Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was dismissed by the critics until McCarthy and the Terror were safely passed . |
| 2 | Daylight was filtering through the shutters when Luce awoke to instant and complete remembrance . |
| 3 | No warning was given by the soldiers because they believed their comrades ' lives were in danger and they were under fire from the hijacked car , the hearing had been told . |
| 4 | Not only the new moon but the full moon too was regarded by the Hebrews as being of great religious significance , and the timing of Passover was determined by the first full moon on or after the spring equinox . |
| 5 | By 1907 ITF activity was regarded by the shipowners as sufficiently serious to justify the setting up of an International Shipping Federation " to combat the growing forces of socialism and aggressive trade unionism " , but in reality it had made little progress in establishing international standards and the British market for seamen was still being substantially undercut by lower rates of pay of foreign labour . |
| 6 | From then on the year was regarded by the Romans as beginning on that day . |
| 7 | The new plan was explained to the players when they gathered in Luton before flying out to Spain . |
| 8 | In our July 18 issue we published an article about Olympic silver medallist , Linford Christie , which suggested that a few years ago he was a violent troublemaker who was listed by the police as ‘ dangerous ’ . |
| 9 | Both BBC viewers and those who did not watch the BBC were agreed on balance that it was biased towards the Conservatives though those who actually watched it were more evenly divided on the direction of BBC bias than those who did not ( Table 6.1 again ) . |
| 10 | A Soho nightclub manager , Mr Peter Goodchild , 56 , was walking past the flats when the device exploded 20 yards behind him . |
| 11 | The Shah was reported to the Israelis as having said , " If the prime minister and the foreign minister were in favour of recognizing Israel , I have no objections . |
| 12 | The dead man 's name was reported in the newspapers as Oppin , but his first name was Cornelius . |
| 13 | At an early stage in the campaign Robinson ( DUP ) was reported in the newspapers as being prepared to " beat the PR system " . |
| 14 | A recent signing tour of record shops was cancelled by the police because of the volume of fans that was bound to turn up . |
| 15 | She was slashed on the hands as she struggled with him . |
| 16 | The doctrine of terra nullius ( no man 's land ) was accepted by the courts until Eddie Mabo brought his case to the High Court last year . |
| 17 | Thus the crises that faced the autocracy through the alienation of the ‘ masses ’ was seen by the Bolsheviks as ripe time to launch a revolution before the bourgeois had time to develop . |
| 18 | It would have been an illegal boycott , but was seen by the strikers as essential for victory . |
| 19 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
| 20 | One terrified victim was shot in the legs as he sat in his top-of-the-range Mercedes at traffic lights . |
| 21 | All that the case decided was that the Food Controller was acting outside the Regulations since the Regulations did not give the power to tax . |
| 22 | This seems to have been the extent of the later celebrations , for in 1862 the Mercury reported that no plough was drawn through the streets as was common in the festival . |
| 23 | This was verified by the interviewees when they were asked how many of their close friends , of the same sex as themselves , used heroin during the prevalence study period . |
| 24 | It is also dangerous for a tenant to rely on the provisions of s 62 as the section does not , for example , apply to services and , additionally , as the section takes effect from the date of the demise , it may not be easy to adduce evidence 15 years after the grant that the right complained of was used by the occupants when the lease was granted . |
| 25 | If nothing else , such a pattern shows that the territory of a particular settlement was farmed to the limits when the boundary was defined , and again , if that boundary can be shown to be of a particular date , then something of early land use can be stated . |
| 26 | London 's largest ballroom at the Grosvenor House Hotel was packed to the rafters as Group representatives enjoyed a wonderful evening . |
| 27 | After that he 'd come down and hopped through a hole in the fence where the canal ran alongside some waste ground , and now he was staying off the streets as he made his way across town and toward home ground . |
| 28 | Daily food was kicked into the huts as they lay in their own vomit and excreta , with suppurating sores exposing their bones ; large black beetles were eating their eyesockets . |
| 29 | This game of bluff was played by the Allies as well . |
| 30 | As Ben had pointed out last night , his Annie was scurrying between the looms when she was seven , and barefoot . |