Example sentences of "was [verb] in the [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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He heard Paddy 's whisper from where he was kneeling in the front row and it had quite a chilling effect . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Partly Byzantine and partly Romanesque , it was altered in the Gothic period by Arnolfo di Cambio when he was working on the cathedral . |
| 10 | He retired from active service at the end of the war but was recalled in the early summer of 1648 when Parliament found itself facing a serious mutiny in the fleet . |
| 11 | Later that same month the Hawksworth baby was christened in the Norman church . |
| 12 | Another problem , and one that was intimated in the previous paragraph , is the question of who is to be considered accountable to whom . |
| 13 | All Children Together , or ACT , was formed in the early 1970s . |
| 14 | Buddies of the Ninth ( BOTNA ) was formed in the early 1980s by a group of English aviation enthusiasts who felt a particular affinity with the United States 9th Air Force in World War II . |
| 15 | The estate was formed in the time-honoured French way when Léonard married Ginette Zind in 1959 . |
| 16 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 17 | Given that this was formed in the late 1980s and that our estimated time for previous changes to reach the Rockall Trough was 18–19 years , we predict that the next decade will see continued cooling and freshening of the subpolar gyre as the latest form of LSW circulates around the North Atlantic . |
| 18 | The parent company as it now exists was formed in the late 1960's by a merging of several aero engine manufacturers . |
| 19 | But the haemorrhage of people since travel was eased in the past few years , and the mass exodus of the past weeks suggest they are in a minority . |
| 20 | Thus the emotively articulated skies and sleek luminosity with which Titian was experimenting in the early 1520s are echoed and developed in Palma and Lotto and Dosso , and the fluid and broken brushwork of the last three decades — itself , in part , a response to Schiavone — is transmuted in Tintoretto and Bassano . |
| 21 | The hamstring pull which put Lydon out of the Test series was sustained in the closing minutes of a 50-4 win over Chorley . |
| 22 | This appears to have been responsible for several stunts and was implicated in the general increase of physical violence against Jews in the East End in the middle 1930s . |
| 23 | The first physical science course which ran was ‘ not very integrated ’ ; staff feel that since the course was revised in the early 1980s , it has become more integrated . |
| 24 | Apollonius Molon was heard in the Roman Senate without the help of an interpreter in the time of Sulla ( Val . |
| 25 | I enclose for your attention a copy of the recently issued opinion in the above case which was heard in the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court on and in which you were the sentencing Judge/Sheriff . |
| 26 | THE ABILITY of Lothian 's employees to provide cost effective services at local level was highlighted in the Regional Council 's response to the Government 's reform document . |
| 27 | Even during the later years of the reign , when Europe was embroiled in the early stages of the Thirty Years ' War and James 's MPs were calling for active English intervention on behalf of Protestants abroad , there were very few complaints in parliament about the state of religion at home . |
| 28 | A perfect illustration of his balanced theology was given in the memorable sub-division of his sermon ; ‘ Expect great things from God : attempt great things for God . ’ |
| 29 | Emphasis was given in the final summit declaration to overcoming ethnic conflict and guaranteeing minority rights ( a thorny issue for all member countries ) . |
| 30 | In this class of cases redress was given in the Middle Ages sometimes by the King 's Council and sometimes by the Chancellor . |