Example sentences of "and resulted [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The two functions were therefore segregated and resulted in a substantial improvement .
2 There was a turning point in the Japanese advance in the Pacific at the beginning of June 1942 , when the ‘ Battle of Midway ’ took place and resulted in a decisive win for the American forces .
3 Thus the 1986 Social Security Act followed the so-called Fowler Reviews , which had a restricted membership , took only limited evidence ( which was not reproduced in the final report ) and resulted in a Green Paper that largely became the 1986 Act .
4 HSBC chairman Sir William Purves said : ‘ Although economic growth in Asia was robust , the continuing recession in several of our major markets made 1992 quite a difficult year and resulted in a significant increase in the level of provisioning .
5 ‘ Although economic growth in Asia was robust , the continuing recession in several of our major markets made 1992 quite a difficult year , and resulted in a significant increase in the level of provisioning . ’
6 The markka , which had been pegged to the European currency unit ( ECU ) in June [ see p. 38297 ] , had been allowed to float temporarily by the Bank of Finland the previous day , after speculative pressure had caused short-term interest rates to rise to 30 per cent and resulted in a heavy capital outflow .
7 A general election was held in Tonga on Feb. 15 and resulted in an unexpected victory for members of the island 's dissident pro-democracy movement .
8 Deep convection was renewed in 1971–72 9 and resulted in an abrupt drop in temperature .
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