Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 20 years at Data General Corp , where he was most recently director of Unix Development and acting director of the Database Engineering unit at the company 's Research Triangle Park , North Carolina base , John Pilat has jumped ship to become vice-president of Redwood Shores-based Oracle Corp 's Hewlett-Packard Products Division . |
| 2 | After 20 years at Data General Corp , where he was most recently director of Unix Development and acting director of the Database Engineering unit at the company 's Research Triangle Park , North Carolina base , John Pilat has jumped ship to become vice-president of Redwood Shres-based Oracle Corp 's Hewlett-Packard Products Division . |
| 3 | In 1982/83 public expenditure was 47% of GDP ; in 1992/93 it was only around 42% of GDP . |
| 4 | In 1980 , UK bank-lending to industry was only around 22% of GDP , whereas in France the figure was 30% , in West Germany almost 34% and in Japan around 51% . |
| 5 | The Duke of Edinburgh was once again guest of honour . |
| 6 | She wore impossibly high heels , yet she was still only eye to eye with Virginia in her bare feet . |
| 7 | Religious music in Venice , in particular at San Marco , was very often music for state occasions and Andrea Gabrieli was very much an official composer . |