Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beamish was sued by Mond and judgement was found in the plaintiff 's favour to the cost of £5,000 . |
| 2 | Earlier in this chapter ( p. 70 ) striking a realistic balance between protection and freedom was discussed in the context of preventing accidents in relation to children . |
| 3 | Several examples of lack of sensitivity and support were reported in the Guardian . |
| 4 | Age and experience were valued in the belief that length of days had provided some guidance on how to live and what to expect in the life to come . |
| 5 | The inappropriateness of Carter 's background and experience was reflected in the insensitivity of his handling of Congress . |
| 6 | Revenues from Crown lands went increasingly to the Chamber rather than to the Exchequer and money was stored in the Jewel House of the Household . |
| 7 | The façade and south porch are now Gothic and the interior and cupola were transformed in the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | During the Somoza period , most educational facilities and investment were concentrated in the urban areas , where the rate of illiteracy was given as 28 per cent compared with about 76 per cent in rural areas . |
| 9 | Chancelot Flour Mill and Warehouse was completed in the Western Harbour adjacent to the Rank complex by the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society . |
| 10 | Once again , however , it was felt that this solution was not entirely acceptable since the words degradation and humiliation were lacking in the certainty desirable for criminal legislation . |
| 11 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ The two men and car were seen in the area on separate occasions near the suspected time of the attack , and we need to eliminate them from our inquiry . |
| 12 | The three republics had an extended experience of representative government , which was not the case in other parts of what became the USSR , and feudalism was abolished in the early nineteenth century , decades before its abolition in Russia proper . |
| 13 | The language of the local bonds of maintenance and manrent was used in the bonds that politicians , including Mary of Guise , made during the 1540s and 1550s ; indeed , if anything they were even loftier in their talk of mutual support . |
| 14 | The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat . |
| 15 | Serious allegations of patient neglect and abuse were made in the Sun newspaper . |
| 16 | His hands and clothing were covered in the animals blood . |
| 17 | Wood veneer finishes with aluminum trim characterised the lounges and offices : zebra wood , holly , and walnut in the men 's lounge were arranged in abstract designs derived from railroad locomotives , cars , and signals ; panels of zebra and madrone wood covered the women 's lounge ; and gum , harewood , and holly were used in the offices along with cork flooring . |
| 18 | The chassis and body were fabricated in the Corporation 's works at Thornton Heath . |
| 19 | His own home and business were destroyed in the war . |
| 20 | Normally they ate late and Tug was kept in the attic . |
| 21 | A good deal of credulity and nonsense was indulged in the name of psychology but there was no nonsense about the concept of ‘ psychological obsolescence ’ , the new technique for making people dissatisfied with what they had bought more quickly than ever before . |
| 22 | And speculation was fuelled in the last 10 minutes of South Africa 's second innings when West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor called up Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin to discuss damage to the ball . |
| 23 | An area of ceiling and wall was damaged in the incident . |
| 24 | The majority of the population had been reduced to a state of extreme poverty , an estimated 150,000 people had lost their jobs , and famine was reported in the north-west region . |
| 25 | A businessman whose brother and nephew were killed in the American raid on Baghdad has criticised the Government for defending the action . |
| 26 | The director had told her most of the cast and crew were staying in the same hotel , and a room had been reserved for her there , too . |
| 27 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
| 28 | By 1981 Torstar had acquired the whole of Harlequin Enterprises Ltd , and as part of the Harlequin Overseas subsidiary , Mills and Boon was included in the deal . |
| 29 | All data entry and processing were done in the study headquarters in Navrongo with IBM PS/2 computers and dBase III+ software . |
| 30 | Most of the East Anglian ports were enjoying their first spell of prosperity for many years , employment and trade was booming in the area and more customs staff were required at King 's Lynn , Ipswich and Felixstowe , my old home and a natural first choice . |