Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The challenge was stopped and the patients were examined , when any adverse reaction was noted . |
| 2 | Thuja LM1 produced immediate improvement in hot flushes which returned at Thuja LM4 when the remedy was stopped and the flushes abated . |
| 3 | There was no alternative now the bus was stopped and the passengers ' amusement turning to impatience . |
| 4 | We learned , however , that highway robberies in past days were very common in the district of both Camden and Kentish Town ; and on more than one occasion we had heard Professor Sewell state that a Hampstead stage coach … was stopped and the passengers robbed near to St Pancras Church … |
| 5 | As such , it was intended that the parameters of the debate would be flexible . |
| 6 | Edward was demanding that the callers be patient , he was coming as fast as he could . |
| 7 | Labour 's advance — one of the biggest post-war election swings — was checked as the Tories held Basildon in Essex and Battersea in south London . |
| 8 | It was calculated that the measures contained in the 1992 budget would bring about a reduction of 3-4 per cent in the real incomes of many workers and pensioners , as anticipated increases in wages and in pensions were equivalent to half of the inflation rate ( expected to be 12.5 per cent ) . |
| 9 | The autoradiograph was analysed by densitometry , the area under each trace was calculated and the values corrected for the number of methionines in each protein . |
| 10 | For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I want to know from the Chancellor why the Ministerial rules were not observed ; why the Law Officers were not informed immediately of the legal action which cost the taxpayer £4,700 ; whether the Prime Minister was consulted as the rules suggest he should be — and whether the permanent secretary to the Treasury was told about the source of the gift of the £18,000 . ’ |
| 12 | At the annual parish meeting it was heard that the rats were beginning to explore and were going out into Church Street . |
| 13 | Having risen to £13.59 , the price wobbled before the story was refuted and the shares ended 2 easier at £13.45 . |
| 14 | No prize was given unless the offices , waiting-rooms , and lavatories were also spotless . |
| 15 | This was a small group of people who appointed their own chairman and secretary , and whose task was to see that the signs LADIES and GENTLEMEN were posted at all the appropriate places in the many buildings used by the conference . |
| 16 | Their responsibility was to see that the rosters were properly worked out you see . |
| 17 | Environmentally it was reasoned that the consequences of State control have often been unpalatable : where were the beautiful cities that had been promised ? |
| 18 | It was recognized that the advantages were outweighed by disadvantages , including the loss of productive agricultural land , disruption of the labour supply for farming , despoliation of the landscape , and modification of traditional village life . |
| 19 | No , I 'm I was suggesting that the odds are against them and that men have used a type of emotional blackmail against women , which has always been very successful , where they 're actually forced , because there are no things like cheap or free workplace nurseries , they are forced to be the primary carers . |
| 20 | Lord Donaldson was suggesting that the parties made an informed decision that the matter had to be referred to arbitration on the basis that they had a formulated dispute where their rights and obligations were to be determined . |
| 21 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |
| 22 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |
| 23 | The administration of the estate was completed and the executors now held the shares as bare trustees for two beneficiaries . |
| 24 | So much information was gathered that the professionals could hardly find time to analyse it . |
| 25 | A great deal of useful and constructive comment was received and the workshops are now being finalised . |
| 26 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 27 | The guy was paralysed and the doctors could n't straighten him out . |
| 28 | The ability of NCp7 to promote the annealing of strong stop cDNA to an HIV-1 3' RNA , which contains the R region complementary to that of the cDNA , was examined and the results shown in figure 5 . |
| 29 | Then in the spring of 1105 Anselm received a letter from the pope telling him that sentence of excommunication had been passed on Robert of Meulan and other royal counsellors , but that sentence on the king was delayed because the messengers whom the king ought to have sent to Rome before Easter had not arrived . |
| 30 | The teenage witness described to a Londonderry coroner how Gary McClay ( 13 ) was crushed when the posts collapsed near their Ballymagroarty homes . |