Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 42% said they were actively doing something to ‘ avoid getting TB ’ and were asked the open-ended question ‘ what are you doing to avoid getting TB ? ’ . |
| 2 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 3 | In 1901 , encouraged by the resurgence of peasant unrest , several local groups combined to form the Socialist Revolutionary ( SR ) Party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 4 | Several local groups came together in 1901 to form the SR party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 5 | In the 1630s the two were convicted of breaking the newly enforced forest laws , by the alleged theft of wood ( to make charcoal ) and were fined the huge sum of £59,000 , eventually reduced to £12,000 . |
| 6 | He took a leading part in the formation of the Institute of Marine Engineers and was elected the first president in 1889 . |
| 7 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 8 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 9 | She went to the centre for a check and was given the allclear . |
| 10 | In December 1922 Ramsey took the scholarship examination of a group of colleges containing Magdalene and was given the top classical scholarship . |
| 11 | The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and was extubated the next morning . |
| 12 | In appreciation of the eccentric 's efforts ( regardless of intent ) in saving 44 World War Two aircraft from the scrap pile , Bob requested and was granted the Canadian civil registration C-Gevs in memory of the late Ernest Van Simmons . |
| 13 | She came to the notice of Guess ? , the American jeans company , and was made the central focus of their international campaign . |
| 14 | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( The General Register Office in St Catherine 's House , London ) A central register of births , deaths and the solemnization and registration of marriages , was begun on 1 July 1837 and was called The General Register Office . |
| 15 | The new school was opened in 1927 and was called the Central School and the new road was named Staveley Road , which was lined with flowering cherry trees , a great attraction for visitors every year during blossom time — one of the more notable visitors each year was the late Queen Mary , consort to the King at that time , George V. |
| 16 | In 1933 , just after the port was completed , it handled 2,700,000 tons , was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports and was ranked the ninth largest European port . |
| 17 | Outside the university , in July 1915 he became a chairman of the Glasgow munitions tribunal , but he proved ill-suited to handling its rowdy proceedings and was dismissed the following year . |
| 18 | His Essay towards a New Theory of Vision was published in 1709 , and was followed the next year by his master-work , A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge . |
| 19 | While there was still the quota of run-of-the-mill assignments on the SMH , he quickly established himself and was offered the better jobs . |
| 20 | After about a month I rang and was told I 'd be hearing something soon , and when I did n't I phoned again a month or so later and was told the same . |
| 21 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 22 | Johnstone shot to fame as a 16 year old when he scored the winning goal for Rangers in the 1970 Cup Final against Celtic and was voted the Scottish Player of the Year in 1978 , the year of the abortive World Cup campaign in Argentina . |
| 23 | In 1700 he was dismissed from his duties as Down Driver , lost the privileges of a free burgess and was fined the then considerable sum of £5.00 . |
| 24 | He died in London 13 January 1613 , and was buried the next day at All Saints the Less . |
| 25 | The referendum was monitored by 12,000 members of the security forces , 490 delegates from the Catholic Church , 50 international observers and 300 foreign journalists , and was considered the cleanest and most peaceful poll ever held in Panama , but was marked by a high abstention rate ( the turnout was only slightly over 40 per cent ) . |
| 26 | He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kinross-shire in 1964 , and was awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the universities of Edinburgh ( 1954 ) , St Andrews ( 1955 ) , and Aberdeen ( 1960 ) . |
| 27 | During World War I she became a home nurse and was awarded the Red Cross gold medal . |
| 28 | He saw action in the Pacific , was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart , and always remained very proud of his Marine background . |
| 29 | Thiel ( born 1966 ) attracted much attention in 1990–91 with his black and white views of East Berlin , and was awarded the German Kodak Award . |