Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very sharp difference in their relationship to western Europe which had developed by the death of Peter I was pregnant with implications for the future . |
| 2 | plaintiff wife of deceased was pregnant at time of deceased 's death but later miscarried. held that as plaintiff would most likely have given up work to take care of her baby therefore the joint earnings approach to calculating dependency was not appropriate . |
| 3 | She comes from a very strict family , and only the actual shotgun was missing when she was pregnant within weeks of meeting Flo . |
| 4 | British Rail tell us that the Glasgow to Brighton train which was due at Oxford at half past five , is running forty five minutes late this evening , and the six twenty four Manchester to London Paddington train is five minutes late . |
| 5 | It was not a likely story when she was due on stage in half an hour . |
| 6 | The rapid expansion was due to development of the country 's mineral resources , dominated by diamonds ( which contributed over 84 per cent of export earnings ) and the beef industry ( which accounts for most of agriculture 's 3 per cent contribution to GDP ) . |
| 7 | The remainder was due to clearance for cultivation and pasture . |
| 8 | At the time , I decided that the slight tremor as he placed two cups on his office desk was due to nervousness at giving his first national magazine interview . |
| 9 | No doubt this was due to thoughts of loved ones , such as old parents , destined to die alone , amidst an apathetic people , of a savage regime . |
| 10 | The sterling crisis was a natural consequence of trying to maintain domestic demand without import controls ; the investors ' strike was due to unease about the social changes , including the effects of rapid inflation , which it was feared would result from the government 's restoration of full employment . |
| 11 | Nicholas says his delayed return — he was released last Novemebr , but only came back to Britain a fortnight ago — was due to difficulties in getting back his passport from the Goan authorities . |
| 12 | She thought it unlikely that this was due to concern for her feelings — it would be a new departure for him to accept that she might have any , apart from avarice . |
| 13 | Death was due to lacerations of the heart and multiple injuries . |
| 14 | The nettle — rash cleared up promptly and has not returned , suggesting that it was due to overgrowth of Candida in the gut as the specialist had suspected . |
| 15 | Death was due to fractures of the skull and severe cerebral contusion . |
| 16 | Two weeks ago Randalstown lost to Old Alexandra in the All Ireland Cup , but that was due to fatigue as the previous weekend they had been involved in the European Indoor Club Championship . |
| 17 | the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances ; and |
| 18 | Part way through this episode something was due to malfunction on the console and the Doctor would say something like , ‘ Quick , Susan , go and check the Fault Locator . ’ |
| 19 | Tessa , eight , was due to hand over the flowers when Di arrived at the Freshfield drug counselling service in Truro , Cornwall . |
| 20 | The government argued that this was due to loans from foreign aid donors not being paid on time and appealed for a waiver of the test . |
| 21 | It is unlikely that the ( insignificantly ) lower incidence of hypoglycaemia with human insulin in our study was due to loss of awareness and therefore reduced detection of hypoglycaemia because the incidence of severe and biochemical hypoglycaemic episodes did not differ for the two insulin species on routine monitoring . |
| 22 | At first , I thought it was just the Luciferi but , on one occasion , I am sure it was due to intervention from the English court . ’ |
| 23 | First Kylie emerged for the rehearsal in the same impeccable outfit she was due to wear in front of Princess Margaret that night , and ran through a flawless performance of her then new single ‘ Hand On Your Heart ’ . |
| 24 | That the sectoral approach was to receive a new lease of life was due to events beyond the control of the Six , or even Western Europe . |
| 25 | The worse-than-expected deficit was due to £74m of write-downs on investment property and housing land and the cost of rationalising the engineering and construction operations . |
| 26 | For example the erm , Frank referred to doing quite well and some of that was due to sales into the former Soviet Union . |
| 27 | In the past the fall from grace of the flat roof was due to series of problems : inappropriate combinations of waterproofing material , insulation and decking ; low durability waterproofing materials ; poor design and detailing ; and low quality installation . |
| 28 | A report by Mr Michael Bennett , borough director of community services , said much of the increase was due to outbreaks of shigella dysentery and hepatitis A in Darlington schools . |
| 29 | It was obvious that he was becoming increasingly uncomfortable , and no station was due with facilities for relief ; and in the blackout the train crawled exasperatingly . |
| 30 | He was due for release on 1 July , 1993 . |