Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supplies of bright red paint ran out in 1943 and several cars appeared painted ‘ indian red ’ , this was a red oxide , that rather resembled the oxide used for trucks by many other undertakings . |
| 2 | That rather settled the problem . |
| 3 | That effectively made the game safe for the tourists , but there was little to commend in a cold and often bitter contest . |
| 4 | That effectively ended the meeting . |
| 5 | As Erika had already made up her mind , that effectively ended the debate . |
| 6 | That only lasted a year and a half . |
| 7 | But that only lasted a week or two , did n't it ? |
| 8 | ‘ That only lasted a week last time , ’ Mandy taunted , with no concern at all . |
| 9 | The British successfully tested the H-bomb in May 1957 , while Bomber Command was gradually acquiring aircraft which could strike at key Soviet cities . |
| 10 | The Constitution adopted in 1972 effectively turned the country into a one-party state under the Cameroon People 's Democratic Movement ( RDPC ) . |
| 11 | This powerfully confirmed the way in which Tolkien had been accustoming himself to think about the world ever since he grew to manhood . |
| 12 | The seizure of the strategic eastern town of Abéché on Nov. 30 effectively broke the resistance of Habré 's forces , who were reported to have fled in large numbers or defected to the MPS . |
| 13 | This presumably discouraged a liking for beer . |
| 14 | This presumably reflected a belief either that the damage caused by opencasting had been exaggerated by Flowers or that this damage was fully justified by the perceived benefits gained from increased production . |
| 15 | This presumably posed a risk to airline uniforms ; was likely to distract passengers ( the male ones at any rate ) at a time when they should have been paying attention to the cabin staff for rather different reasons ; and carried the ultimate danger of the implant exploding . |
| 16 | This presumably involved the slitting of rolled plates into bars , these being converted into nail-rods . |
| 17 | As you can perhaps appreciate , this rather took the edge off my initial delight . |
| 18 | This duly formed the blueprint for the Financial Service Bill , which later , after amendment , emerged as the Financial Service Act 1986 . |
| 19 | This eventually fostered the birth of Sussex gun-making but it meant an inevitable increase in local tension and a continued vulnerability to French attacks . |
| 20 | This effectively broke the treaty signed between Barbarossa and Pope Eugenius III , and contributed to growing conflict between emperor and papacy . |
| 21 | This effectively established a matrix on the database ( Fig 11.10 ) so that an annotation could be made to indicate whether each item of information , in relation to the activity described , was relevant to the functional groups that existed in the EPH , ie the Officers ( OICs ) , Clerical Assistant ( Clerk ) , Care Assistants ( CA ) , Domestic Assistants ( DA ) , the Cook , and the Gardener/handyman ( Gdnr ) . |
| 22 | This effectively marked the end of William Whitelaw 's service as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and he was succeeded at the beginning of December by Francis Pym . |
| 23 | This effectively increased the share of central grants to about three-quarters of councils ' income . |
| 24 | Sergeant Curtis came in to report that a woman living near Riddle had seen him in Bay View Terrace on Friday evening , but this merely confirmed the route he had taken . |
| 25 | This merely confirmed the distaste for Communists which Bevin and other union officials had acquired in the 1920s . |
| 26 | In substance this merely repeated the libel levelled against Mond by the [ New Witness in October 1918 , where it was alleged that the Mond-Nickel Company had distributed shares to enemy subjects without government sanction . |
| 27 | It had been argued that this merely regulated the respondent 's trading and tended towards the promotion rather than the restraint of his trade . |
| 28 | This so weakened the structure that the car was withdrawn and dismantled , revealing the unglamorous Fleetwood car 141 underneath . |
| 29 | This so delighted the King that he asked the University to make him a Doctor of Divinity . |
| 30 | ‘ Unfortunately for the constable ’ , we were told , ‘ this only had the effect of bringing reinforcements to the mob . ’ |