Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a [noun] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cases became a cause célèbre , involving many distinguished witnesses and many resources . |
| 2 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 3 | They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends . |
| 4 | The current-account deficit reached a record A$17,400 million in 1988-89 , and inflation and the external debt continued to rise throughout 1989 , reaching 7.8 per cent and A$137,000 million respectively by the end of the year . |
| 5 | The drop followed a 1.4pc fall in September on the Nationwide index , although the larger Halifax society reported a record 3.1pc drop . |
| 6 | When most of the ice had gone , wind stirred the waters ; by late summer temperatures became a uniform 4–5°C at all depths . |
| 7 | In 1989 Swedes spent a net SKr28 billion ( $4.5 billion ) on foreign equities , followed by a net SKr20 billion in the first nine months of 1990 . |
| 8 | In 1989 equity-related issues reached a record 6.5% of GNP . |
| 9 | The doctor did a bit erm arm twisting . |
| 10 | Martin Donnelly drove a Reynard F3000 car during a secret test at Snetterton last week . |
| 11 | Wage-earners received a minimum Rbs60 per month , pensioners Rbs65 per month , and children Rbs40 , Rbs80 or Rbs110 per month , depending on age bracket . |
| 12 | Thomas Sutton wrote a work De ente et essentia ( in support of Aquinas , and against Henry of Ghent ) and probably also Quaestiones super sententias . |
| 13 | Only one of the subjects with hyperpepsinogenaemia A had a pepsinogen A:C ratio above the upper value of normal of 14.1 . |