Example sentences of "this was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was supported by observations of approaches to models at a study plot where more than 400 colour-marked birds were present ; no marked individual approached more than once . |
| 2 | By early 1959 the County Council was proposing to designate Cramlington as a Comprehensive Development Area and this was supported by representations from the UDC . |
| 3 | This was defeated by panthers who ate the foals , and by wild elephants on whose walk the buildings were sited . |
| 4 | This was transmitted by fleas from the rats that flourished in the trenches to man . |
| 5 | This was expressed in terms of freedom to do certain things ( refer to hospitals of their choice ; spend money on new staff and equipment ) and freedom from externally determined policies and procedures ( for example , contracts set by the district health authority ) . |
| 6 | Revenues grew 16% to £1,870m , though 14% of this was related to acquisitions , most notably Nokia Data . |
| 7 | This was followed by letters to The Times and the Daily Telegraph and , a year later , by an anniversary letter to The Times . |
| 8 | In 1404 the city obtained the right to have a mayor , but this was followed by conflicts , and in 1417 a new charter was granted , which established a civic constitution . |
| 9 | This was followed by grants ( 1954 ) to Murrell at Bristol . |
| 10 | This was followed by provisions of £846m in 1989 . |
| 11 | This was followed by productions in both New York and East Berlin . |
| 12 | This was followed by Workers ' Playtime — Arthur English and Ken Platt with his catch phrase , ‘ I wo n't take my coat off , I 'm not stopping . ’ |
| 13 | This was followed by weeks of bargaining with the smaller parties over ministerial posts and policies . |
| 14 | This was followed by shots of John from some pop videos Barbara had made and then some footage that Nick and I had discovered in Damascus of John 's farewell party in Beirut . |
| 15 | The advantages to the individual company entering international selling were discussed and this was followed by aspects of how different cultures affect the sales approach . |
| 16 | This was created by pupils and included a " new books " item . |
| 17 | Two-thirds of this was raised through excises , which had been the most common method in the late Tsarist period . |
| 18 | This was viewed by teachers as having the force of policy and therefore being not open to challenge . |
| 19 | There are even signs that in some cases this was reinforced by reports which reached Europe as an outcome of the voyages of discovery that to a significant degree marked the onset of modern history . |
| 20 | This was questioned by members of the parish council ; if the area behind the post office is to be used for staff parking , should not a separate planning application to this effect be made ? |
| 21 | This was seen by critics ( e.g. CEFE 1983 : 27–33 ; 1984 : 73 ) as a vestige of the Francoist past when the ‘ objective ’ protection of the law was important for the workforce in the absence of the ‘ subjective ’ protection afforded by strong trade unions and collective bargaining . |
| 22 | This was seen by workers at the London Hazards Centre who were quickly able to supply exactly the required references . |
| 23 | During the summer months climbing charges rose considerably and it was rumoured that climbing access would be curtailed , due , in part , to malicious damage to gates and fencing ( although there was no proof that this was done by climbers ) . |
| 24 | In the early days this was done by peasants ‘ waulking ’ the cloth , treading on it in shallow water : |
| 25 | This was advertised in Tours by the line : ‘ Is your mayor corrupt ? ’ |
| 26 | This was extended to officers who were allowed to authorize payments from source direct to naval tailors for their uniforms . |
| 27 | This was rejected on grounds of ease of use and familiarity with the 100 per cent marking scale . |
| 28 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 29 | This was achieved in places by using reports from newspapers and magazines , which can be a weakness for such reports are often unreliable . |
| 30 | On this latter point , however , they did not give details of how this was achieved in schools . |