Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter , contrary to the expressed view of the Chief Whip , was aghast at the prospect of resignation . |
| 2 | FIONA was aghast at the Chancellor 's plan to tax fuel and power in the home . |
| 3 | Severe criticism of these ideas did little to detract from the belief that even a sickly press was preferable to the Soviet and authoritarian theories outlined by Siebert et al . |
| 4 | If the government had executed the plans it came up with in 1856 , peasants would have been justified in thinking that the devil of serfdom was preferable to the deep blue sea of reform . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | This role , and the relationship of CMHTs to area teams , was controversial inside the social services department as well as within the health service . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Charles 's birth was registered fairly late in the day : a certificate was n't issued until 3 October , by which time Elizabeth was pregnant for the fifth and last time . |
| 13 | Mary Rose was pregnant for the fourth time and not feeling too good . |
| 14 | Friendship rapidly developed between Mrs Gould , who was pregnant for the seventh time , and Lady Franklin , who at 46 had no children and was delighted to entertain a young family . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She was enchanted with the set and thanked them half a dozen times . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was memorable for the endless grind in one gully where the snow was waist-deep and we had to swim upwards , and for the point where we emerged on to the easterly ridge with views to Lyngen , and a wind that had bared the slopes and put our teeth on edge . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She was word-perfect in the part she had to play ; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness . |
| 24 | CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , was due at the despatch box to make his statement about the future of British Rail . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Her husband was in close attendance at the moment but Jenny knew he was due at the meeting . |
| 27 | He was due at the Crypt School in Gloucester , an example of the apparent success of Government policy . |
| 28 | My money was due on the 11th , and when I have posted this , my last stamp will be spent , and I shall have to wait 'till she remembers . |
| 29 | In the meantime the whole of the UK was due on the existing E-mail and Broadcast network by the end of February , and it is planned to extend these benefits to Jakarta via a special link . |
| 30 | Ballesteros knew 10 days in advance that he was due on the 1st tee at 9.45 a.m . |