Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all were agreed that her insight into what it 's like to work in space was fascinating . |
| 2 | Respondents who did not live in or near Edinburgh were asked if their visit to the City was for leisure purposes , or for the purpose of business or study . |
| 3 | He eventually took over his master 's shop at the Cross Daggers , Moorfields , before 1700 and this was given as his address in various advertisements from 1707 to 1731 , an address emblematically represented on his trade card . |
| 4 | After completing his Defence Fellowship , Tim Grant was posted as my predecessor in the Engineering Policy Branch in MOD and tasked with exploiting his thesis results . |
| 5 | When a review of the health service was set up following the 1987 general election , it was claimed that our kind of public review would be too slow . |
| 6 | It was considered that our pool of crewing officers had now grown to such an extent that we needed a forum where we could air our views and keep in touch both socially and with official trends , bearing in mind that our officers were now drawn from every part of the UK and from many different aspects of Customs and Excise . |
| 7 | It was conceded that their removal by the mother was wrongful within the terms of article 3 and accordingly the court had to consider the terms of article 12 which provides : |
| 8 | The Luxemburg group was defeated and its claim to the official affiliation to the International rejected ; it became the Social Democratic Party of the Kingdom of Poland , as opposed to the majority , the Polish Socialist Party , PSP . |
| 9 | This , together with what was seen as its neglect of its social function as a provider of services ( eg public phone boxes ) , led to public disquiet about the operation of BT . |
| 10 | Details of how far they walked , how long it took them , when this was done and what sort of overnight accommodation they used , would be relevant to my research . |
| 11 | And Diana was told that her request for a divorce was almost the same as an abdication . |
| 12 | She had objected , and she was suspended , Mrs Laughton herself was told that her suitability as a Panel Member would be reconsidered at the end of her term of office in May . |
| 13 | It was noted that his support for a more assertive Golkar did not extend to giving the movement financial autonomy from the government . |
| 14 | An orogastric tube ( Anderson Inc , New York ) was swallowed and its position in the dependent part of the stomach checked by the water recovery test . |
| 15 | Appleyard and Lintell 's research in San Francisco showed how residents ' privacy diminished in heavily trafficked streets , their network of acquaintances shrank , their sense of personal territory was restricted and their interest in the street was curtailed by its streams of traffic . |
| 16 | ON JULY 14 this year , Dai Qing , one of China 's most prominent journalists , was arrested and her flat in Beijing ransacked . |
| 17 | In December , a software firm in Osaka whose product was deemed ‘ obscene ’ by the powers that be was raided and its stock of ultra-graphic porn ‘ games ’ confiscated . |
| 18 | The film did not attempt to explain why the Americans went to war in Vietnam , but surpassed any previous film in examining the pressures to which the American soldier was subjected and his reaction to them . |
| 19 | Her spontaneous telemessage to the mother whose baby was abducted and her dance with an old-age pensioner at Toynbee Hall are but two examples of this . |
| 20 | The outcome of the elections was something of a personal reverse for President George Bush , whose popularity rating had plummeted following what was perceived as his indecisiveness in the recent budget crisis and the abandonment of his pledge not to raise taxes . |
| 21 | And it was suggested that their participation in the decision-making process , coupled with scrupulous adherence to principles of openness and fairness in that process , may persuade them to accept decisions and policies with which they do not agree . |
| 22 | It was held that his sale of his old car was not in the course of his business . |
| 23 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 24 | As a result Cyril was informed that my application for membership would be turned down . |