Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lower panels , the 32 P-end-labelled fragments used were 250 bp Xba I- Pvu II fragments isolated from the p13-152 derivatives as indicated above each panel . |
| 2 | The mass of lead(II) iodide produced was 2.305 g . |
| 3 | What the Aplysia group needed was some process in their favoured animal which could be unequivocally recognized as long-term memory and whose circuitry could be studied in a similar manner to that they had so effectively employed with the short-term processes ; hence the attention paid in the early 1980s to finding an analogue of classical conditioning of the gill and siphon withdrawal reflex . |
| 4 | A second point Velikovsky made was that evidence of such catastrophes could be deduced from ancient writings , oral legends and the like . |
| 5 | The inference viewers gained was that management was to blame in one way or another . |
| 6 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 7 | The Oscar nominations Midnight Cowboy received were Best Picture , Best Supporting Actress ( Sylvia Miles ) , Best Director , Best Screenplay adaptation , and both Voight and Dustin for Best Actor , forcing each of them to practise their smiles for the possibility of losing out to the other . |
| 8 | They may have been intending to talk about reform of the Labour Party constitution , but what ordinary trade unionists heard was senior members of the Party talking as if they were ashamed of the trade union connection . |
| 9 | The last thing Chrissie heard was that name again , spoken like an expletive . |