Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly if it became possible to detect problems earlier in the pregnancy it would make it easier for mothers to abort their children . |
| 2 | Once it had been opened , it became possible to test patients ' sera in parallel , thereby convincing other doctors that their tests could be improved . |
| 3 | By the late 1920s when it became possible to send cars away to Hendon for a thorough overhaul , they were all in really tired condition . |
| 4 | It became possible to change trains again at the Welsh mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog . |
| 5 | As land gradually ceased to be the major source of middle class wealth , and as salaries became more important , so marriage ceased to be an essentially dynastic settlement between two kin groups and it became possible to grant women more freedom , both emotional ( to marry whom they wished ) and legal , within marriage . |
| 6 | Certainly it became economic to pay recording artists large fees ; and without mass-production , few recordings of top artists would survive in playable form today . |
| 7 | The discovery that the availability of gur was subject to seasonal fluctuations ( as described in the previous chapter ) led BRAC to consider rice as an alternative . |
| 8 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 9 | It immediately became economical to use polythene for all kinds of products , like plastic bags , which nobody had ever contemplated previously . |
| 10 | Finally , in order to have a word with the silent Cis , I asked Elfed to fetch Richard , who had been awaiting in the kitchen the result of the meeting . |
| 11 | Although he immediately became favourite to succeed Roh as President when his term of office expired in February 1993 , the delicate factional structure of the DLP meant that Roh was reluctant to endorse him as his chosen successor . |
| 12 | Hunter headed clear to deny Norris his hat-trick and by the end the Dragons were hardly breathing fire . |
| 13 | The cigarette companies used this to justify tobacco advertising : they have maintained that , to reduce average tar yields , new brands will have to be introduced ( despite the fact that substantial changes have already been made to existing brands by simply altering their yields ) and advertising will be needed to make the public aware of these new brands . |
| 14 | Lightly sand the door with fine wet-and-dry paper , used wet to prevent surface scratches . |
| 15 | Joan realised Bewey 's greater potential after watching a TV documentary about a Lincolnshire home for the elderly which used dog-stroking to soothe people . |
| 16 | On the way back to class I invited Méli to have dinner with me in the village the next day . |
| 17 | As the architects of the president 's legislative strategy , Baker and Friedersdorf moved first to gain control of the legislative agenda . |
| 18 | Whatever , it eventually became impossible to ensure compliance . |
| 19 | ‘ Joe is well worth it , ’ Stanley , 46 , said yesterday as he and girlfriend Demelza , 29 , got set to leave Bournemouth for Blackpool , where the singing comic is booked next year . |
| 20 | When he read DELIGHTED TO MEET MAGGIE STOP LOVE STOP LUKE he had to struggle to contain himself . |
| 21 | This curious conclusion set at nought the work on distribution done by Brown , Humboldt , Darwin and Wallace , and by the botanists Joseph Hooker of Kew and Asa Gray of Harvard ; they had found all sorts of curious patterns , of which it seemed possible to make sense in terms of migrations , barriers and ice ages . |
| 22 | It seemed undesirable to use force against the Yugoslavs at the moment , but incidents could occur or be provoked , and clear instructions should be issued soon as to whether Alexander should order Eighth Army to close the Austrian frontier to the Yugoslavs and eject them from Carinthia , which would of course mean by force . |
| 23 | For many years Plugger has specialised in searching out the rare and unusual fish which come into the American hobby , so I came prepared to take fish home with me — but nothing on this scale . |
| 24 | Morrell won the 1500 metres at the Kelvin Hall with an impressive display of strength in 3min 44.09sec , then declared : ‘ It was an easy run — I came prepared to run 3min 40sec and that should show people whether there 's anything wrong with my calf . ’ |
| 25 | Enough of the eye came free to please Magee , though , and he watched as it dangled on the optic nerve . |
| 26 | With the family reaching working age it seemed sensible to take advantage of the expanding market for organic produce and increase the chances of supporting them all from the farm . |
| 27 | And by dusk were back in autumn ; it seemed sensible to make camp in this gentler landscape , but during the night an odd wind fetched up and snow fell , followed by an appallingly humid heat . |
| 28 | In 1181 Pope Alexander died and was succeeded by Lucius 11I , who seemed willing to make compromises with Barbarossa . |
| 29 | The Baron Rebecque , waiting with a group of the Prince 's aides at the crossroads , seemed relieved to see Sharpe . |
| 30 | In her shocked lethargy , she seemed content to let Valerie run around after her and do everything for her . |