |
| 16 | This was discussed at the beginning of the previous chapter , but it needs to be stated again that there seem to be comparatively few and small areas on the shelves at the present day where sediment is actively accumulating . |
| 17 | This was launched at the meeting at St Margaret 's Hope on Saturday 9 March . |
| 18 | This was launched at the meeting . |
| 19 | All this was foreshadowed at the height of the war and in the heart of the Fens by the testimonies of two passionate and knowledgeable countrymen , one a bird-watcher , the other a farmer . |
| 20 | The US Semiconductor Industry Association 's book-to-bill ratio for March fell to 1.17 from the revised 1.19 figure for February — a figure of 1.18 was reported at the time . |
| 21 | Much was made at the time of the Prince 's engagement of the youthfulness and consequent innocence of his bride . |
| 22 | Wife number six was waiting at the gate |
| 23 | On the morning of 9 January 19571 was working at the Treasury when a message was delivered summoning me to Number 10 at 3 o'clock . |
| 24 | The Annual General Meeting of the Society for Computers and Law Limited was held at the Council Chamber of The Law Society on Tuesday , 4th March 1915 . |
| 25 | Yes sir , er ever since P P G three was revised at the beginning of last year , I believe that the department has been moving steadily in the direction that indicated but certainly my brief here is quite specific . |
| 26 | The first of these was to look at the school with a wider concept of resources than that with which the library project was concerned , and the second was to feed into the library committee a relatively independent group 's view of appropriate resource proposals . |
| 27 | James II was defeated at the Battle of the River Boyne , a victory which is celebrated each July , even now , by the various Orange Orders around the world . |
| 28 | Philip VI did so at Crécy in 1346 ; John II was captured at the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; Charles VII personally led the assault on Pontoise in 1441 ; while on the English side Edward III and Henry V provide us with excellent examples of the martial qualities demonstrated by certain kings . |
| 29 | He has become an expendable symbol of the 21 years lost by Czechoslovaks since the invasion of August 1968 , for he had taken over , apparently without compunction , from Mr Alexander Dubcek as Communist Party leader when the latter was humiliated at the beginning of 1969 . |
| 30 | Because of the recession the public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) will be high , and a figure of £28bn for 1992/93 was forecast at the time of the Budget in March . |