Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five minutes after entering his office Zen reappeared in the inspectors ' room , where Geraci was watching Chiodini fill in a coupon for a competition promising the winner a lifetime supply of tomato concentrate . |
| 2 | He then joined his brother at the Brighton works of the London , Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1871 to 1875 , working under the direction of William Stroudley [ q.v. ] , after which the two brothers moved to the North British Railway works at Cowlairs and in 1882 to the neighbouring works at St Rollox of the Caledonian Railway , where Peter was appointed assistant locomotive engineer and works manager . |
| 3 | She would probably conform to the type of village heroine K. Fedin described in his story Tishina ( Stillness ) which depicts the depths of Smolensk guberniia in 1922–3 , where Fedin was to spend several sum , mers during NEP . |
| 4 | On Aug. 9 , Zagreb radio announced that Tudjman was to replace Premier Franjo Greguric and his government . |
| 5 | Carl from upstairs got arrested too , and he said that Ibrahim was screaming all night in the room next to him in the prison , and when they opened the door in the morning , he 'd scratched all the skin off of his face . |
| 6 | The local support groups and befriending schemes that MIND was running two years ago are expanding all the time , and a new advocacy service to help people with mental health problems deal with lawyers , the courts , doctors , and other professionals is taking off . |
| 7 | Relations had deteriorated in 1989 following accusations that Uganda was supporting Kenyan dissidents [ see p. 36918 ] . |
| 8 | On March 4 it was announced that APEC was holding further discussions on the inclusion of China , Taiwan and Hong Kong , having reached a consensus on the need to admit all the " three Chinas " to the group [ see pp. 37613 ; 37656 ] . |
| 9 | The head explained that he and the class teacher felt that Balbinder was making little progress and they were worried about his lack of concentration and poor language . |
| 10 | Firstly , it seems to have been well established at the time that Darrel was having some sort of incestuous relationship with his sister , a woman several years younger but only slightly less wayward than her brother . |
| 11 | It also dampened recent speculation that Tabai was seeking lucrative jobs outside Kiribati . |
| 12 | On May 18 1988 , Computergram Number 931 reported that IBM was seeking retroactive royalties from any company that had cloned the Personal Computer * * * the Open Software Foundation was revealed with seven sponsors * * * |
| 13 | Claiming that Panic was sacrificing Serbian interests , the Minister without Portfolio , Radmila Milentijevic , resigned on Nov. 28 , followed by Economy Minister Nikola Sainovic on Nov. 29 and by a Deputy Prime Minister , Oskar Kovac , on Nov. 30 . |
| 14 | Wainfleet had not avoided the slur that Wickham was giving more attention to his private life than his professional and this accounted for the lack of progress in apprehending MacQuillan 's killer . |
| 15 | He felt that Cromwell was encouraging these changes . |
| 16 | However , Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen , present as a guest , denied that China was seeking regional hegemony and offered to shelve the sovereignty issue and proceed with the " joint development " of the Spratlys . |
| 17 | And yet even before this there is evidence that Jesus was accorded some kind of official public recognition as Israel 's Messiah , or rightful king . |
| 18 | Loretta frowned to herself , aware that Geoffrey was taking great pleasure in showing off his superior knowledge . |
| 19 | It was not that Jarvis was asking much rent , in fact no estate agent would have believed what he was asking , but the whole point of letting bits of the school was to get enough for him to live on , indeed to get to Cairo and ride on the new 42.5 kilometre , 33-station ENR . |
| 20 | All the way back there I 'd realized that G.P. was making sure Barber Cruikshank and I should n't be left alone . |
| 21 | Last night , United announced that Edwards was taking leading counsels ' advice as to the validity of his agreement with Knighton . |
| 22 | Lady McCollum , chairman of the watchdog body , said the completion of the Single Market and the fact that trade was crossing new borders meant it was crucial consumers interests were not overlooked . |
| 23 | It was at one of these that Ace was planning another assault on the summit . |
| 24 | He called on other wealthy countries to follow suit ; Canada announced shortly afterwards that it would follow the British lead , and it was understood that Australia was considering similar action . |
| 25 | No-one had been told that Chernobyl was leaking lethal doses of radiation , polluting the air , the ground , food and water . |
| 26 | Relations between the two had been severed in March 1987 following Tunisian accusations that Iran was supporting Islamic groups opposed to the then President Habib Bourguiba . |
| 27 | Opinion in the Pentagon moved towards the belief that Japan was assuming more importance in global terms and that Japan must remain within the American sphere . |
| 28 | Not for a second did the notion cross Beatrice 's mind that Lovat was having carnal thoughts which he knew could never be fulfilled . |
| 29 | Significantly , it shows that Carter was discovering important objects soon after his collaboration with Lord Carnarvon began . |
| 30 | Although Intel was talking last quarter about getting P6 out of the door by the end of this year ( UX No 405 ) , it is n't about to sweat for it . |