Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting . |
| 2 | For years the economics of the nuclear power industry were concealed within the overall accounts of the public sector electricity industry . |
| 3 | On 6 January 1992 the Standards of Work Based Competence for the hospitality and catering industry were agreed by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 4 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 5 | Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand , and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire . |
| 6 | MORE than 40 sweeping law changes aimed at banishing the penalty-ridden , slow-coach version of rugby football were adopted by the International Rugby Board yesterday . |
| 7 | But now the details relating to academic , social , personal , and occupational aptitude were forwarded to the juvenile section of the local labour exchange where vacancies had been notified by employers . |
| 8 | Following the explosion at Vic two key ETA members of its Barcelona cell were killed by the civil guard in a raid on a house at Llica de Munt , 30 km from Barcelona , on May 30 . |
| 9 | Height and weight were measured by the same observer ( AT ) in all patients at the time of study . |
| 10 | Characteristics of the two treatment groups at entry were compared with the unpaired t test and χ 2 test for the sex ratio . |
| 11 | During the Somoza period , most educational facilities and investment were concentrated in the urban areas , where the rate of illiteracy was given as 28 per cent compared with about 76 per cent in rural areas . |
| 12 | The individual and collective rights of the labour force were codified in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 13 | Moves to establish a UN police force in the north to reduce the chances of confrontation were rejected by the Iraqi government on May 9 . |
| 14 | Using these specimens , chemical types of amyloid protein were identified by the avidin-biotin complex ( ABC ) method using anti-AA and anti-Β 2 -microglobulin ( 1:500 , Dako ) , and anti-prealbumin ( 1:500 , Dako ) antibodies . |
| 15 | By comparing the fineness of the Sutton Hoo coins themselves with this trend , it was possible to say that the basest and therefore latest coins in the purse were made in the 620s AD , thus defining the earliest probable date for the ship burial . |
| 16 | A gold watch and a purse were found in the dead man 's pockets , but no cards or papers — except a letter addressed to Mr Utterson . |
| 17 | Jimmy returned with arms full of torches , switching each on and positioning them in the brackets of the huge copper boilers , or on the floor so that surreal fans of light were cast against the dirty plaster walls . |
| 18 | Popular culture , thus , and high modernism were born in the same places at about the same time . |
| 19 | Though after 1870 all forms of modernism were condemned within the Roman Catholic Church , and St G. Mivart ( who had shown sympathies with Darwinism ) was excommunicated , other churches and parties came to various degrees of accommodation with contemporary thought . |
| 20 | The claimant could not be described as the lawful holder of the bill of lading unless a given copy or all the copies issued by the carrier were designated as the original bill or set of bills . |
| 21 | Many undiagnosed patients with prostatic obstruction were referred to the renal unit . |
| 22 | Throughout that summer more vital pieces of the rear fuselage were recovered along the downwind wreckage trail . |
| 23 | In January last year details of the workload and the resources available to meet that workload were collected by the British Orthopaedic Association directly from consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeons working in the 19 general hospitals in the 12 health districts in inner London . |
| 24 | Tranmere were restricted to the occasional breakaway which usually ended with an offside decision and Nixon came to their rescue again when he swooped to his right to hold Wright 's shot . |
| 25 | Clara had never seen such securely straight hair on so old a woman ; even the more fashion-conscious of the middle aged lecturers at her college were adorned with the permanent waves of their generation . |
| 26 | L 379 , p. 1 ) , according to which the levying of any customs duty or charge having equivalent effect and the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect were prohibited in the internal trade of the Community ; ( c ) article 8(1) of that Regulation , which , as regards the payment of an indemnity to producers who were not members of a producers ' organisation , provided that such an indemnity was to be granted without discrimination as to the nationality or place of establishment of the recipients ; ( d ) article 27(2) of that Regulation , which laid down for all fishing vessels flying the flag of one of the member states the principle of equal access to ports and first-stage marketing installations in the other member states ; ( e ) article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which authorised the member states to determine the detailed rules for the utilisation of the quotas allocated to them , in accordance with the applicable Community provisions ; and ( f ) article 13(2) of Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( Official Journal 1986 No . |
| 27 | After closing the caecum with a purse string ligature , the loops of intestine were restored to the abdominal cavity . |
| 28 | Candidates closely identified with the President were defeated in the important states of Rio Grande do Sul and Parana , and in particular in the key state of Sao Paulo , responsible for 50 per cent of the gross national product . |
| 29 | However , for many years North Shields and Tyne mouth were combined as the small County Borough of Tyne mouth ( 70% of which was made up of North Shields ) . |
| 30 | Economics , sociology , mathematics , law and accounting were suggested as the essential subjects , and although colleges could provide liberal studies also , ‘ we would stress the importance we attach to a liberal treatment of the whole curriculum ’ . |