Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] was [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Museum 's collection , much of which was collected last century or in the early half of this century , was shown by TL to contain some twenty forgeries , most of which had , in recent years , been suspected to be modern . |
| 2 | As de Groot ( 1983 ) reports , 90 per cent of the lad area was declared a national park in 1959 and the Charles Darwin Research Station was established in 1960 on Santa Cruz Island , the aim of which was to undertake scientific research and to begin a programme of goat eradication . |
| 3 | This type of inspection chamber may also be fitted with a ventilator with a hinged mica flap — the idea of which was to let fresh air into the drains but not let foul air out . |
| 4 | The LCAC advice was produced in April , the effect of which was to reject any extension for rights of audience for the CPS and other employed lawyers and the Advisory Committee concluded that the Law Society 's application was inadequate in certain respects . |
| 5 | There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished . |
| 6 | Now I love the Labour Party and a lot of what was said this morning was painful . |
| 7 | Every policeman was given a pint mug and on night duty we were , have n't , we , each of us was given one pint of coffee . |
| 8 | ‘ It has to do with what was said last time I was here . ’ |
| 9 | After twenty minutes , her breakfast tray arrived ; upon it was boiling red soup , chocolate ice cream , and a fizzy orange drink . |
| 10 | In what was to become typical behaviour for mining companies in Ireland , the company did not ask local landowners for permission to enter their lands to prospect . |
| 11 | Fitted with a 100hp Sunbeam engine and averaging a speed of 90 mph , he out paced all the other competitors and won the race in what was to become true Alcock style ! |
| 12 | To them was born another child , Malekith , who was to become the most hated of Elves . |
| 13 | About the most exciting thing that happened to me was knocking some ink over . |
| 14 | Whole flies ( 100 to 200 mg ) were crushed in 1 ml of extraction buffer ( Tris 10mM pH 7.8 , NaCl 60 mM , EDTA 10mM ) at 0–5°C to which was added 1 volume of lyse buffer ( Tris 300 mM , pH 9 , EDTA 100 mM , DEPC 0.8% ) , SDS 1% , Proteinase K 100µg/ml and incubated 1 h at 65°C . |
| 15 | According to an early eighteenth-century edition of an early Han source , it was reported of the emperor Wen that he ‘ acquired a drinking cup of jade , on which was carved this inscription : ‘ Master of Mankind , may Thy Life be prolonged to the great delight of this world ! |
| 16 | And so Mr. Green , I think it was Chris Green , had to he was chairing that meeting and had a double vote . |
| 17 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 18 | So that is the position as it was agreed last time and this report really says that . |