Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1876 a boy was kicked by a horse in the stables at Clinkham and suffered a broken collarbone . |
| 2 | To achieve this a pump was installed beneath the railway bridge at New Bradwell Station . |
| 3 | In 1933 a scheme was launched for classes to be held for schoolboys during the autumn term under the management of the Corinthians , the amateur club , with Arsenal as sponsors and Chapman taking classes in basic skills , positional play and training . |
| 4 | Top scorer , striker Dave Taylorhe netted 17 goals in just half a season was presented with a trophy and the special award by club chairman Iwan Jones went to defender Steve Smith . |
| 5 | Soon after 1620 a monument was erected to the memory of the first [ q.v. ] and second Barons Rich ( died 1568 and 1581 , Felsted , Essex ) which includes a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the life of the first lord . |
| 6 | On Aug. 30 a bomb was detonated at a Berlin memorial commemorating victims of the holocaust . |
| 7 | In December 1985 a licence was granted to Anglo United and an associated company , Grenmore Holdings Ltd , to prospect 26 square kilometres in the Lough Beg area near Crumlin in Co . |
| 8 | In 1985 a match was played between the Society and the Club for the first time . |
| 9 | In January and February 1788 a subscription was promoted in such papers as the Lincoln , Rutland and Stamford Mercury and Williamson 's Liverpool Advertiser . |
| 10 | However , in the 1890s an attempt was made by the trade to introduce arterial embalming as practised in the United States , the leading campaigners for this being the funeral furnishing firm of Dottridge Brothers . |
| 11 | On June 12 an accord was signed between the RPR and the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) allowing for the two parties to put up joint candidates at local and legislative elections . |
| 12 | Under pressure from within the PSOE , the government continued its freeze on building nuclear power stations , and on April 30 an agreement was reached with Algeria to construct a US$1,300 million gas pipeline through Morocco and the Strait of Gibraltar ; the line was due to come on stream in 1995 . |
| 13 | During the period of 1984–5 , more than 2,800 Sri Lankans sought asylum in the UK and in May 1985 , a visa requirement was imposed on the nationals of Sri Lanka , the first time such a requirement was imposed on the nationals of a Commonwealth country . |
| 14 | The authors also on occasion add judgements of their own , that , for example , such and such a scholar was honoured above his deserts , another below . |
| 15 | If such a proposal was adopted by the GMC Kay and his committee might find themselves in the dock . |
| 16 | Such a sequestration was ordered on the application of Sealink . |
| 17 | The legality of such a procedure was upheld in the Divisional Court . |
| 18 | Stirling had not been told that such a unit was operating in the target area , despite the fact that its presence might stir up the enemy . |
| 19 | When such a school was opened by the Queen in November , the Sun could observe sententiously and without intended humour that , naturally , ‘ the word ‘ comprehensive ’ was not mentioned in Her Majesty 's presence ’ . |
| 20 | Last night , a move to introduce such a scheme was defeated by just a dozen votes . |
| 21 | The absence of such a scheme was said to be a disincentive to those who might otherwise be encouraged to exercise their inventive talents to the full . |
| 22 | When such a scheme was introduced in Oregon in the 1970s , it resulted in 90 per cent of bottles being saved for recycling . |
| 23 | Or rather , why was it chosen ? — for we know nothing of how such a choice was made in Greece . |
| 24 | A particularly important factor was that the processor did not offer the customer a choice of paying a higher fee in return for the processor accepting greater liability : such a choice was recommended in an industry code of practice approved by the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 25 | Such a reach was enabled by the " tramping " system . |
| 26 | Such a clause was passed by the House of Lords , but was rejected by the Government . |
| 27 | The story of how such a principle was accepted by a war-time coalition government and why it was implemented in the form that it was in advance of all the other social security changes , is a useful illustration of the ways in which particular problems gain the attention of governments and how one social policy can be seen and adopted as at least a partial solution to those problems . |
| 28 | The existence of such a principle was negatived by Nolan J. [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 137 but accepted by a majority of the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 790 . |
| 29 | But such a faith was challenged by the growth on the Continent of the new political anti-Semitism of which Wolf wrote a notable account and analysis in the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ( 1911 ) . |
| 30 | His report on means of achieving such a Union was adopted by the European Council at Madrid in June 1989 , when the Prime Ministers unanimously agreed to prepare for an Inter-governmental Conference on EMU , including the social dimension as an essential element . |