Example sentences of "this was [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late nineteenth century saw the emergence of a model of human origins based very much on Haeckel 's linear progressionism , but this was replaced in the early years of the twentieth century by a theory more in tune with the new paleontology . |
| 2 | This was made in the following way . |
| 3 | Statutory provision for this was made in the Social Work ( Scotland ) Act 1968 . |
| 4 | This was delineated in the middle class by sharper divides in primary and secondary education and at upper levels by stricter matriculation standards . |
| 5 | This was done in the early part of the summer and was just disclosed . |
| 6 | This was done in the following ways : ( a ) By extending the concept of legal right . |
| 7 | When the king commanded deer to be taken for his use in the royal forests it was usually the warden 's responsibility to see that this was done in the proper manner . |
| 8 | Buchanan also argues , as does the Vindiciae , that the function of a monarchy is to serve the good of the people , and this was echoed in the Dutch Edict of Renunciation of 1581 : the subjects are not created by God for the benefit of the Prince … |
| 9 | Although this was rejected in the previous paper as putting an unacceptable limitation on taxpayers and their accountants , the responses suggest that the perceived balance of advantage may have shifted . |
| 10 | A clear example of this was presented in the recent critique by Sinha ( 1986 ) of the goals of psychology . |
| 11 | Given that this was formed in the late 1980s and that our estimated time for previous changes to reach the Rockall Trough was 18–19 years , we predict that the next decade will see continued cooling and freshening of the subpolar gyre as the latest form of LSW circulates around the North Atlantic . |
| 12 | An important phase in this was achieved in the diplomatic efforts initiated by the Red Cross Resolution of 1965 which eventually led to the 1977 Geneva Protocols , discussed in the previous section . |
| 13 | This was illustrated in the leading common law case of Attorney-General v. |
| 14 | I am afraid this was entered in the New Routes Book as a wind-up for a certain rock climbing columnist and to check whether he actually visited the places he wrote about . |
| 15 | This was rewritten in the bankruptcy-reform act of 1979 , to make it easier for firms to use . |
| 16 | Its emphasis on careful measurement and exact analysis of the events mediated by receptors was to be justified by the key role this was to play in the subsequent development of novel drugs for the treatment of , for example , angina and hypertension . |
| 17 | This was facilitated in the early 1970s following the ‘ Competition and Credit Control ’ arrangements . |
| 18 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 19 | This was reflected in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 which by section 61(1) provides : |
| 20 | This was reflected in the increasing arrears of payments owed between the episcopate of Bishop Wakefield in 1389 and that of Bishop Carpenter in 1454 . |
| 21 | This was reflected in the literary diet on which the radical subculture fed . |
| 22 | The exhibition again fully exploited the potential of the new Exhibition Hall , and this was reflected in the excellent reviews which it received , including one in The Times which described it as ‘ a show that proves books need not be boring ’ . |
| 23 | They were the stars of the show and this was reflected in the excellent coverage which the BBC gave both the Essex team and in turn Complete , on the Crufts programmes . |
| 24 | This was demolished in the mid 1980s , the congregation attending the chapel at Haisthorpe . |