Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Experiments and Observations was avidly read by the Montgolfier brothers during their search for light permanent gases as lifting agents in 1782–83 . |
| 2 | But his response was merely to press for a greater supply of British goods to those colonies to reduce their sterling balances . |
| 3 | In France , where a new class of naval engineers concerned with the building and repair of ships was created in 1765 , shipbuilding was perhaps carried to a higher pitch of perfection than anywhere else in Europe . |
| 4 | While the glucose dependent insulin release was reduced by treatment with 5 and 10 mg/kg cyclosporin A for eight days , the cholecystokinin-8 stimulated amylase secretion was only impaired at the higher dose of 10 mg/kg cyclosporin A. Insulin promotes the synthesis of amylase by a direct effect on exocrine pancreatic cells via the insuloacinar axis . |
| 5 | At Mallia , the Central Court existed in the First Temple Period , with rooms ranged at least along its western side ; as at Phaistos and Knossos , the new temple was apparently preceded by an earlier one on the same site . |
| 6 | Further north in America turquoise was much favoured by the later Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico , who obtained some at least of their supplies from mines in San Bernardino County , California . |
| 7 | This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission . |
| 8 | This was soon augmented by a further three acres immediately adjacent , donated to the Old Stopfordians ' Association by the Vice-Chairman ( in memory of his brother , Mr. Harry Towns ) and Mr. Thomas Harrison ( in memory of his son Peter , killed during the war ) . |
| 9 | It was soon overtaken by the profounder and better known works of Bonaventure , Albertus Magnus , and Aquinas . |
| 10 | This was not observed in the younger age group or in previous years . |
| 11 | After the plaintiffs had failed to complete the work by that date , the defendant continued to press for delivery but , on 29 June , gave notice that , if the work was not completed within a further four weeks , he would cancel the order . |
| 12 | Rescuers said the incident was not connected with the earlier search . |
| 13 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 14 | While money was usually found for the larger items , there was a continual shortage for other equipment . |
| 15 | Whether Socrates himself was ever helped towards a clearer understanding of matters by this process Plato does not tell us , but I must say I have always found that a tutorial strongly stimulated my own thinking . |
| 16 | Production was possibly undertaken in the older industrialized regions , especially if projects could claim regional policy or some similar incentive . |
| 17 | By 1937 this was helping to bring into the orbit of Left politics an increasing number of younger , better educated middle-class activists , who found themselves confronting a leadership which still belonged to the 1920s intellectually and was socially based on the older industrial areas and occupations . |
| 18 | Also , the demographic structure was gradually shifting towards a higher representation of older age-groups ( 12 per cent aged 65 years or over in 1951 , compared with 3.5 per cent in 1901 ) , and changes in household composition produced increasing numbers of elderly people living alone ( Wall 1982 ) . |
| 19 | In Latin works of an important nature titles , headings and the opening words of chapters were largely based on Roman script forms , the majuscule style of writing ; and the body of the text written in an uncial form which , after the coming of the Normans and the spread of their influence , was gradually succeeded by a further uncial style . |
| 20 | The new significance of the covenantal blood of circumcision was clearly demonstrated by the later midrashic ( rabbinic ) paraphrase of the biblical ‘ life is in the blood ’ to ‘ life is in the blood of circumcision ’ . |
| 21 | The church of St Faith , in use from 1350 to 1843 , was probably preceded by an earlier wooden church of the same name . |
| 22 | There is even a gap in the centre with no flowers where the material marking the ford was probably removed at a later date to allow passage for the boats , leaving a silty bottom to the river in that place unsuitable for the growth of water crowfoot . |
| 23 | It was later converted into a better dwelling , but while they were rearing their eight children during the 1590s and early 1600s Thomas and his wife must have found life hard and unpromising . |
| 24 | This treatment was also applied to the smaller door , reached via a short flight of external stone steps that previously served the upper-level hay-loft , so that the new infilling panel of clear double-glazing , set well back from the external face of the wall , helps to light a sitting room while a ‘ door ’ , which can be swung like a shutter to seal this opening , is fixed back against the face of the adjoining flintwork . |
| 25 | Serum was also obtained from a further 23 subjects ( 10 men , 13 women ) who were having benign adenomas removed at laparotomy or colonoscopy . |
| 26 | Elections to the Assembly 's 125 elective seats last took place in October 1988 [ see pp. 36264-65 ] , when Kaunda was also re-elected for a further five-year term as President . |
| 27 | Efficient , though not complete , competition was also seen with the shorter single ( lanes 7–8 ) and double stranded ( lanes 9–10 ) DNA fragments . |
| 28 | There was a tendency for the mucosal pepsin values to be higher at day 7 than at day 3 , which , although not statistically significant in this study , was also seen in a smaller , preliminary study in which a significant change was shown . |
| 29 | At the same time , a vuggy porosity was also created in the lower unit of carbonate mudstones but this was found to have resulted from the dissolution of patches and veins of replacement halite ( Fig. 29b and c ) and as such can not be expected to be present away from the areas where replacement has occurred . |
| 30 | Damien McGuigan , of Scotch Street , admitted driving while unfit and he was also sentenced to a further six months for driving while disqualified . |