Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auction was set to begin at one and it was nearing that time when Cornelius finally met up once more with Tuppe . |
| 2 | The instructions with this recipe which came from an old horseman 's notebook were : Set this mixture by the wind ; that is , the horseman was advised to stand in the wind so that as soon as the colt or horse scented him he would advance towards him . |
| 3 | A major transport contractor was asked to quote for carrying out the work , which involves delivering huge wing boxes to Manchester Airport for collection by Super Guppy air transporters . |
| 4 | Shana was forced to resort to humouring me rather than getting into arguments with me . |
| 5 | The main Liberian group in the attacking force was understood to consist of members of the Krahn tribe of Liberia 's former President , Samuel Doe , who was murdered in September 1990 [ see p. 37699 ] . |
| 6 | A speaking decision was overturned in Johnston v Chestergate Hat Manufacturing Co Ltd [ 1915 ] 2 Ch 338 , where the auditors ' certificate showed that the amount due was calculated according to the wrong principle . |
| 7 | Investment was planned to rise by 10.3 per cent a year during the five years , with an increasing role for private investment which would account for 60 per cent of the total by 1993 . |
| 8 | It forecast a 4.4 per cent increase in revenues and a 12.1 per cent increase in expenditure ; investment was expected to increase by 43 per cent in 1990 , with greater incentives for private capital investment . |
| 9 | The President was forced to admit on 17 April that there had been " major developments in the case " and that all previous White House statements were " inoperative " . |
| 10 | As a departure from the usual , the IBOA President was requested to speak in recognition of the fact that the IBOA has , after several years , again a President domiciled in Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | Government revenue was projected to rise by 3.9 per cent to 454,900 million kronor ( of which one-third would come from value added tax revenue ) and expenditure to rise by 3.4 per cent to 455,500 million kronor ( of which social welfare accounted for 28 per cent and education and interest on public debt each accounted for 13 per cent ) . |
| 12 | The only opportunity for a large increase in revenue was thought to lie in the Gatwick Express non-stop service introduced in May , featuring air-conditioned stock on the half-hour journey from Victoria to Gatwick every fifteen minutes ( and powered on a push-pull basis by Class 73 electro-diesels ) . |
| 13 | Revenue was expected to rise by around 40 per cent to 1,090,460 million forint compared with 1992 , while expenditure was expected to rise by around 30 per cent to 1,275,830 million forint . |
| 14 | Increased revenue was expected to come from additional indirect taxes , including sales taxes on fuel , cars , fruit and some beverages ; cars would be taxed at between 50 and 500 per cent , depending on engine capacity , and fuel prices were to rise by about 30 per cent . |
| 15 | Under the new terms Salomon was permitted to participate in auctions but only on its own account and not on behalf of clients . |
| 16 | The appellant had appeared before the Crown Court and the indictment was allowed to lie on the file because of his condition ; shortly afterwards he was arrested again in possession of heroin and the prosecution obtained leave to proceed on the indictment . |
| 17 | Again and again apparently rational lines of argument suddenly congealed into a porridge of images , while some texts dispensed with argument completely and the mind was left to wrestle with Olympian assertions that left Edward 's own rhetoric sounding like cool logic . |
| 18 | At baseline , the renin component characteristics in the studied subjects were consistent with those depicted in other studies : active renin concentration was normal , but prorenin concentration was raised according to retinopathy . |
| 19 | The serum cholesterol concentration was assayed according to the method of Richmond . |
| 20 | The demonstration was organized to coincide with what used to be Armed Forces Day . |
| 21 | In Xian , a similar demonstration was reported lasting for three days with some violence . |
| 22 | The switch was planned to occur in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales in 1990 . |
| 23 | Experimentally ( Fig. 3 b ) , this latter prediction was found to hold for NO ( 5-fold less ) and ClO ( 3-fold less ; SCN - was not tested ) . |
| 24 | On the Wednesday after Falconer was killed , the good priest was found floating in his own carp pond , no mark of violence on his body . |
| 25 | The tea was made according to the instruction given by the Tea Council in London — brewing the tea bag for three minutes then squeezing it . |
| 26 | The programme was designed to look at the skills and knowledge needed by hospitality industry managers , at all levels in every sector of the profession , to operate successfully within Britain and Continental Europe . |
| 27 | According to official messages , the ‘ modernisers ’ still had the upper hand and the reform programme was set to continue in spite of the economic and social problems which had troubled the leaders throughout 1988 . |
| 28 | The weight was found buried in sediment from Fraser Island , off the coast of Queensland . |
| 29 | When acid secretion was expressed corrected for lean body mass and fat free body weight these findings did not differ to those using acid output expressed as mmol/h ( Table III ) . |
| 30 | In Stuttgart in 1983 the so-called Stuttgart Mandate was issued calling for a brake upon agricultural expenditure . |