Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidently that power was intended to act as a restraint on undue leniency by the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | This was intended to run for a term of 15 years , yielding a Royalty of one-twelfth during the first two years , and a tenth part thereafter , " … sufficiently washed cleansed and made merchanteable … |
| 3 | This action level was set at 400 Bq m&sup-3 , and was calculated to correspond to a lifetime risk of 2 per cent from dying of lung cancer . |
| 4 | This book has had to be reprinted as the original which was published at the end of November 1991 was withdrawn owing to an injunction issued by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan at Nahayan the Ruler of Abu Dhabi . |
| 5 | Eye-witnesses observed the Cherokee descend on final approach to a height of thirty feet before the engine power was heard to increase as a go-around was initiated . |
| 6 | My view was limited to sight of a wall , a tower over it , and a small patch of sky . |
| 7 | Years ago in Manchester , my husband was taught to meditate by a Yiddishe guru in Didsbury . |
| 8 | When a large amount of equipment was contaminated dealing with an explosion at Shell some time ago , Shell replaced it for the fire brigade . |
| 9 | On this occasion , it happened when 'keeper Barry Woodger was caught napping by a cross-cum-shot from Carpenter . |
| 10 | An Untouchable who was caught urinating near a Brahmin could be castrated , as could any lower-caste Hindu who had sex with a Brahmin woman . |
| 11 | Only one person was reported killed as a result of a collision with another skier . |
| 12 | In 1934 the son of Britain 's most controversial psychoanalyst was reported killed in a climbing accident . |
| 13 | He was reported missing on a wing patrol with 602 Squadron while flying Hurricane V6691 . |
| 14 | It is understood he was reported missing from a dependency unit at South Cleveland hospital earlier in the day . |
| 15 | It is understood he was reported missing from a dependency unit at South Cleveland hospital earlier in the day . |
| 16 | As far as I could tell from a quick skim through , every meal was designed to act as an aphrodisiac . |
| 17 | This study was designed to look at an array of possible influences on diabetic control in a group of diabetic patients in the community in order to identify which factors influenced glycaemic control and to quantify the relative contribution of each . |
| 18 | for approval , a certain provision was included based upon a recommendation made earlier by Mr. Leathart . |
| 19 | When oleic acid was added to deoxycholate as an emulsion , the release of PYY and enteroglucagon was similar to that seen with the bile salt alone . |
| 20 | An overlap of the two otherwise distinct systems was allowed , in that a Grade I at CSE was permitted to count as an O level pass in that subject . |
| 21 | Unemployment stood at 9.8 per cent , industrial output was down and a 1990 hard-currency trade surplus of nearly US$4,000 million was expected to turn into a $1,000 million deficit in 1991 . |
| 22 | Thus , in Gregory 's Histories the Council of Mâcon in 585 was expected to deal with a quarrel between bishops Bertram of Bordeaux and Palladius of Saintes , and it did deal with the theology of a certain unnamed bishop who thought that the word homo in the Bible did not apply to women . |
| 23 | The Antipodean visitor was VH–AQJ/A17–26 , which had been especially crated over to the UK for the event and was expected to spend about a month or so in the country before returning home . |
| 24 | The package also proposed reducing the escalating cost of health care — which was expected to rise by an average of 12-13 per cent per annum for the next five years — by increasing the efficiency of the government 's Medicare and Medicaid health programmes , reforming the laws covering medical malpractice in order to give increased protection to doctors , and encouraging employers to pool their buying power into " health insurance networks " . |
| 25 | Dunvegan had a well ; the water , Johnson found upon enquiry , was not brackish but hard ; Rorie More 's drinking-horn held two quarts of liquor , ‘ which the heir of Macleod was expected to swallow at a draught … before he was permitted to bear arms , or could claim a seat among the men ’ . |
| 26 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 27 | The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust looked like a grave . |
| 28 | The court heard from Clive Murray , 44 , a gardener of Poolewe , that Ballantine , 51 , was seen leaning against a wall crying after the accident , and that later he spent three days in hospital . |
| 29 | ‘ He was seen going into a house in Maryon Park Gardens . |
| 30 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |