Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the beginning of an Anglo-American dialogue was stopped short when the Egyptians suddenly pressed Dulles in July for an answer , yes or no , on the matter of financial aid for the dam . |
| 2 | A RAPE trial was halted yesterday after a female juror complained there were not enough women on the panel . |
| 3 | In this situation the circulation was altered so that a cold polar vortex remained until the end of the simulation , thereby maintaining the presence of PSCs for a much longer period . |
| 4 | Largely as a result of these influential criticisms , the law was altered so that the requirement of intent was abrogated . |
| 5 | Van Mook was recalled home and the outgoing Catholic premier , Beel , was sent out as High Commissioner . |
| 6 | As there were cars to spare , if one was found with a defect , for which a replacement part might cost more than the cost of a licence , it was withdrawn particularly if the route on which it worked was nearing its closure . |
| 7 | The fee of 9d showed that Halling possessed a church and was designated so as the fee for a chapel was 6d . |
| 8 | It was emphasized above that the market model is essentially an ex-post version of the CAPM . |
| 9 | He looks at a wooden fence , a section of which was ripped away when the dead man fell back with the bullet in his heart , and he suggests what must have happened . |
| 10 | SCOTLAND 's preparations for the crucial World Cup qualifying tie against Malta at Ibrox on Wednesday bordered on the farcical yesterday when Rangers ' Richard Gough and Stuart McCall were forced to withdraw from Andy Roxburgh 's squad and Ally McCoist was given less than a 50-50 chance of playing . |
| 11 | So it might be assumed that Scott 's design was placed higher than the other Gothic entries because it showed the two offices as separate structures , rather than one . |
| 12 | There was something familiar about the feminine umbrella with its orange roses and Spanish flamenco frill that was shaken firmly before the green headsquared figure bent to enter . |
| 13 | It is then certain that the undertype was minted earlier than the overtype . |
| 14 | Above : The elegant dining room was completed just before the quads were born . |
| 15 | The brake and infectious cases car contained 18 cots and was arranged so that the patients in it were isolated . |
| 16 | At Ryswick in 1697 the building in which the two sides met was arranged so that the Swedish diplomat who acted as mediator had a central position , with the French representatives and those of the anti-French coalition each occupying an identical wing . |
| 17 | The ‘ vertical ’ division of London was adjusted so that the weekend franchise would run from 7.00 pm on Friday , not from Saturday morning . |
| 18 | It was guarded only when the children were there : at night it was empty , because there was nothing to steal and no one to be hunted . |
| 19 | The man was wounded seriously and the woman lightly . |
| 20 | AN injured climber was rescued yesterday after an SOS was picked up an aircraft flying overhead . |
| 21 | In early April it was reported locally that the government , as part of a proposed 15-point economic programme , was seeking to stabilize the economy without " shocks " , and to promote wide-ranging sectoral agreements to curb inflation ( still running at over 20 per cent a month ) while stimulating production and preserving jobs . |
| 22 | It was reported also that the Justice Ministry had on Feb. 12 begun proceedings to extradite former President Duvalier from France on charges of the theft of US$800,000,000 , the abuse of power and the murder of political opponents . |
| 23 | Ulcer healing was reported only if the defect had re-epithelialised completely ; associated features , including residual erythema , oedema , friability , or deformation at or near the site of the healed ulcer were also noted . |
| 24 | Cooper was booked instead after the Motherwell player gave full vent to his feelings about that decision . |
| 25 | Quigley pushed his way forward towards the platform as the woman in the wheelchair was hustled away and the man with the wart returned , rather miserably , to his place in the congregation . |
| 26 | The legend was embellished further when a visiting American academic suggested Molly could have died from typhoid contracted from eating infected cockles and mussels from Dublin Bay . |
| 27 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 28 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 29 | One of the originals from Cnut 's reign ( S 974 ) looks as though the boundary clause was added later than the main text , for there is a distinct gap between its last word and the beginning of the dating clause . |
| 30 | Additional inspired oxygen was discontinued only after an overnight recording performed 6–8 weeks after the last event had confirmed normal baseline and stable oxygenation . |