Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To earn her displeasure was to forgo all delight ; through the days Nicandra devised love tokens , as much to stimulate interest towards herself as to express her deep affection . |
| 2 | The experiment was repeated many times , with the bats taking turns to be the starved victim . |
| 3 | This experiment was repeated several times and the average ratio of the subunits present in each band plotted ( Figure 2b ) . |
| 4 | It could not therefore be said that the defendant was assuming any rights . " |
| 5 | It does not appear that the defendant was to receive any remuneration . |
| 6 | Keke was to try another year , slipping into McLaren in Lauda 's wake , because it is always worthwhile if you think you can win . |
| 7 | At the same time today as his funeral was taking place a man charged with his murder was making another appearance in court . |
| 8 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
| 9 | Yet , while one part of my mind was reaching this decision , while horror and moral indignation were mounting within me , another part of my mind was working in an opposite direction . |
| 10 | All that was in my mind was to abort this mission . |
| 11 | Major restoration projects include the Cathedral of Our Lady whose exterior is now almost complete ; inside , the first phase of work on the nave and roof was completed some years ago . |
| 12 | Phase two of the development of the Department was completed this summer . |
| 13 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 14 | Cocaine was reborn that way . |
| 15 | The sample in the photograph was made this way on the S47 ( 600 ) , machine . |
| 16 | The bid was expected this week or next , with finance arranged through Manufacturers Hanover and Charterhouse , which acted for the brothers in the past . |
| 17 | Although their research was done some years ago , the conclusions of Hatch and Mocroft still hold : ‘ On the whole , towns low in voluntary organisations tended to be the ones that were low in terms of social class ’ . |
| 18 | One of the aims of the research was to test this impression out . |
| 19 | The purpose of the study described in this chapter was to use these tapes to explore drivers ’ memories for these situations when they were viewed under laboratory conditions . |
| 20 | The purpose of this study was to investigate this aspect using simultaneous measurements of morphology , DNA ploidy , and autoradiography . |
| 21 | If this kind of field study was to have any value at all in the modern world , it would have to be transformed by the introduction of more rigorous techniques . |
| 22 | In addition there was little evidence that increased investment in general practice was yielding any return , although in theory primary care should be able to treat many conditions less expensively than the hospital sector . |
| 23 | Not until dark , since his intention was to search that patch of ground thoroughly . |
| 24 | Their intention was to treat each case on its merits rather than reproduce the traditional left-right divide in British politics . |
| 25 | The intention was to gain some insight into ‘ the whole curriculum at operational level ’ . |
| 26 | Your company car was impounded this morning . |
| 27 | His car was vandalised several times and he was forced to move his business after it was set on fire . |
| 28 | The rule was reiterated many times , by the Permanent Court of Justice , by various international arbitrations , by publicists , and in draft treaty articles . |
| 29 | ‘ Equal pay for equal work ’ was a justifiable battle-cry of the feminist movement and that ambition was achieved some years ago . |
| 30 | So long as the intended effect was achieved all means were justified : architecture , ornament , sculpture , painting , all the arts were to serve the optical illusion . |