Example sentences of "was [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever , when he arrived at the Ring , Niki was pilloried in the sporting press for his opposition to a great track in which all the other champions had raced : if he was so craven-hearted , they said , he should n't be racing . |
| 2 | After winning his first 13 fights , Ferguson 's career slump started when he was stopped in the 10th round by former contender Carl Williams in August 1985 . |
| 3 | He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round . |
| 4 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 5 | His reign as champion , however , lasted only two months and he was stopped in the tenth round of a return contest in New York City . |
| 6 | The three judges each scored it 100–86 for Panamanian Duran who was stopped in the sixth round by Pat Lawler in his last fight in March , 1991 . |
| 7 | Two fights later , he was stopped in the sixth by Tyson , whom he had helped prepare for several fights as a sparring partner . |
| 8 | Labour was joined in the new government by the left-Zionist Meretz grouping and the ultra-orthodox Shas ( International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews ) . |
| 9 | Musical director of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers from 1978 to 1981 , where he joined a select musical fraternity in the band 's history that included Horace Silver , Benny Golson and Wayne Shorter , he was joined in the front line by Wynton Marsalis , whose brother Branford took over the saxophone chair after Watson left to concentrate on ‘ Horizon ’ and other projects . |
| 10 | A letter from Baker to the then Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Alptemocin was leaked in the Turkish press and was shown to urge " flexibility " and " a more conciliatory attitude " on the Turkish side . |
| 11 | The last question was uttered in a guileless manner . |
| 12 | About 5 per cent of the manual work-force was enrolled in an occupational pension scheme , and well under 5 per cent owned their own property : in consequence , most old people depended on selling their labour power in an over-stocked labour market in order to live . |
| 13 | This building was erected in the nineteenth century and was the first mill on the site . |
| 14 | This huge monumental arch was erected in the early years of the nineteenth century to celebrate the victories of Napoleon , although it was swiftly re-dedicated to Peace when the Austrians returned . |
| 15 | The western part of the cathedral was erected in the thirteenth century and culminated in one of the most beautiful façades anywhere in Europe . |
| 16 | The Parish Church or Church of São Sebastião , stands near the central square and was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | The present guest house was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 18 | The cairn was erected in the 1870s by the local gamekeeper and named after him : it stands twelve feet high with an interior providing shelter , and occupies a vantage point from which Josse could survey the whole of his domain . |
| 19 | This church was erected in the mid-nineteenth century in an area of South London which was being developed , to an overall plan , as a residential estate . |
| 20 | He heard Paddy 's whisper from where he was kneeling in the front row and it had quite a chilling effect . |
| 21 | For Asians , the expected mortality was calculated in a similar manner , using immigrant mortality data . |
| 22 | We are given The value for , was calculated in the previous example as The standard enthalpy of combustion of methane is given in table 5.2 as |
| 23 | Therefore , the babies ' body mass curve was calculated in the same manner as for adults , from birth length and birth weight , and this measure was substituted for birth weight in the regression equation . |
| 24 | The Israeli delegation was shaken by US Secretary of State James Baker 's unequivocal announcement on Feb. 24 , coinciding with the opening of the talks , that the USA would not provide US$10,000 million in loan guarantees to Israel unless settlement building was halted in the occupied territories . |
| 25 | Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round . |
| 26 | It was n't immediately evident from some camps whether the idea was to continue in a serious vein of rugby competition or subject themselves to the physical demands of the concentrated social calendar . |
| 27 | On the 28th of the same month the list was altered in a new agreement , with Richard Windle joining the " team " . |
| 28 | Using radiotelemetry equipment , Valori et al observed that motility of the small bowel was altered in a different manner in patients with IBS than in controls . |
| 29 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 30 | The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century . |