Example sentences of "[conj] was [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It followed that no representation was made as to whether Mr. Bell should be remanded on bail or in custody , nor was the justice asked to form any opinion as to whether Mr. Bell had broken or was likely to break any condition of his bail . |
| 2 | Claire Robinson in her affidavit deposes that all parties were in agreement that the court on 16 February had not come to any opinion as to whether or not Mr. Bell had broken or was likely to break any condition of his bail . |
| 3 | The desire of the American worker for union representation took place in the teeth of employer opposition that was able to impose heavy sanctions for union activity . |
| 4 | But whether Idealism helped Liberalism and the ‘ New ’ Liberals to speak and act on the basis of a more dynamic and conceptually successful social theory , or whether , to quote Michael Freeden , ‘ Rather than Idealism giving birth to a new version of liberalism , it was liberalism that was able to assimilate certain aspects of Idealism to its mainstream and thus bestow new meaning upon Idealist tenets ’ , is not a problem of immediate relevance here . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the Shah 's reign , Ceauşescu made a deal that was supposed to earn Communist Romania a fortune in hard currency from the capitalist West . |
| 6 | There 's a spring that was supposed to have healing powers and the remains of what might have been an Iron Age temple . |
| 7 | The boy seriously injured in the blast , 12-year-old Timothy Parry , remained in critical condition and was due to have another brain scan today . |
| 8 | Ralph Steadman is currently working with Peacock Artspace and was delighted to see young talent being given an opportunity to display their work . |
| 9 | A fairly rushed programme but involved in going to Stranraer Women 's Guild where she communicated extremely well and was delighted to see Christian Aid work at local level . |
| 10 | Wondering if my worm had been chewed again , I picked up the rod to reel in and was delighted to find another roach on the end . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you really think so little of yourself that that could be all I wanted ? ’ she stabbed back and was pleased to see dull colour rise in his cheeks . |
| 12 | Keith Prowse , Ms Cahill suffered from claustrophobia and was unable to use public transport . |
| 13 | Salvation could only be sought with a leader who possessed personal power and was prepared to take personal responsibility , sweeping away the causes of the misery and the faceless politicians and bureaucrats who prevail over it , and seeming to impose his own personal power upon the force of history itself . |
| 14 | He was entering a study with local authorities on the cost of implementing the measures and was prepared to make appropriate increases in the rate support grant . |
| 15 | Pigou shared Keynes 's analysis of the disequilibrium between savings and investment , and was prepared to endorse public works . |
| 16 | So I respected him , and was glad to work long hours in his stuffy little offices , learning better Spanish and the workings of a paper ; learning also something about Porua , whom I studied with almost servile interest . |
| 17 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 18 | Letter in hand , I returned to the kennels and was surprised to see Sorrel standing by the door of her run , eager and happy . |
| 19 | This was , in fact , not too big a problem : Cracow had a 10pm curfew , and was in any case ‘ dead ’ after 9pm , she said She did try the odd night club and cinema , and was surprised to find English films with Polish sub-titles . |
| 20 | He sent off an application and was puzzled to receive two replies . |
| 21 | Crawford was still in camp during the 1918 season , and was able to perform great feats for Wellington . |
| 22 | This would occur if the winner of the initial contract benefited from learning-by-doing during its execution and was able to appropriate those benefits , enabling him to compete advantageously when terms are renegotiated . |
| 23 | Although the system had been modified in many villages so that the strips fell together instead of being widely separated , everybody , including squatters , had access to the common land and was able to earn some sort of a living from it , and this could be supplemented seasonally by labouring or harvesting for a bigger landowner . |
| 24 | The implication is that Mozart found composition easy and was able to put large works down on paper in a finished state without prior sketches or drafts . |
| 25 | Again he froze it with a quick stare , and was able to repeat this process time and again . |
| 26 | In 1926 I won a scholarship to Hastings High School for Girls , and was able to have four years of Grammar School education . |
| 27 | I was interviewed and was able to share different experiences and stories while in London . |
| 28 | Golla wanted to apply the new method of investigating the brain by recording its electrical activity ( electroencephalogram or EEG ) to clinical problems and was able to provide various types of patients for Walter to study . |
| 29 | Like Hope , he was immensely wealthy , and was able to combine passive politics with active art patronage and writing . |
| 30 | He eventually left his boat and was able to grab one breath of air before being forced down . |