Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It has both acquired computer maintenance firm , Barcelona-based Morsa Mantenimiento de Ordensdores SA , which turned over $2.7m in 1991 and was also part of the Auguas de Barcelona Group , and last year , set up a subsidiary in Portugal , which it called LUMA . |
2 | But in fact it did become partially filled with air and slowed his rate of descent so he lost touch with the cameraman who was free-falling and was quickly 1,000ft below him . |
3 | Mermaz , who had been president of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and was briefly Minister of Transport in 1988 , had been leader of the Socialist group in the Assembly since 1988 . |
4 | The original was acquired recently by sporting-trophies specialist John Bowles , who is trying to trace its origins : ‘ It was originally made in Birmingham in 1891 and was obviously part of a very important piece of cricketing silver , ’ says Bowles . |
5 | Richard Blakey worked his way quietly and efficiently to 38 and was then lbw playing across the line at Kevan James and there was a late scare when Phil Carrick and Peter Hartley fell in one over from off-spinner Shaun Udal . |
6 | Many of these hills have become known as holy and were often beacon sites . |