Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the Porkkala base was relinquished many years after Finland re-established the independent operation of her internal political processes . |
| 2 | The tribalism of the town 's Ga majority was given heavy emphasis . |
| 3 | By the time the Taft-Hartley Act was invoked ninety-five days later , there would be a total of two killings , two assaults , thirty-five bombings , the taking of one hostage , and seventy-one other ‘ disruptions ’ involving such things as sabotage of railroads , gunfire directed against people , trains , and motor vehicles , property damage , and other incidents of violence serious enough to be noted by the Department of Justice . |
| 4 | A Swansea man was swept two miles up the River Severn behind one of the first big bores of the autumn as he clung to the stern of a friend 's canoe . |
| 5 | The Alexander report was revised four times before it was acceptable , according to Armstrong , who said that the final version ‘ does not contain any sworn statements or evidence that could provide the basis for specific actions against anyone ’ . |
| 6 | Trevor Andrews , who runs the Darlington-based Rockbus concert travel and ticket business , is £3,700 out of pocket after Prince 's show at Blenheim Palace was cancelled last August . |
| 7 | By 1984 the Ward team was running eight agents and had targeted another five people for possible for recruitment . |
| 8 | By the late 1850s the Brick Lane brewery was selling 400,000 barrels of beer a year , a quarter of it now ale rather than porter . |
| 9 | The former HCIMA Cambridge branch was renamed Mid Anglia branch . |
| 10 | He is one of a series of Scholars in Residence who have run courses there since Schumacher College was started two years ago , with the support of the Dartington trustees , by Satish Kumar , the ever-busy founder of the Small School in north Devon , and editor of Resurgence magazine . |
| 11 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 12 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 13 | Three years ago Mike Phelan , now with Manchester United , was injured and Robert Fleck was given compassionate leave after his father died on the eve of the game . |
| 14 | Woods solution was to use this algorithm with the island-driving search strategy . |
| 15 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 16 | The Genoa trip was to finalise an academic paper for publication with a nice colleague ( who I have met ) and the Sienna bit was to give two lectures . |
| 17 | Since the Mayott home was modernised last year , all thirty six residents have the choice to live in small groups , almost like a home from home . |
| 18 | He was the first Roman Catholic director-general of the BBC , taking over at a difficult time , when the Ulster issue was posing serious dilemmas for broadcasters as well as for politicians . |
| 19 | Back in June ( UX No 387 ) , Hewlett-Packard Co was dropping large hints that it would be announcing and delivering new Snake workstations and upgrades based upon its next-generation PA RISC 7110 chip , Thunderbird , sometime before its fiscal year ends in October . |
| 20 | In early June it was reported from the United States that the Bush administration was seeking congressional approval for an additional US$10-15,000,000 in " covert " military aid to UNITA , to supplement a $50,000,000 CIA assistance programme . |
| 21 | Having failed to get the Europeans ' agreement on a course of action , Warren Christopher , America 's secretary of state , is back to what the Bush administration was saying 18 months ago : Yugoslavia is at heart a European problem . |
| 22 | P C Raymond Hall was shot last November in North London when he tried to arrest Kelly and an accomplice who were in a lorry which was found to be packed with more than three tonnes of explosives . |
| 23 | The Friend Teesside group was formed four years ago to provide a counselling and advice service and last year received 597 calls for help . |
| 24 | The Janata Dal was formed last year in an attempt to unite the national opposition . |
| 25 | Bentley School was built 150 years ago on half an acre of land given by Bishop Sumner of Winchester but its history prior to 1882 is almost non-existent since the log books for the early years have long since been lost . |
| 26 | Further north in Staffordshire the ancient market town of Lichfield founded in 1149 on the line of one of the main London to Chester roads , declined into cosy respectability as the new Holyhead road was diverted sixteen miles to the south . |
| 27 | A group of antigens capable of stimulating a strong mixed lymphocyte reaction between mice of the same MHC haplotype was recognised some time ago , and these were termed minor lymphocyte stimulating ( Mls ) determinants . |
| 28 | Roger Yeoman was passing one morning , and just happened to notice movement under the surface . |
| 29 | When the BES programme was started ten years ago , it aimed to provide tax incentives for entrepreneurs willing to take the risk of investing over five years in new small businesses . |
| 30 | Eric Folder was caught next day by two German guards in a fishing smack . |