Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the collapse of their authoritarian dictatorships in the mid-1970s , Spain and Portugal were also admitted to membership . |
| 2 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |
| 3 | Phospholipids were then extracted in chloroform/methanol ( 2:1 vol/ vol ) according to Folch . |
| 4 | A crowd of eager ‘ punters ’ , and the illegal betting-shop on the waste-ground at the back of Budhill Avenue were also carted off lock , stock and blackboard . |
| 5 | Serum IgM antibodies gave weak reaction on blots ( data not shown ) suggesting that the high titres obtained by ELISA were mainly caused by IgM antibodies recognising native rather than SDS denatured antigens . |
| 6 | Here we have the notion that as the system of technology ( the domestication of animals and the formation of herds ) develops , it becomes incompatible with the social system , especially the system of inheritance and familial authority , This growing incompatibility , or contradiction , then leads to a revolutionary change in the social system , in this case the change to father right , a system which according to Morgan and Engels was better adapted to pastoralism . |
| 7 | Floodlighting was finally allowed for Cup ties from 1955 and for League games from 1956 . |
| 8 | c-Myc was then activated by addition of β -oestradiol to a final concentration of 2μM and the cells were monitored by time-lapse cinemicroscopy at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 9 | Wheatley was heavily influenced by evidence given by the departments of the Scottish Office and particularly by the planners of the Scottish Development Department ( Keating and Midwinter 1983:97 ; Page 1983:44 ) . |
| 10 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |
| 11 | And at last , in June 1172 , when he was fourteen years old , the great day came when Richard was formally installed as Duke of Aquitaine . |
| 12 | Karmal was subsequently replaced as party leader and president by Najibullah , but there was little progress in establishing the broadly-based ‘ government of national reconciliation ’ which was his declared objective . |
| 13 | Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was formally appointed as C.-in-C . |
| 14 | Pakistan was badly hit by revenue losses resulting from the Gulf crisis and by the suspension in October of US economic aid [ see below ; p. 37764 ] . |
| 15 | They all remembered the days when Lochranza was daily served by pleasure steamers and all the houses filled with ‘ the gentry ’ , the locals decamping to huts and sheds in back gardens . |
| 16 | Mr. Twycross was not asked in cross-examination about these possibilities . |
| 17 | Israeli politicians and officials claimed that the PLF attack proved that the PLO was still engaging in terrorist activities despite Arafat 's December 1987 statement renouncing all forms of terrorism [ see p. 36438 ] . |
| 18 | Tory business managers began to scurry around anxiously and Sir Nicholas Lyell was clearly taken by surprise and began scribbling notes to form the basis of his speech . |
| 19 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 20 | Edward was still living at home , preparing without a coach for the Civil Service examination . |
| 21 | By this stage of his career Bobby was mainly employed in midfield . |
| 22 | Ken was ably assisted by seconder Royal Robbins , who has probably drilled more bolts than anyone else . |
| 23 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 24 | Central and Southern England were also hit by flooding which left many without power for several hours . |
| 25 | Chester were also drawn at home against Northwich Vics . |
| 26 | Mrs. Dolman was well known to Mum through the Mothers ' Union , the only son Roger was a Standard Seven boy and he had four younger sisters including one who was about a year old . |
| 27 | Prior to drainage work in the 1960s , Fairfield was regularly islanded by winter floods . |
| 28 | Ronni was still fizzing with indignation — how dared he make fun of her ? — when , sure enough , a car arrived at the front door , laden with dishes dovered in tin foil . |
| 29 | TYNESIDE was today braced for news of hundreds of redundancies in the wake of the Swan Hunter crisis . |
| 30 | Alexei was always taken by surprise by the Yek talent for blunt speaking , ‘ That being the case , ’ he said , ‘ I am surprised you have given your consent to your daughter 's betrothal to me . ’ |