Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This impasse was made worse by continued falls in copper prices until the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | Because her social isolation was made worse by her inability to drive she agreed , before the next session , to take the therapist 's advice to arrange driving lessons . |
| 3 | Garbage was piled high in corners , and Maggie watched Sarah stepping carefully so as not to tread in the filth . |
| 4 | But the remedy was made available by the House of Lords to a prisoner who alleged breaches of procedural rules by a deputy governor inquiring into disciplinary offences . |
| 5 | In Minimata mercury poisoning was diagnosed first in cats . |
| 6 | In addition , military aid was made available from the United States of America , and the cost of maintaining American forces in Europe , was met by the U.S.A. Treasury . |
| 7 | The deal was made possible by some countries , notably Germany , Denmark and the Netherlands , taking on larger carbon cuts than others . |
| 8 | This deal was made acceptable to those provinces which would lose seats in the new Senate by increasing their representation in a House of Commons expanded from 295 to 337 members . |
| 9 | Freire 's experiment was cut short by a military coup , so it is difficult to judge the results . |
| 10 | Whatever his motives , his experiment was made possible by the power he had to distribute land to the motley collection of individuals who would join him . |
| 11 | The assailant was shot dead by police . |
| 12 | The President was re-elected unopposed on June 25 , 1989 , for a seven-year term [ see p. 36727 ] . |
| 13 | Island gossip said the President was keeping clear of electioneering from fear that the rumours spread about his involvement with the Colombian cocaine trade would harm his party 's performance at the polls . |
| 14 | The defendant was held liable as if he had driven more slowly he could have avoided the accident . |
| 15 | The defendant was held liable for trespass , for ‘ the right to the possession draws after it a constructive possession , which is sufficient to support the action . ’ |
| 16 | The defendant was held liable for the loss , as the thief 's act did not break the chain of causation . |
| 17 | Villa 's jubilation at last Sunday 's result was cut short at West Ham on Wednesday and they are without Gage today . |
| 18 | The DJ was spinning one of his favourite high-tempo , high-energy discs — a funky little number if there ever was one . |
| 19 | On July 11 a police corporal was shot dead during an unsuccessful attempt by 100 provincial police to storm the barricade ; some reports claimed that he had been killed in cross-fire . |
| 20 | The club was reimbursed some of the money by another Maxwell company so the loss to the club is not substantial . |
| 21 | Last month , the club was found guilty of financial irregularities and fined £50,000 by the Football League , then last week Fry was sacked and the club , plus Flashman 's north London mansion , was raided by tax officials . |
| 22 | Aoun 's departure into exile was made possible on Aug. 26 when the National Assembly approved a law providing a general amnesty for crimes committed during the civil war ( 1975-90 ) . |
| 23 | Urinary albumin excretion was measured monthly in 24 hour urine samples by nephelometry ( sensitivity of the assay 0.2 mg/l ; intra-assay and interassay variability 4% and 5% respectively ) . |
| 24 | It used to be assumed that the barbarians were settled according to the Roman practice of billeting , whereby a soldier was given one-third of a house . |
| 25 | On Dec. 1 a Jewish settler was shot dead in an ambush near Ramallah and el-Bireh on the West Bank . |
| 26 | Yanto was a bit unsure how to take him as he stood there swaying and Billy 's befuddled mind was getting angrier by the second . |
| 27 | Chain mail was made first by coiling links around a pole and then fully constructed by interlinking . |
| 28 | His neck was getting sore from looking up at her . |
| 29 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 30 | The back of the roof was piled high with their possessions . |