Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the First World War some Kerries were exported to France to help repopulate areas which had been decimated by war and the small black cattle were given prime grazing in orchard meadows near the River Somme ; within nine months they looked like beef animals ! |
| 2 | The guests were given great freedom of movement , with etiquette reduced to a minimum , so that the whole affair had the air of a country house party in magnificent surroundings . |
| 3 | Under the aegis of the Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , Urban Development Corporations were given legal definition in Part XVI of the Local Government , Planning and Land Act 1980 . |
| 4 | Others were given warm water for soup , and on complaining were harshly told to work harder . |
| 5 | Controls were given similar advice at routine consultations , but this was generally less systematic , sustained , or reinforced unless they had respiratory symptoms . |
| 6 | National minorities were given particular cause for grievance by the High Command 's disregard for their sensibilities , epitomized by the wholesale deportation of Jews from the Polish provinces . |
| 7 | Mr Grant adds : ‘ It is time that the needs of children were given this kind of priority . |
| 8 | Half the subjects were given this information in advance but the other half were not told anything about the subject matter of the passage . |
| 9 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |
| 10 | Many such activities were organised this year in co-operation with academic departments . |
| 11 | In 1972 eleven colleges were granted delegated authority for MPhil registrations . |
| 12 | The reprobate ( the condemned ) fall under the judgement imposed on man because Adam broke his ‘ covenant ’ with God , a ‘ covenant of works ’ in which he and his descendants were promised eternal life upon condition of their obedience , which condition he failed to observe , thus plunging himself and all his seed into ruin . |
| 13 | Asked to name sources of credit out of the blue , people might well simply leave out or forget about some sources which in practice they could use , if they were offered that type of credit when they were buying . |
| 14 | The imposition of a small amount of easy work was another popular strategy , particularly in situations where children were offered some degree of choice of activity . |
| 15 | His reasoning was that the productivity of free workers was greater than slave labour if the labourers were offered sufficient inducement through piece-work and high rates for day labour ; the cost of getting the same amount of work done by slaves was greater than the cost of the higher rates offered as an inducement . |
| 16 | The animals were anaesthetised one hour after ethanol administration to allow measurement of gastric blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry ( Laserflo , model BPM 403A , Vasamedics Inc , St Paul , MN ) as described previously . |
| 17 | Early postoperative complications were negligible , while three patients who were circumcised required reoperation for haemorrhage . |
| 18 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 19 | I suspect that the hon. Gentleman may have in mind some initial teething troubles that were experienced this year in connection with local management of primary schools . |
| 20 | His words were echoed last night by PC Hall 's boss , Chief Insp Peyer Harrison , of Redcar Police . |
| 21 | TWO PEOPLE were charged last night with terror offences in London while police hunting the killers of a soldier in Derby named a man they wanted for questioning . |
| 22 | Thus it seems likely that health authorities were encouraged to be generous in the allocation of budgets , that fundholders were less concerned than they might otherwise have been about the need to stay within strict cash limits , and that non-fundholders were allowed greater freedom of referral than might have been anticipated . |
| 23 | Paupers engaged in emptying the cesspools during the night were allowed one pint of beer , 7 ozs. bread and 1 oz. cheese . |
| 24 | Rats used for studies with production of pancreatitis were allowed free access to water but no food for 18 hours before the beginning of experiment . |
| 25 | They were allowed free access to food ( standard diet purchased from Altromin , Germany ) and water . |
| 26 | It seemed a shame to cancel the celebrations : children in the Borough were allowed free riding on Coronation Day , which they used to full advantage ! |
| 27 | Mrs Mandela and Falati were convicted last year of kidnapping and assaulting four township activists , including ‘ Stompie ’ Moeketsi , whose body was later found in the bush near Soweto . |
| 28 | TWO ULSTER men were convicted last week for possession and trying to smuggle drugs into the Republic . |
| 29 | The Home Office said 100 applications for political asylum from Kurds were handled each week in accordance with United Nations guidelines . |
| 30 | Against them were marshalled industrial capital in coal mining , shipping and shipbuilding led by the great radical ( Karl Marx 's description ) Joseph Cowen . |