Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun prp] it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the Celtic peoples of temperate Europe it was applied to La Tène bronze safety-pins and torcs as well as to prestige objects such as bronze wine flagons . |
| 2 | In early April it was reported locally that the government , as part of a proposed 15-point economic programme , was seeking to stabilize the economy without " shocks " , and to promote wide-ranging sectoral agreements to curb inflation ( still running at over 20 per cent a month ) while stimulating production and preserving jobs . |
| 3 | In early June it was reported from the United States that the Bush administration was seeking congressional approval for an additional US$10-15,000,000 in " covert " military aid to UNITA , to supplement a $50,000,000 CIA assistance programme . |
| 4 | In early November it was reported that fighters affiliated with the Iranian-backed ( Shia ) Hezb-i-Wahdat faction were engaged in bloody clashes with government forces loyal to Defence Minister Ahmed Shah Masud . |
| 5 | In mediaeval Britain it was eaten in very large quantities , often raw , and a few centuries later William Shakespeare commented unfavourably on its smell . |
| 6 | In late October it was reported that there was disagreement between Osborne and his deputy , Benjamin Chalmers , over the former 's support for independence from the UK . |
| 7 | In late July it was announced that Morocco 's air force was to be upgraded through the purchase of 20 F-16 fighter aircraft , worth in total US$250,000,000 , and drawn from United States air force stocks . |
| 8 | In nineteenth-century Queensland it was claimed that Devons produced as much beef per acre as Herefords or Shorthorns and also produced a good proportion of lean meat to fat when crossed with the Shorthorn . |
| 9 | The Spanish press reported that due to United Kingdom resistance to increased lending to Latin America it was agreed that a " case by case " approach would be adopted . |
| 10 | I asked the committee to review the licence ’ , says the minister , ‘ but by early August it was withdrawn ’ . |