Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm was modified to allow forward pruning . |
| 2 | To address this difficulty the algorithm was changed to a depth-first one . |
| 3 | The intimacy was gone . |
| 4 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 5 | The most likely explanation for the difference is the context in which the judgments were made , clearly the normality of any individual film will depend on the types of situation that are seen with it . |
| 6 | Argument before the House of Lords in B's appeal and the judgments were confined to the certified question . |
| 7 | However , in its reply in Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom ( Case C 246/89 ) , which was lodged after the judgments were delivered , the Commission discussed the compatibility of the nationality requirements with Community law also in the light of those judgments , that is to say in relation to the aims of the quota system . |
| 8 | That was the approach of the Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Birmingham City Council , Ex parte Ferrero Ltd. ( 1991 ) 89 L.G.R. 977 where the judgments were handed down on 23 May 1991 . |
| 9 | That was the approach of the Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Birmingham City Council , Ex parte Ferrero Ltd. ( 1991 ) 89 L.G.R. 977 where the judgments were handed down on 23 May 1991 . |
| 10 | The porter was expecting them and let Maxim park in an awkward position on the forecourt pavement . |
| 11 | They reached Stephen 's jeep , where the porter was piling the bags into the back . |
| 12 | The porter was reprimanded and a humble apology was presented to his Lordship . |
| 13 | Even the porter was shivering . |
| 14 | Immediately , they heard raised voices and saw that the porter was engaged in an altercation with two men in trench coats . |
| 15 | The porter was standing on the platform , his hands dug into his overall pockets . |
| 16 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 17 | It would need to be evident that the activities were integrated into the curriculum of the school/college , and that , for the company , the partnership was seen as essential to the planning process , like the development of a new service or product . |
| 18 | In 1971 , following a period when the activities were managed as a trading fund , British Nuclear Fuels was created as a separate publicly-owned company to manufacture and reprocess nuclear fuel . |
| 19 | In Reg. v. Barrett , 12 J.L.R. 179 , where again the accused applied unsuccessfully for leave to appeal against conviction , the defence contended that the trial judge should have allowed them to see the statement of a witness who had identified the accused at an identification parade 10 days after the commission of the offence , on the ground that , the witness having stated that she had given a description of the accused to the police , the defence were entitled as a matter of law to know the details of that description for the purpose of cross-examining the witness and testing her credibility . |
| 20 | The principal argument for the defence was summarised in the judgment of Winneke C.J. and Pape J. , at p. 355 : |
| 21 | Disposing of the case , Lord Stott analysed the ‘ legal fiction ’ upon which the defence was based in terms of the three steps of imputed knowledge involved : |
| 22 | In fact it became clear that a considerable part of the defence was going to be that of justification , that the laws and usages of war permitted reprisals to be taken against hostages . |
| 23 | But the major plank of the defence was provided by the remarkable lady journalist Suzanne Cronjé . |
| 24 | Defence counsel 's application for the judge to inspect the sister 's first statement under section 17 of the Evidence Act to determine whether or not it should be made available to the defence was refused . |
| 25 | Resting gall bladder pressure was the mean pressure recorded over a five minute period immediately before an intravenous bolus of either CCK-8 or bethanechol , and the response was defined as the maximal change in intraluminal pressure recorded during the first five minute period after the bolus . |
| 26 | The response was staggering — reports of encounters with dolphins now range across species and latitudes . |
| 27 | The response was to push him off or to move away or no response at all . |
| 28 | Fluid transport was measured in vivo in rats before and after expulsion of the parasite and the possible involvement of ENS in the response was tested pharmacologically . |
| 29 | The response was to start an unbeaten run of 19 games which has swept Wigan to the verge of a third consecutive double or , as John Monie , their coach , put it , ‘ halfway towards another successful season ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ The response was to lower our cost base and increase efficiency levels . |