Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Geneva rules retained -ane for saturated hydrocarbons and used -ene , -diene and -triine for triple bonds , with locants as necessary . |
| 2 | Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target . |
| 3 | Her eyes grew wide for one moment , she drew one last deep breath . |
| 4 | But from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1930s classical styles reigned supreme for all larger city stations . |
| 5 | By Aug. 19 the town was under curfew , and access to journalists remained restricted for several days . |
| 6 | Department of Health and Social Services staff throughout Northern Ireland walked out in protest over the attack , and many offices remained closed for more than a week . |
| 7 | Some 2.7 million people still live in affected areas--400,000 of them in areas made unfit for human habitation because of radiation levels or in areas from which they should have been moved . |
| 8 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 9 | Two plans were therefore devised , although Russia 's military dispositions remained identical for both . |
| 10 | The increasing availability of liver transplantation during the course of the study meant that some individuals became eligible for this procedure . |
| 11 | It plays full-size discs and can therefore benefit from the international range of CD-I discs made available for full size , in situ CD-I players . |
| 12 | Things continued quiet for some while . |
| 13 | Unoccupied offices and meeting rooms left unused for long periods need not be heated to the normal level . |
| 14 | Politically , relations remained tense for much of this middle period , sufficiently so to affect economic links between England and France , and England was allied with the semi-independent feudatories of the French Crown , Burgundy and Brittany , on a number of occasions until they were absorbed into the lands of the Valois dynasty in 1477 and 1492 respectively . |
| 15 | Indeed , in one of the strikes , the union paid the strikers so much strike pay that most strikers became ineligible for supplementary benefit . |
| 16 | AN 82-year-old man who drove off to visit friends got lost for 13 hours — and finished up just 22 miles from home . |
| 17 | Interest charges became unbearable for many , while the co-operative workers ' existing homes — which were supposed to help pay off the loans — remained stubbornly unsold . |
| 18 | At the end of 1989 results became available for 10000 homes throughout the UK , and these are shown in Table 1 . |
| 19 | The open fields remained open for another generation — until the secret ballot came in 1872 , but by then grass was growing in the streets of the town . |
| 20 | Most students became ineligible for social security benefits , but the loan that was made available was well above the average benefit claimed . |
| 21 | The newspaper changed sides and the public 's antagonism changed to vocal support as the safety and environmental benefits became clear for all to see . |
| 22 | His hospitality knew no respect of persons ; the abbey-gates stood open for all comers who needed either refreshment or lodging … . |
| 23 | The depictions of the emperor on late Roman gold coins remained unchanged for 150 years from the mid-fourth century ( fig. 18 ) , while the appearance of kings on , say , English silver coins were virtually identical for some three centuries , from the reign of Edward I ( 1272–1307 ) to that of Henry VII ( 1485–1509 ) ( figs. 3 and 19 ) . |
| 24 | During the treatment period groups remained comparable for urinary urea excretion ( p=0.7526 ) , for glycated haemoglobin concentration ( p=0.4447 ) , and for weight ( p=0.8524 ) , but urinary sodium excretion was slightly higher with hydrochlorothiazide than enalapril ( analysis of variance , treatment type effect , p=0.0809 ) ( fig 2 ) . |
| 25 | The importance of local and regional authorities as privileged partners was emphasised , and consultation between Rom/gypsies and these authorities considered essential for better communication and relations between communities . |