Example sentences of "[noun sg] was born [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That he could even think of illustrating that perversity with purveyors of a contrary cosmology suggests that his opposition was born of the common conviction that a moving earth violated common sense . |
| 2 | Jacqueline de Romilly , Professor of Greek Literature at the Sorbonne , in her Messenger Lectures at Cornell University in 1967 on ‘ Time in Greek Tragedy ’ , has argued that it was no coincidence that Greek tragedy was born at the same time as historiography . |
| 3 | The idea for a consortium was born of the year-old fiber channel alliance between HP and IBM , according to Ed Frymoyer the HP alliance manager who is also heading up FCSI . |
| 4 | Police said the child was born within the past few days . |
| 5 | The BBC Big Band was born in the 1960s out of the amalgamation of the Revue and Variety Orchestras into the New Radio Orchestra , after a BBC executive had heard New York 's famous and versatile Radio City Symphony Orchestra . |
| 6 | Some cities housed larger proportions of households whose head was born in the New Commonwealth than national statistics would indicate . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you silly bastard , ’ he replied , ‘ My father was born on the Scottish side of the Border and my mother on the English side . |
| 8 | Any person whose father was born in the Western Sahara would be eligible for inclusion , as would any person who had been intermittently resident over the 12 years before the December 1974 census . |
| 9 | ARIEL 'S BABY WAS born in the early spring , normal at around seven pounds , and healthy . |
| 10 | Charlotte 's daughter was born on the first of June , a week or two earlier than expected . |
| 11 | Sarah 's daughter was born on the last day of September . |
| 12 | The race or the idea was born in the local pub 14 years ago … and the challenge is still running … |
| 13 | Editing was born from the simple ability of the camera to stop and start at will , soon supplemented by the possibility of cutting and rejoining the film . |
| 14 | And erm I think he died if I remember rightly , he died on the erm twenty fifth of January and my other brother was born on the third of |
| 15 | The Labour Party was born with the 20th century , and seems likely to die with it . |