Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this notion was conquered by a stronger urge I could not deny . |
| 2 | An essential first step was to create a bedroom and this was formed from the larger part of the former WC block . |
| 3 | Unless this ruling was overturned by a higher court , the state would either have to enact a new electoral law or would be forced to wait until 1994 ( the date upon which Heinz 's term would have been completed ) to elect a successor to Heinz . |
| 4 | The flow of labour was sustained by the greater efficiency in farming . |
| 5 | This hands-on experience helped Lorne talk his way into a production assistant 's job at the BBC in London , where he was exposed to the broader spectrum of skills required to get a film on the air . |
| 6 | This was distanced from the earlier stress on Old Testament religious morality by its rationalism ; as in the story 's metaphor of electricity , wondrous yet calculable , which demonstrated the inexorable consequences of wrong-doing-disease , death and social degeneracy . |
| 7 | The ambit of the decision in Lace v Chantler was limited by the further decision of this court , In re Midland Railway Co 's Agreement … |
| 8 | No price was given for the newer M-16 on the wall . |
| 9 | In Sewell 's time the course of instruction , lasting generally for two sessions of nine months each , was given in the cooler months of the year , the brief viva voce examinations qualifying for entry to the Royal College 's diploma examinations being held in the unsuitable surroundings of the Freemasons ' tavern . |
| 10 | Smiling to herself , she led the boy across the hall and on up the staircase , then along the galleried landing towards the far end of the corridor and Richard 's room which was situated between the larger room that was Cissie 's and the bright pretty room that was Beth 's and David 's . |
| 11 | Administration was placed on a sounder financial footing , its distribution made visible and public . |
| 12 | More broadly , it was placed in the wider context of the continuing ambitions of central government to control local independence . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Barry was indicted on a further six misdemeanour charges on May 10 , five of which related to drug possession and one to conspiracy ; the mayor pleaded not guilty to the fresh charges on May 15 . |
| 15 | Barry was indicted on a further six misdemeanour charges on May 10 , five of which related to drug possession and one to conspiracy ; the trial had begun on June 4 [ see pp. 37525-26 ] . |
| 16 | This order , as its name suggests , was developed as a richer example than the Corinthian , but it is only in the capital that it differs materially . |
| 17 | But this decision was distinguished in a later case where , in all relevant respects , the wording of the article was similar but the shares were held by the executors of a deceased shareholder . |
| 18 | The effect of this in a Hague Convention case was examined in a later European Court case , Pendy Plastic Products B.V . |
| 19 | The attendant 's face was hidden by a papier mâché mask , as worn by all the attendants and waiters . |
| 20 | Bile for cytology was aspirated through a catheter within or above the endoprosthesis by the endoscopist and sent on the day of sampling to the Cytology Department . |
| 21 | The UDF had proposed including the diplomatic service within the bill 's purview , and claimed that the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ) was reneging on an earlier promise by voting en bloc against this proposal . |
| 22 | Their fun , courtesy of the Conservative Party , was to come at a later stage . |
| 23 | Hearing Anya 's account , it has become clear that , when she turned up , in her rags and her stench , at Diabolexpo , she was reverting to an earlier self , complete with costume and an all-too-believable make-up job . |
| 24 | And then his eye was caught by a smaller heading in one corner : ‘ Granard tragedy . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A girl was sunbathing on a lounger in the courtyard outside Culley 's window . |
| 27 | As suggested , the CD3 is a simple , almost artless player , rather heavier than it looks , but simply built , with a bent metal box fronted by a smart alloy front panel extrusion and a drawer whose rather stately progress in and out of the player was bettered by an earlier sample I examined . |
| 28 | In evolution this problem was solved by the lower eye " moving " round to the upper side . |
| 29 | Indeed , this issue was addressed in an earlier study ( Tomkins , 1973 , pp. 115–21 ) , where it was illustrated how it was possible to devise an investment-appraisal rule ( just like that above ) consistent with NPV but based on residual income even when the project cash flows were uneven through time — although it was felt that NPV was more straightforward . |
| 30 | Boy loved this letter not only because the man it had been sent to shared his new name , but because it was addressed by an older man to a lovelier , younger one . |