Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time . |
| 2 | According to a pamphlet of 1704 , the present war was about whether England should be a popish or a Protestant country , since Louis XIV was advancing the cause of a popish prince to the throne of Great Britain , whilst at home the strength of the papists was increased " by the Non-Jurors and Disaffected Persons of all sorts " , who were zealous for a popish prince . |
| 3 | But they stood in the way of ‘ improvers ’ , usually great landowners like the Earl of Bristol in the 1660s who were greedy for the easy expansion of their estates which forest enclosures could offer . |
| 4 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
| 5 | It was the Howards who were responsible for the daring architectural refinements of the late sixteenth and very early seventeenth century . |
| 6 | that can be used for actually doing , doing the recycling on each of those , and and I would like to say that that this , this report had been erm prepared jointly by officers of the Transportation Department who were responsible for the operational side and wi and the officers and regulation side of , of the Authority Planning Environment Department and therefore the comments in the air have been shared between erm both sides er what I would like to say is that as well as the recycling activities which are carried out in our household waste facilities of glass , paper , waste - oil , etc. , er there are we have in the last twelve months started two initiatives which I think will fall in into erm the , the first part - composting . |
| 7 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 8 | The exception is Royal Berkshire , who were responsible for the dramatic removal of last season 's champions David Lloyd Slazenger Heston in the regional rounds . |
| 9 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
| 10 | Friendship rapidly developed between Mrs Gould , who was pregnant for the seventh time , and Lady Franklin , who at 46 had no children and was delighted to entertain a young family . |
| 11 | Stanley has taken over from William P. Baker B.Sc(Eng) , ARTCS , CEng , FIEE , MIERE , whose tenure of office expired August last and who was notable for a remarkable upsurge in attendance at Convocation 's social events . |
| 12 | It had taken Carlson some time but he believed that he had finally worked out who was responsible for the ritualistic murders on the planet . |
| 13 | Mia Bardolet , who was responsible for the first ever victory of Ford 's Escort Cosworth , found himself without a contract this year and Opel snapped him up . |
| 14 | Who was responsible for the above statement ? |
| 15 | This new Lady is directed by actor and writer Simon Callow , who was responsible for the current London hit production of Carmen Jones . |
| 16 | Finance Minister Thelmo Vargas , who was responsible for the economic austerity policies introduced in June 1990 [ see p. 37527 ] , resigned on Nov. 3 . |
| 17 | Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution . |
| 18 | Inside the church there is a plaque commemorating the baptism of Alessandro Manzoni on 8 August 1785 , and a fine altar surround by Ludovico Pogliahi , who was responsible for the central doors of the Duomo . |
| 19 | I suspected it was Margaret , rather than the General , who was responsible for the continued mellowing of Red Leland . |
| 20 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 21 | In all probability , the author did not know who was responsible for the original compilation : he merely assumed that legislation was an appropriate activity for the founder of a kingdom . |
| 22 | Sir , I Crawford , director of ministry veterinary field services makes some most inaccurate statements ( Letters , June 28 ) concerning the state veterinary officer Mrs Laura Brough , who was responsible for the veterinary controls for a batch of imported Boer goats while they were in farm isolation in Lancashire in 1987 . |
| 23 | Whoever was responsible for the interior decoration of Hummingbird House had subtly co-ordinated paler , more restful shades of sun-gold and sea-blue . |