Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [art] result " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrefour smelled the burning flesh of his memory once more , but was no longer sure whether it was truly his memory or was a result of the hole in his chest . |
| 2 | He leafed through the stack of notes that was the result of their questioning everyone in the area about what they had seen that morning . |
| 3 | The bar chart that was the result of the survey we did you need to look at that piece of work and ask yourself a question , is this piece of work the best thing I have ever done ? |
| 4 | The conflict arose over the way in which the courts were administered and was a result of the application of managerial principles propagated by the Thatcher administrations of the 1980s . |
| 5 | The first casualty from enemy action occurred at Stewartby brickworks on August 23rd 1940 , and was the result of machine-gun fire from a single aircraft , but bombs landed near Henlow R.A.F. station in September and two people were taken to hospital . |
| 6 | Pardo , the first civilian to hold the post for 35 years , stated that his appointment implied " a political handling and responsibility in the Defence Ministry " and was the result of " an important political change that is made evident in the new constitution " . |
| 7 | The code applied to all Anglo gold and coal mines and was the result of four years of negotiation following the 1987 miners ' strike [ see pp. 35622-23 ] . |
| 8 | But according to John Nelson , the tape he examined could not have been recorded using any scanning equipment and was the result of a bug on an ordinary telephone . |
| 9 | But according to John Nelson , the tape he examined could not have been recorded using any scanning equipment and was the result of a bug on an ordinary telephone . |
| 10 | But the demands these placed on industry were not imposed from outside but were the result of a scale of priorities which placed international responsibilities ( or illusions ) before domestic economic reform [ Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 11 | Childe had in mind that human evolution and development were not just passive responses to an external environment , but were the result of humanity 's own efforts . |
| 12 | Decisions on change were not based on whim or fancy but were the result of keen study of the meticulous costing records which were always a prominent feature of management at Cessford . |
| 13 | In sharp contrast there has been an attempt to argue that Britain 's adherence to the sterling area was not determined by an anachronistic desire to play a world role , combined with a suspicious prejudice against integration with Europe , but was the result of a careful balancing of post-war economic needs [ Newton , 1984 ] . |
| 14 | However , this was not due to my map reading ( which is impeccable by the way ! ) , but was the result of a mad dash around the dubious delights of central Luton in search of cycling gloves for Mr Jackson . |