Example sentences of "[conj] was [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Crown , Mr. Crystal submits that the issue involved in this appeal is a short point of construction and that there is simply no warrant for the suggestion that section 31 of the Act of 1968 embraces or was ever intended to embrace bankruptcy proceedings . |
| 2 | When he screened it privately for the director of the Cannes Film Festival , he was delighted with the reaction and was duly invited to exhibit Drive , He Said at the next festival in May 1971 . |
| 3 | The choice of La Section d'Or as a title for the exhibition of the group of painters who appeared at the Galerie de la Boétie seems to indicate some dissatisfaction with the term Cubism as applied to their work , and was probably intended to imply translation by Peladan in 1910. that the paintings shown had a more profound and rational basis . |
| 4 | The official stamp , he said , was used to validate the voting papers and was also used to stamp student identity cards to prevent students voting more than once . |
| 5 | He served in both the Cabinet and the CCP politburo and was strongly tipped to become Premier following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 . |
| 6 | The club closed in the late Sixties and was later demolished to make way for the shopping centre Eldon Gardens . |
| 7 | A ‘ credit ’ he may have been , but Owens was expelled from the American Athletics Union for refusing to compete in a Swedish tour and was eventually reduced to freak show racing against horses and motorcycles . |
| 8 | He and took up a career as a TV commentator with Murray Walker and was recently reported to have cash problems . |
| 9 | KHAI Eng is from Malaysia and an architect by profession but loved cooking and was often asked to create dinner parties for her clients . |
| 10 | Sam seriously injured the fellow , and was then compelled to jump ship . |
| 11 | Lord Young , the trade secretary , passed it to the Serious Fraud Office and was apparently advised to defer publication pending possible criminal proceedings . |
| 12 | The new party aimed to present a viable alternative to the existing groupings but was widely expected to take part with the BNP in forming an anti-Awami League alliance . |