Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Foreign Office was embarrassed at the offence caused to Britain 's old ally Norway , it carried relatively little weight . |
| 2 | And it is certainly true that the surveying profession was outraged at the ‘ Flynn system , ’ as it was soon called . |
| 3 | Where part of the estate consisted of a ‘ matrimonial home ’ , i.e. a house in which the surviving spouse was resident at the time of the death , the spouse may normally require the representatives to appropriate the deceased 's interest in the house in or towards the satisfaction of his or her absolute interest in the estate . |
| 4 | The striped and layered skirt was open at the front to reveal the braid-decorated robe beneath . |
| 5 | An Australian visitor was surprised at the number of people still smoking in Britain and the areas where smoking is allowed . |
| 6 | Anthony Stockley , Rochford 's Tory councillor was outraged at the suggestion of an air crash in the near future and accused Mr Dale of scaremongering . |
| 7 | An inquest in Darlington heard that the 56-year-old woman was distraught at the news her husband Thompson Watson was terminally ill with cancer . |
| 8 | Phil Hanlon , director of health promotion with Greater Glasgow Health Board , said the medical profession was alarmed at the statistical trend . |
| 9 | However , in France the infamous Festum Asinorum — the Ass ' Feast — during which a live ass was present at the Mass and the congregation brayed like the animal , survived almost to the Reformation despite efforts to stamp it out . |
| 10 | The big house was visible at the top of the drive . |
| 11 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |
| 12 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 13 | Their conclusion was that if all the companies in that region introduced whatever new technology was available at the time of the study the net loss of jobs might be anything from 3 to 9 per cent of all jobs in the region . |
| 14 | The Labour Party was concerned at the threat which fascism posed to its traditional areas of support but the results of its 1934 circular emphasized the limited nature of British fascism . |
| 15 | This perilous situation was unrecognized at the French Supreme Headquarters , but was swiftly apparent to the watchful and questioning Lanrezac . |