Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the evening newspapers were able to report Heath 's victory that day ; and it was confirmed at 11.30 next morning when the second ballot closed and there was only one nomination-for Heath . |
| 2 | The differential was too small to have a big impact , and , when it was publicised at all , was accompanied by assurances that the cost would be cancelled out by the lower summer charge . |
| 3 | It was chaired at one time by Peter Wright , author of Spycatcher . |
| 4 | It was packed at 8.30 . |
| 5 | Well now , taking taking into account the fact that there are about three hundred schools here in Oxfordshire and there 's only one school so far that has chosen to even try to opt out , and it was defeated at that school , then I see that is erm a comment on the kind of Education Authority we have here . |
| 6 | It was accepted at this time that if you had talent you could sponge and exploit , as Colquhoun and MacBryde did when they abused Elizabeth Smart 's hospitality at Tilty Mill , a house belonging to Ruthven Todd and where they created havoc . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it was treated at considerable cost before being allowed to enter the water system , whilst slurry was allowed to enter rivers untreated . |
| 8 | Although it was bombed at one stage . |
| 9 | It still had n't reached a verdict by the time it was recalled at 5 p.m . |
| 10 | Vincent 's work was found wanting — when it was noticed at all — by a sniffing , word-of-mouth criticism that condemned him as too literary . |
| 11 | They should have been resolved in December nineteen ninety two because it was decided at that summit that there would be eighteen extra seats for er the then er united Germany . |
| 12 | For example , if the offline cycle start time was 29-FEB-1999 18:00 and the duration was 08:00 , and it was decided at 20:25 that offline must be stopped , then the offline duration time should be updated to 02:30 . |
| 13 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 14 | It was noted at that time that there were low level information technology utilisation in the departments , consequently the cost of implementation would be a major factor when considering the design of either system . |
| 15 | It was felt at that meeting that another bolt debate was required to further air the views of all parties active in the Clwyd arena . |
| 16 | Two years later , after a command performance at Windsor Castle , he disbanded it , and although it was resuscitated at public request , and attracted stars like ( Sir ) Charles Santley [ q.v. ] , it finally expired in 1887 . |
| 17 | Despite later Communist acceptance of this policy it was rejected at this time by William Rust for the Party . |
| 18 | This time it was recorded at 96,700 , a drop of 1.1pc . |
| 19 | It was intended at one stage to extend the line as far as Portsmouth ! |
| 20 | It was upheld at last year 's meeting in Noordwijk [ see ED no. 37/38 ] . |
| 21 | The collaboration was then inaugurated at Marble Hill , Twickenham ( 1724–9 ) , which was the first of the buildings credited to Lord Herbert , and it was continued at most , if not all , of his subsequent works — including amongst others the White Lodge , Richmond Park ( 1727–8 ) for King George II and the Palladian bridge at his own seat of Wilton House , Wiltshire ( 1736–7 ) . |
| 22 | In those countries which have generally been regarded as well-established democracies , manhood suffrage was only achieved in most cases between the end of the nineteenth century and the First World War , while the attainment of universal and equal suffrage came still later ( in Germany in 1919 , Sweden in 1920 , France in 1945 , Britain in 1948 ) while in most of the rest of the world universal suffrage , where it was introduced at all , came only after the end of the Second World War . |
| 23 | Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator . |
| 24 | It was agreed at working-level talks in Panmunjom on Aug. 23 that the fourth round of the ongoing Premiers ' talks between North and South Korea should be held in Pyongyang on Oct. 22-25 . |
| 25 | It was agreed at this meeting that a Housing Sub-committee should be set up consisting of two representatives from the PC , two from the PCC and two other local people to be co-opted . |
| 26 | It was forbidden at that time to bring wildlife to school . |
| 27 | It was found at this stage that the testbed had insufficient memory for more sophisticated processing and , since the simple improver did not significantly better the correlation ( though it certainly tidied up the displayed picture ) , this line of investigation was abandoned . |
| 28 | Since then , however , there has been some decrease in military spending , in the early 1980s it was estimated at 4.5 per cent of global GNP , lower than public expenditure on education though still higher than that on health services ( Sivard , 1982 ) , and in the 1990s , with the ending of the cold war , it may be expected to decline more rapidly . |
| 29 | Officially the death toll was two hundred ; unofficially it was estimated at thousands . |
| 30 | It was sold at current book value . |