Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A proposal to accept the draft Russian constitution as a basis for the new Constitution was amended to the more general wording of giving " approval of the general concept of constitutional reforms in the Russian Federation laid out in the basis of the draft constitution " . |
| 2 | Net oesophageal alkali output was calculated from the previously described volume measurements . |
| 3 | It wo n't surprise you to hear that I 'm not the first to recognise the beauty of this region of South Wales — it was officially recognised in 1956 when it was designated as the very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain . |
| 4 | At the local cathedral grammar school he was exposed to the distinctly Protestant influence of the masters Anthony Rush [ q.v. ] and John Gresshop , and he proceeded to Oxford . |
| 5 | During the Han period expression was given to the most vital of human concerns . |
| 6 | Considerable thought was given to the extremely important principles involved by different sections of the Japanese bureaucracy between 1945 and 1950 . |
| 7 | Dodging the press was n't going to be easy and Kenneth and I did n't leave the theatre until 1.30 a.m. when the all-clear was given by the wonderfully protective theatre staff . |
| 8 | Mayne 's prowess as an officer of rare quality was recognized by the almost unprecedented award of four DSOs . |
| 9 | I was n't prepared to totally drop things from the various courses ( because they still came up every year ) but over the years less and less emphasis was placed on the more mundane work . |
| 10 | In experiments on the colon ( colonic transit ) , one cannula was positioned in the postcaecal portion of the colon ; a second cannula was placed in the most distal part of the colon that was accessible at the time of laparotomy . |
| 11 | Thus community , as an ideology , was a gloss that was placed upon the very rigid and authoritarian divisions within the village . |
| 12 | During the course of May the government of South Korea was shaken by the most serious unrest since President Roh Tae Woo came to power in 1988 . |
| 13 | The coordination of orders within the school was undertaken by the newly appointed " library manager " and at the divisional library by the DCSL and her staff in the normal way . |
| 14 | This latter business was undertaken in the most difficult financial circumstances and , even after the newly founded Bank of England had taken over from Herne , it was his credit that kept the artillery train in Flanders from starving late in 1694 . |
| 15 | He made his début for Essex in 1930 and during the 1930s was regarded as the most effective amateur bowler in English first-class cricket . |
| 16 | Surely there was an austere pride in the words of Thoreau when he wrote that he was regarded as the least important man in his village , and there is no doubt in my mind that he must have savoured the aroma of that rare emotion . |
| 17 | The imaging technique was regarded as the more promising , but the radiometer would have a continuing role to monitor the light intensity . |
| 18 | Dr Clark said Leeds was regarded as the more modern of the plants . |
| 19 | He was esteemed to excel in the art of mining , and at his own expense built the beautiful church which was completed in the amazingly short space of seven months . |
| 20 | The theatre was completed in the very short time of two years . |
| 21 | Second , in many communities where it was treasured at the most sophisticated level it was an exotic , even in some cases a mysterious substance , only to be secured from a distance . |
| 22 | My employment with CBC began at the salary of $150. per month which was very acceptable , and I was assigned to the newly created post as Talks Producer . |
| 23 | I was fascinated by the nearly naked figures of ladies in different positions that were painted on it . |
| 24 | William Green was fascinated by the ever changing effects which caused the Cumbrian weather . |
| 25 | Now the sky above Dividal was filled with the most glorious Lights I had ever seen , a shimmering waterfall of green light . |
| 26 | In no time at all the air was filled with the most appalling racket : croaking , hissing , squawking , mewling , quacking , squeaking , creaking , peeping , squealing , and hooting ! |
| 27 | The colour of the old breed was distinguished by the now obsolete term sorrel — a name which still remains in many Suffolk inns . |
| 28 | In the Ptolemaic system , retrograde motion was explained by the somewhat ad hoc manoeuvre of adding epicycles especially designed for the purpose . |
| 29 | The limited nature of government response to the process of national reform was explained by the relatively lower level of attention which was paid to curriculum than to mechanisms of money . |
| 30 | Hannah Hauxwell possesses an unusual sensitivity for one who was reared to the truly spartan life of an isolated dale in the thirties and forties when sheer hardship invariably deadened any aesthetic tendencies . |