Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] a further [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Negotiations were to continue on a further facility to replace the existing one when it expired in October . |
| 2 | Ursodeoxycholic acid — In a large but uncontrolled study from Bologna , Villanova et al reported recurrence rates in 86 patients who had had 96 episodes of gall stone dissolution ( in 10 , recurrent stones were dissolved with a further course of oral bile acid treatment ) . |
| 3 | Three Israeli soldiers were killed and six were wounded in a further bomb attack and gun battle near Aramta on Oct. 29 . |
| 4 | In 1991 , proceedings were commenced in a further case , but they have not yet been concluded . |
| 5 | Other matters , such as the amount of capital to be subscribed by each contributing country , and the eligibility of the Soviet Union for funding , were left until a further meeting due on March 10-11 . |
| 6 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 7 | The referendum had been called by a resolution of the Lithuanian Supreme Council on Jan. 16 ( the day on which the USSR Supreme Soviet decided the scheduling of the all-union referendum ) , and was clarified by a further resolution on Jan. 18 . |
| 8 | This was matched by a further ambivalence in the relationship between the government and the livestock owners , supposed to be the ultimate beneficiaries of the project . |
| 9 | Shortly afterwards Toyota announced plans to establish an engine plant in Shotton , North Wales and this was seen as a further sign of confidence in the British economy . |
| 10 | Gros Espiell , who was later named ambassador to France , denied that his decision was connected with the referendum result , but his departure was seen as a further blow to the government . |
| 11 | CLEARANCE was given yesterday to regional electricity companies in England and Wales to go ahead with plans for gas-fired power plant in a judgment which was seen as a further setback for the coal industry . |
| 12 | The decision to increase the Commission 's membership to 53 and to allot all the new seats to Third-World countries was seen as a further attempt by those countries to protect themselves , while a simultaneous Western proposal for measures to increase the Commission 's efficiency was defeated . |
| 13 | The change in the non-domestic rate was seen as a further challenge to the financial independence of local government . |
| 14 | The event was seen as a further thaw in relations between the two countries , following the restoration of diplomatic ties in February 1990 [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 15 | In the light of this , the announcement in 1989 that Honda was to take a 20 per cent stake in Rover , was seen as a further cementing of ties between the two companies and a long term commitment to Rover 's development by Honda . |
| 16 | The thing 's bellowing was drowned by a further thunder crack as Rohmer yelled … |
| 17 | In elections held on March 28-30 , President Robert Mugabe was re-elected for a further term , and his ruling ZANU-PF party won 116 of the 120 elective seats in a restructured 150-member House of Assembly . |
| 18 | ( The delaying power over nonmoney bills was reduced by a further session under the terms of the 1949 Parliament Act , itself passed under the provisions of the 1911 Act . ) |
| 19 | Also , as it so happens , in August 1941 Winston Churchill had a meeting with President Roosevelt on board a British battleship , off the coast of Newfoundland , and that was followed by a further meeting at Christmas in Washington , when they agreed to send aid to Russia in the form of armaments , etc. , also they drew up the Atlantic Charter under which it was proclaimed that all peoples , in all parts of the world , would have the right to choose their own form of government . |
| 20 | Marglin argues that the organisation of work within factories was influenced by a further set of social factors — the need for the factory owners to maintain a monopoly over the knowledge needed to run the enterprise . |
| 21 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 22 | In Parliament , most of his activity was directed towards a further reformation of the Church along Presbyterian lines . |
| 23 | As the lease still had a few months to run , this section was worked as a further extension of the South Norwood line , using Croydon Corporation Milnes four wheelers . |
| 24 | This lending ceiling was reinforced by a further statement by the Bank in November 1968 which gave the banks four months ' notice to reduce their lending to 98 per cent of the mid November 1967 level . |
| 25 | Chadli was elected for a further term as chairman of the FLN . |
| 26 | The formation of the Interstate Economic Committee ( IEC ) , was endorsed at a further meeting on Nov. 14 which was not attended by Ukraine , Armenia , Georgia , and Uzbekistan . |
| 27 | Suchard responded with an offer of £2.32 billion , which was countered by a further bid from Nestlé , valuing Rowntree at £2.55 billion . |
| 28 | There was also a claim for medical treatment and therapy in the sum of eighty three thousand three hundred and seventy nine pounds and twenty six pence which was paid by a further interim payment . |
| 29 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |