Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made McIllvanney a gold-plated pimp , though he preferred to describe himself as a ‘ leisure-agent ’ ; however , he usually had the grace to smile when he used that label . |
| 2 | This caused Rajiv a great deal of turmoil , particularly as others of his friends had been baptised by immersion in the local Baptist church . |
| 3 | It will be of interest to see whether the reasoning is applied to the courts ' powers of review ; if this took place a general right to reasoned decisions would have evolved . |
| 4 | This gave liberalism a southern tinge ( many deputies came from Estremadura and Andalusia ) and meant that , as ‘ proprietary ’ deputies arrived from liberated Spain , so the liberal position weakened . |
| 5 | Health knowledge resided with the " experts " , essentially the medical profession , and this won doctors a privileged place in administering the new system , denied to other professional groups . |
| 6 | Andy McDowell 's 43 gave Liverpool a good base . |
| 7 | 474 set England a stiff target but the pitch was less malicious than the earlier ones and Gooch and Slack put on 127 for the first wicket . |
| 8 | Breaks of 59 and 92 gave McManus a perfect start , and he had stretched his lead to 6-2 by the end of the first session . |
| 9 | Montgomerie was kept waiting 30 minutes for Lyle to finish and he said : ‘ That gave Sandy a big advantage . |
| 10 | President Juvénal Habyarimana on March 14 gave rebels a 15-day deadline to lay down their arms and accept an amnesty , which was reported on March 19 to have been rejected , amid further reports of fighting . |
| 11 | Moreover , the Welsh Intermediate Education Act of 1889 gave authorities a flying start in establishing publicly provided secondary schools . ) |