Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 2 | The elections were deemed by foreign observers to have been held without widescale irregularities , although cases were reported in a few localities . |
| 3 | Most of those applications were made in a few weeks . |
| 4 | The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages . |
| 5 | The writer knows of no case prior to 1964 in which exemplary damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim . |
| 6 | 3.24 A case in which aggravated damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim was Westwood v Hardy ( 1964 ) The Times , 24 June . |
| 7 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 8 | This hypothesis was examined in a anaesthetised rats whose stomachs were perfused with ethanol ( 25 or 50% in saline , wt/wt ) for 30 minutes . |
| 9 | This change was recommended in a recent Customs Foreign Business Review on future developments for international trade in the UK . |
| 10 | He was caught in a massive police hunt launched after the four fled through a hole in a fence around the jail playing field . |
| 11 | Curbishley already had the English schools time , thanks to a 44.3 secs run in her first track outing at Hull this season , before she was injured in a 400 metres hurdles race at York . |
| 12 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 13 | Generally the water was transported in a large Barrel-on-wheels drawn by a donkey , and many of those poor creatures died during their arduous toiling , hence the existence of so many ‘ Dead Donkey Lanes ’ . |
| 14 | Relations with the USA which had generally been amicable under the Bhutto government , underwent a serious crisis in October 1990 following the suspension of aid worth around US$570 million on grounds that Pakistan was engaged in a nuclear weapons programme [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 15 | According to the administration 's critics , the licences , issued during 1990 and 1991 , might have violated the terms of the Pressler Amendment , under which all military assistance to Pakistan was suspended in October 1990 on the grounds that Pakistan was engaged in a nuclear weapons programme [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 16 | Designed by student Jonathan Hitchen , the cover was described in a graphic arts magazine as : ‘ Combining strong colour and semi-abstract line . ’ |