Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIONA was aghast at the Chancellor 's plan to tax fuel and power in the home . |
| 2 | The latter , contrary to the expressed view of the Chief Whip , was aghast at the prospect of resignation . |
| 3 | The Glasgow tribunal was alert to the problem of company rules attempting to oust the yardstick of reasonableness in Unkles v Milanda Bread Co , 1973 IRLR 76 . |
| 4 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 5 | Jesus was divine in the sense that he was ‘ distinguished from all ( other men ) by the constant potency of his God-consciousness , which was a veritable existence of God in him ’ . |
| 6 | His choice of Indonesia , as opposed to the United Kingdom or the USA , as his first foreign destination was controversial in the light of widespread concern over Indonesia 's human rights record . |
| 7 | By a writ issued on 15 November 1988 and a statement of claim dated 16 February 1990 , the plaintiff , Christopher de Martell , claimed damages from the defendants , the Merton and Sutton Health Authority , for personal injuries and consequential loss arising out of the alleged negligent treatment afforded to him at St. Helier Hospital , Carshalton , on or about 5 February 1967 when his mother , who was pregnant with the plaintiff , underwent an attempted forceps delivery and a caesarean section . |
| 8 | In Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 the plaintiff sued in respect of defects with which she was born which she alleged were attributable to a motor accident that rendered her mother a quadriplegic at the time that she was pregnant with the plaintiff . |
| 9 | Sent away to boarding school when she was six ( she rarely sees her family now ) , she got three A- levels at college and shortly after got married : a mistake , she now realises , but she was pregnant at the time . |
| 10 | The coroner , Mr Lester Madrell , heard in a statement from Mrs MacIllarry , who was pregnant at the time , that she jumped on Jobson , who then pointed the gun at her , she was absolutely terrified , she grabbed her children , leaving her baby buggy bahind , and ran into the store . |
| 11 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 12 | He agreed that a mother 's censorship would be very limiting , and , after consulting Isobel , who was enchanted with the idea , he said that the furniture could be brought in . |
| 13 | She was enchanted with the set and thanked them half a dozen times . |
| 14 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 15 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 16 | The GP was nearer to the patient , knew more about the practical needs and family situation and was in a good position to act as the proxy but expert consumer . |
| 17 | He was nearer to the truth than he could have ever known . |
| 18 | There was plenty of flying , sport , and my work on the aircraft was nearer to the pulse of the Air Force than I had been before . |
| 19 | Although he was clearly a grand gentleman — and she could sense the larger houses up and down the valley waking up to his presence like hunting dogs suddenly scenting a stag on the wind — his consideration for her — in one or two trivial matters — was nearer to the sort of decent , friendly understandings she herself had grown up with in the village . |
| 20 | Another difference between Nikol'skaia and Roslavl' was the obvious greater isolation of the former , although it was nearer to the guberniia capital . |
| 21 | She was word-perfect in the part she had to play ; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness . |
| 22 | He was due at the Crypt School in Gloucester , an example of the apparent success of Government policy . |
| 23 | Her husband was in close attendance at the moment but Jenny knew he was due at the meeting . |
| 24 | The Report was due at the end of July , and as the summer advanced the mounting drain on the insolvent unemployment insurance fund made the issue still more critical . |
| 25 | CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , was due at the despatch box to make his statement about the future of British Rail . |
| 26 | The question has to be asked , however , if this was due to the activities of the ECSC or if it was merely a consequence of the sustained economic boom which affected the whole of Western Europe . |
| 27 | Only on one unit was there evidence of good buildings and this was due to the farmer 's previous experience in the building trade . |
| 28 | This was due to the advent of ‘ Bee ’ wine . |
| 29 | Section 24 may also be used by a hotelier who is prosecuted under s.14 where the overbooking was due to the actions or default of the receptionist or reception manager and was not part of the hotelier 's policy . |
| 30 | Jonadab had presumed that George 's silence was due to the size and luxury of his surroundings . |