Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall mean for the 1984–5 sample was 54 per cent and for the 1985–6 sample it was 53 per cent . |
| 2 | However , support for the Unionist Party was neither total nor uncritical . |
| 3 | Support for the exiled King was greatest amongst Catholic recusants and immigrant Irish in the north , who played a prominent role in the plots of the 1690s . |
| 4 | A police spokesperson declared on Jan. 10 that allegations of police support for the so-called vigilantes was a " blatant lie " . |
| 5 | Paradoxically , the other major beneficiary from apparent disillusion with the established parties was the far right Front national . |
| 6 | The 5.7t/ha ( 46cwt/acre ) yield from the first field was below expectations , due to pigeon and crow damage in some lodged areas . |
| 7 | In particular the meaning of a term or link in the semantic net was often unclear to them . |
| 8 | Inglis ( 1965 ) summarised data which showed that among individuals with memory defects only the number of items recalled from the second ear differed from the number recalled by normal control subjects , whereas recall from the initial ear was similar for both groups . |
| 9 | There was an almost identical result in Leningrad , while in Kiev the " yes " vote in the all-union referendum was only 44.6 per cent . |
| 10 | JC : What I remember about the first night was an uncomfortable feeling that the piece was under-rehearsed musically . |
| 11 | Stressing that the current pattern of production and consumption was unsustainable and would have to change , " particularly in the industrialized countries " , the resolution also emphasized that a significant transfer of technology and finance to the developing world was required . |
| 12 | Contact between the different groups was actively discouraged . |
| 13 | This was the start of the decade when mild steel ousted wrought iron from the Clyde shipyards , and demand for the new material was almost insatiable . |
| 14 | The cab came from a Massey-Ferguson 1200 and cost £600 , and a solid steel radiator surround from the same model was turned upside down and fitted to the new tractor . |
| 15 | Various outcomes have been examined in randomised controlled trials of intrapartum fetal monitoring ; the only complication to show a lower ( and largely consistent ) decrease in the monitored groups was neonatal convulsion , and this protective effect seemed to be confined to prolonged , induced , or augmented labours . |
| 16 | Previously , discharge from the chemical complex was pumped directly into the river Tees . |
| 17 | Mum when we Murder in the Dark Amanda was dump me and you 're supposed to sort of do that is n't that right ? |
| 18 | Although ventilation of the mines ( by huge steam-driven fans ) and haulage ( the raising and lowering of the cage or lift in the deep mines , and much of the transport underground ) had long been mechanized , work at the actual coal-face was still done by hand in many collieries ; and pit-ponies still dragged the small four-wheeled drams — the tubs or trams from the working places to link up with the mechanized ‘ journeys ’ . |