Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least two independent witnesses were needed to agree in evidence ; if they did not agree , the trial was stopped and the accused found ‘ not guilty ’ ( Mark 14:59 ) . |
| 2 | In week 5 , the intervention was stopped and the original baseline condition repeated for one week . |
| 3 | Although each patch would have a back-up long-term hostel , it was intended that the mental health centres should take over the role of caring for most people with longer-term difficulties . |
| 4 | Similarly , it was intended that the voluntary bodies would have a duty to consult with appropriate LEAs about activities which they planned to undertake . |
| 5 | It was calculated that the estimated time en route would have been approximately three hours and thirty-one minutes with a fuel reserve of thirty-two minutes if the flight was flown at an altitude of 31,000 feet , and a fuel reserve of nineteen minutes if the flight was flown at 28,000 feet . |
| 6 | Poland was conquered and the other fronts were quiet . |
| 7 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 8 | Just two miles from the German forward positions , the Mort Homme seemed hardly beyond the scope of a determined thrust — especially when it was recalled that the Fifth Army had advanced three times as far during the first four days alone on the Right Bank . |
| 9 | Grey was recalled because the Old English persuaded Elizabeth that the severity of Grey 's tactics in repressing Irish rebellion were counter-productive . |
| 10 | On Oct. 15 the Tunisian ambassador to Sudan was recalled and the Sudanese government publicly accused by the RCD 's political bureau of breaking numerous undertakings to withdraw assistance from Tunisian fundamentalists . |
| 11 | Semer Water was formed when the last glacier to carve its way down Wensleydale melted , leaving behind a bank of moraine that formed the nether end of a lake that is now nearly three miles in circumference and , at its deepest part , forty-five feet deep . |
| 12 | Obviously the inner layer was punctured because the outer skin was burning hot against her chill fingers . |
| 13 | In Madrid , where the PSOE had accused the conservative Popular Party ( PP ) headquarters of fraudulently processing over 10,000 postal votes , the accusation was dismissed and the new mayor José María Alvarez ( PP ) took office on July 5 . |
| 14 | The writer , Marianne Farningham , wrote of the preaching of her pastor at College Street Baptist Chapel in Northampton in equally rapturous terms : ‘ Not a sound was heard but the musical voice of the speaker , who held the great crowd in rapt and absolute attention . |
| 15 | Faced with yet another new sugar , for which a name was required , a temporary name was given while the big decision was made . |
| 16 | Later the system was stabilised and the present continents slowly built up and extended by plutonism . |
| 17 | It was recognized that the young king was particularly close to his mother 's family , and there was therefore a danger that the coronation of the young king would be followed by an increase in the family 's power . |
| 18 | It was recognized that the young king was particularly close to his mother 's family , and there was therefore a danger that the coronation of the young king would be followed by an increase in the family 's power . |
| 19 | Lord Justice Neill said a substantial award was justified and the High Court jury was entitled to conclude that the publication of the article and its aftermath were a ‘ terrible ordeal ’ for Miss Rantzen . |
| 20 | Hackney LBC tried another line of attack which was repulsed when the Divisional Court held that there was no requirement for the Secretary of State , issuing guidance to a local authority as to the level of its expenditure , to have regard to whether or not the authority would by restricting its expenditure in such a way render itself unable reasonably to discharge any of its statutory duties . |
| 21 | A relieving officer was attacked and robbed on successive days ; the Ampthill House of Industry was stoned and the High Constable knocked down . |
| 22 | He told a parliamentary committee in 1840 that once the money was received and the Chinese buyer got his opium from the ships offshore , then it was the buyer 's business what became of the opium . |
| 23 | Before long it was realised that the nutritious liquid was excellent feeding for pigs and , although pig-keeping had been unpopular in the county until then , almost every Ayrshire dairy farm began to keep a few of them . |
| 24 | In mid-1991 , investment analysts were recommending the company 's shares as a good buy and predicting pre-tax profits of about £40 million , but in August it was realised that the estimated profit was unattainable as a major contract was not going to materialise . |
| 25 | This result was regarded as surprising by all concerned , until it was realised that the infra-red content of the light source is very low . |
| 26 | When it was realised that the possible use of videos was assuming considerable significance those who answered this question positively were asked for examples as to where it would be helpful . |
| 27 | Suddenly it was realised that the main buyers were small businessmen . |
| 28 | It was realised that the main benefits of the system would be intangible , ie. increased efficiency , improved service in quality and quantity etc , but it was an aim to achieve a payback of the system development cost within eight years . |
| 29 | In November 1963 Kennedy was assassinated and the new President , Lyndon Johnson , lacking experience in foreign affairs , became increasingly involved in a war in Vietnam in South-east Asia . |
| 30 | This is remarkable in that the yogic model was developed before the anatomical constituents of the nervous system were understood . |