Example sentences of "[noun] a [noun sg] was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How in another experiment a scientist was sent into a black hole and was supposedly killed by the force of the explosion . |
| 2 | When it was confirmed that Len Seager had broken his neck a meeting was called with all relevant parties to discuss the case . |
| 3 | In the previous chapter a distinction was made between the attitudinal function of intonation and several other functions that were given the collective names of syntagmatic functions . |
| 4 | On completion a nameplate was fitted on the gunwhale of each boat bearing the contractor 's initials , description WD Serial No and year of supply , in this case : LMSR WOLVERTON , BOAT , ASSAULT , MK III No 100 , 1942 . |
| 5 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 6 | In this study a survey was made of the activity and antigen concentrations of plasminogen activators in normal mucosa biopsies obtained from three different locations of the upper gastrointestinal tract in control patients . |
| 7 | In one study a comparison was made between pairs of Aphelocoma coerulescens unassisted by helpers and those that were . |
| 8 | On the day of the study a colonoscopy was performed with minimal air insufflation and minimal sedation ( midazolam ( 0.05 mg/kg ) intravenously ) . |
| 9 | After a critical few weeks of talks with the Minister-Presidents a compromise was reached by which a German government would be created , but without giving the impression that this meant a permanent division . |
| 10 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 11 | Based on this data a MANOVA was performed on the data from day 19 to day 27 . |
| 12 | In the above paragraphs a distinction was made between assessment for teaching and learning purposes and assessment for purposes external to the classroom . |
| 13 | In the French excavations at Ai Khanoum in Afghanistan an inscription was found with a series of sentences of Delphic wisdom . |
| 14 | Towards the end of the GLC a conference was held for Black people with disabilities . |
| 15 | There was no flak or fighters and it was an easy trip , but on the return a diversion was made to Lyneham in Wiltshire , the crew and Sugar returning to base the following day , this flight lasting 45 minutes . |
| 16 | In February a workshop was held in Jomtien , Thailand , to discuss implementation of the 1970 Unesco Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import , Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property . |
| 17 | At the beginning of May a workshop was held at the International Tennis Centre in Key Biscayne , for what were called ‘ minority junior players ’ . |
| 18 | On 6 April the USA declared war on Germany and on the following 8 May a conference was held between the US Shipping Board , the US Steamship Owners and the US International Seamen 's Union which resulted in what became known as the " Atlantic Agreement " which laid down manning levels , wages and bonuses . |
| 19 | To exclude such possible error a method was developed for the extraction of pure enzyme protein from aspirated duodenal juice , based on affinity chromatography for both amylase and trypsin . |
| 20 | The night before the Lobby a service was held in Westminster Abbey and the Archbishop of Canterbury preached on the need to deal with the housing crisis as a ‘ moral crusade . ’ |
| 21 | On 21 January a decision was reached by the Düsseldorf Oberlandesgericht ( Court of Appeal ) on the case of Gotthard Graubner , a friend of Joseph Beuys , who had been successfully sued by Beuy 's widow for the resale fee arising from the auction of works of art by Beuys which realised a total of DM1.4 million at Christie 's London in June 1989 . |
| 22 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council a request was made by local residents for the 30 mph speed limit in village to be extended to the section of Gubberford Lane beyond the railway bridge to take in the group of dwellings ending with Woodlands . |
| 23 | In December a meeting was held in Brussels , Belgium , of the Council for Yugoslavia-EC co-operation , at which Foreign Minister Loncar met with his EC counterparts . |
| 24 | GONE are the days when giving a child a book was seen as a somewhat unimaginative Christmas present . |
| 25 | On the vidscreen a priest was eulogizing about the next life . |
| 26 | In July a protocol was signed with Chile for the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 27 | Beside the boy an argument was developing between an overweight policeman and the auburn-haired girl who had parked her florist 's truck across the end of the road . |
| 28 | Just after the Second World War a village was sentenced to death by planners who called it a rural slum . |
| 29 | Early in the war a postcard was issued at Crewe Station showing women railway workers holding out their hands to indicate that it was clean work . |
| 30 | In those days a mill was sold on the basis of good wind and being near the top of a hill . |