Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a major difference arose was the means by which this might be ensured . |
| 2 | He did not put on his sword , for no weapons were permitted at such occasions , though Ratagan had told him a gory tale of a banquet where a certain disagreement had been settled with eating knives , which the victors had subsequently continued eating with . |
| 3 | Less innocent were the scandals such as that exposed in 1916 of Hospital 27 , where a crooked doctor had been providing bogus discharges from the army at several thousand francs a time . |
| 4 | This conversation , occurring shortly after the conversation with Patrick recorded above , was taking place at Ludens 's flat , where a scrappy supper had been laid out by Ludens after Gildas 's telephone call . |
| 5 | In the course of his opinion in Maitland , the Lord President ( Clyde ) observed that the nobile officium should be exercised where a formal step had been per incuriam , omitted , and unnecessary delay and expenditure would result if the whole procedure had to be carried out again ; but that it was not to be used as a cloak for incompetence to extend a statutory remedy to a party who had not been given such a remedy , or , by consent of parties , to supplement statutory procedure by what would be an amendment of a statute . |
| 6 | The aircraft immediately flew them to Bronglais Hospital , Aberystwyth , where a medical team had been put on stand-by to give them medical checks . |
| 7 | Further questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , he conceded that no such review had taken place , and that no additional safety checks had been called for before the junction was opened , that although a total embargo had been introduced on single-lead junctions immediately after Bellgrove . |
| 8 | A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] . |
| 9 | The sibilance of his whispering voice and the recollection that a certain man had been found with his throat cut , turned Dolly rigid in the bed . |
| 10 | Trusts were ideally suited for such treatment since they did not presuppose that certain words had been used by the testator , but merely that a certain intention had been manifested . |
| 11 | The ANC announced on Oct. 22 that a high-level meeting had been arranged with the leadership of Inkatha on an unspecified date . |
| 12 | Radio Bangladesh reported on Dec. 17 that a three-member committee had been formed to investigate allegations of the abuse of power and of corruption by Ershad , his Cabinet and other associates . |
| 13 | The incident would be funny were it not that a similar stunt had been pulled in Kismayu , southern Somalia 's largest port , at the end of March . |
| 14 | On seeking to patent his process , Castner discovered that a similar patent had been lodged in Germany by Karl Kellner and made over to the powerful Solvay Company in Belgium . |
| 15 | We also established that a similar sum had been paid in through our Strangeways Branch although this had not caused any alarm . |
| 16 | He denied that any Palestinians had been killed and tortured , but admitted that a small number had been detained because they had " committed crimes " against Kuwaitis during the occupation . |
| 17 | It was a month now since she 'd left Heymouth , and she 'd read in the newspapers that a great deal had been accomplished there . |
| 18 | The report , leaked to Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) , contradicts the claim made in the government White Paper on the environment released last year that a great deal had been done " to maintain and improve the quality of our rivers " . |
| 19 | Where the court held that a fixed charge had been created in favour of a bank over book debts ( in this case bills of exchange ) where the charge provided that the company could not charge or assign these debts and , most importantly , had to pay the proceeds into an account with the chargee bank which the company could not operate without the consent of the bank . |
| 20 | Two senior policemen were suspended after the Court of Appeal decided that a junior colleague had been convicted of robbery on fabricated evidence . |
| 21 | Rioting erupted in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 3 as news spread that a Palestinian detainee had been killed the previous day by soldiers . |
| 22 | He concluded that a single-bladed knife had been used ; the blade was probably about an inch wide ; Newley 's assailant had stood in front of him ; the slant of the stab wounds suggested that the assailant was right-handed , like go per cent of the human race . |
| 23 | And he confirmed that a 15-year-old boy had been suspended while the police inquiry continued . |
| 24 | Their main response was relief that a political blunder had been taken care of . |
| 25 | Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you . |
| 26 | It welcomed the progress made by the UN and the Organization of African Unity for the holding of a referendum in the Western Sahara , and noted " with appreciation " that a technical commission had been created to work on this task . |
| 27 | The Imperial 's staff , torn between a natural amour propre that a rival team had been imported to cook for the Prince of Wales and relief that they would not be responsible for royalty 's displeasure ( yet with the ignoble hope that they might get all the credit ) , watched anxiously to ensure that the incoming team was competent . |
| 28 | This was the first time that a criminal prosecution had been taken out against the British nuclear industry . |
| 29 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |
| 30 | Polish radio reported on Oct. 16 that a bilateral agreement had been signed to provide compensation for victims of Nazi crimes . |