Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England , the complete technique was applied to serious music ; in September 1935 Elisabeth Schumann recorded both parts of the Evening Prayer from Humperdinck 's Hansel und Gretel . |
| 2 | It is apparent , therefore , that differentiation was made between male and female blood , and that circumcision , in its new casting , had some role to play in that context . |
| 3 | The Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs was used for statistical analysis . |
| 4 | Each part was cushioned by synovial fluid . |
| 5 | The problem of co-ordination of these various professional skills was solved in various ways , of which we know very little just because , it seems , no general and abstract solution was stabilized . |
| 6 | Though not the most powerful punch ever thrown , Stretch 's right hook was delivered with perfect timing . |
| 7 | Streat congratulated MacArthur on his ‘ momentous ’ achievements and then warned him against encouraging Japanese competition to the point where strong antagonism was aroused in western and eastern countries . |
| 8 | A series of government inquiries in the 1850s and 1860s , precipitated by the Crimean War , testified to the seriousness with which the dual problems of VD and sexual immorality among the lower ranks was regarded in official circles . |
| 9 | The friendly deal was struck after lengthy negotiations between lawyers and Official Solicitor David Venables , the girl 's court-appointed guardian . |
| 10 | Huxley argued , in his classic Problems of Relative Growth , published in 1932 , that allometry was found between related species as well as within species because of a common growth mechanism ; a red deer is , in a broad sense , like a roe deer that has gone on growing . |
| 11 | Somewhere deep inside her a tightly coiled tension was unravelling with frightening speed . |
| 12 | The expected bout of corrective buying was helped by good demand for the June FT-SE 100 Index futures contract , which closed 15 higher at 2,428 . |
| 13 | At Holnicote in Selworthy parish in Somerset , a modified plough was kept to clean out the gutters of the water leats , while the Knight family , who reclaimed Exmoor forest in the nineteenth century , kept records of water temperatures , showing clearly the effect of slightly warmer spring water on the growth of the grass . |
| 14 | SOCIETY IN FRANCE during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was characterized by enormous upheavals , leaps forward and painful retreats . |
| 15 | The Namibian delegation was accompanied by Tanzanian and Ghanaian observers . |
| 16 | A plasmid containing this gene targeted to the tubulin gene locus by homologous sequences was introduced into procyclic trypanosomes by electroporation and cells selected for antibiotic resistance . |
| 17 | A strong association was found between low self-esteem and current adverse circumstances with both relating to an increased risk of developing clinical depression in the following year . |
| 18 | Perhaps neither side was prepared for open civil war once again , with its inevitable aftermath of executions and forfeitures . |
| 19 | A classic bob was curled on large rollers to create a soft , natural look then slicked with Wella 's Moulding Glaze as an alternative . |
| 20 | Membership of political parties was banned for senior state officials in August 1991 , which effectively removed much of the influence of the MPRP [ see p. 38437 ] . |
| 21 | ‘ That aircraft was fitted with long-range tanks . |
| 22 | This change was reflected in Soviet publications . |
| 23 | Some co-ordination was supplied by local Peace Councils , many of them affiliated to the National Peace Council , organizing a rich ferment of local Peace Weeks , Peace Exhibitions , Peace Pageants , Peace Demonstrations . |
| 24 | When the fresh retina was dissected under dim red light , the fovea was usually visible as a dark spot . |
| 25 | This majority was increased in subsequent elections , and the Labour Party came to command a seemingly unassailable authority over local politics that lasted until 1965 , when the borough amalgamated with East Ham into Newham , and thereafter . |
| 26 | American apprehension at the danger of the ROK provoking North Korea from across the 38th parallel was reinforced by serious incidents in early May 1949 . |
| 27 | This branch was controlled by incorporated companies based in London — a dominance still marked in the first decade of the nineteenth century when City-based firms were responsible for 90 per cent of sums insured . |
| 28 | Writing moved from ( i ) a supporting and recording function , in societies in which oral composition and tradition were still predominant , through ( ii ) a stage in which this function was joined by written composition for oral performance and ( iii ) a further stage in which composition was additionally written only to be read , to ( iv ) that later and very familiar stage in which most or virtually all composition was written to be silently read , and was at last , for this reason , generalized as ‘ literature ’ . |
| 29 | Silver-gilt hair flowed behind her , clear eyes looked out at the world and her fresh skin was tinted with delicate colour . |
| 30 | When a stuffed owl was presented to experienced blackbirds living in aviaries , they started mobbing the mounted bird . |