Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some respects the long-awaited authority for new West Coast locomotives proved to be something of a disappointment . |
| 2 | the cell cycle time was estimated to be similar in both regions of mucosa , but the crypt turnover time seemed to be significantly longer ( 28.1 days ) in gastric body than in antral ( 11.5 days ) mucosa . |
| 3 | The stock car racing proved to be a huge success with the top nine fighting it out in the final . |
| 4 | The white blood cell transfusions had to be given twice before conception , then several times during the pregnancy until it was safely established at around four months . |
| 5 | The low pitched timber roof of the basilica type church had to be replaced by stone vaults for safety and durability , and extension of size of the vaulting system itself ( see p. 81 ) depended on arched support of a specific type and adequate wall abutment . |
| 6 | For instance , apart from the group labelled ‘ other neurotics ’ , a high rate of broken homes was characteristic of the whole group of adults with disorders when compared to child guidance patients found to be well as adults . |
| 7 | Whilst noting the developments in human rights since the unbanning of political organizations in February 1990 , Amnesty expressed its concern at the number of killings in which security force members appeared to be directly implicated but where the security forces failed to take appropriate action . |
| 8 | At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives . |
| 9 | At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives . |
| 10 | Increasingly , the town planning movement came to be dominated by an institutionalized professional ideology . |
| 11 | BOMB DISPOSAL specialists were yesterday called out to beaches on the south-west coast of Scotland after Second World War phosphorus canisters believed to be from an undersea dump were washed ashore . |
| 12 | A town centre wall feared to be in danger of collapse could cost up to £60,000 to put right . |
| 13 | Checking the factual accuracy of the new social security information items proved to be a greater obstacle than usual . |
| 14 | With regard to the interference of pre-S1 or pre-S2 expression in the liver in chronic hepatitis delta virus infection , a recent study by Hadziyannis et al has suggested that intrahepatic expression of pre-S peptides in chronic hepatitis delta virus infection appeared to be independent of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis delta virus replicative status . |
| 15 | Controls over investment goods and capital issues held the ring but only until 1947 ; at that point interest rates had to be allowed to rise [ Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 16 | The decision to foreshorten the leadership election timetable proved to be a serious error . |
| 17 | Commodity price stabilisation schemes appeared to be aimed at interfering with market forces , i.e. demand and supply . |
| 18 | She was poor but proud , and the 1st Shadwell Brownie Pack had to be rather careful what they did for her . |
| 19 | Gowing goes on to indicate the health hazard arising from the intense alpha activity of polonium at the Windscale site : ‘ Alpha handling procedures had to be greatly upgraded to deal with polonium , and for a time everyone had to work with respirators … |
| 20 | Still , I had happier memories of Enniskillen : of the Horseshoe Lounge in the Railway Hotel ( now an hotel without a railway ) and a group named ‘ Country Comrades ’ , who played Irish , Scottish and hillbilly tunes fast and slow , while the crowd whooped and danced merrily ; of hillside fields and haycocks ; of the Bronze Age burial chamber said to be a giant 's grave ; and of tales of the local footpack 's exploits among the Ulster foxes . |
| 21 | Eight copper firebox lap rivets had to be renewed and the six large flue tube holes rethreaded . |
| 22 | The Pier Head incident proved to be the turning point which led to a new period of industrial peace within the giant Vehicle Division , unfortunately too late to avoid the massive investment switch to the Continent which was already under way with the newly approved corporate plan . |
| 23 | Once adult , males no longer build webs , and the adult sex ratio had to be estimated . |
| 24 | ‘ The quality improvement process seemed to be the most sensible solution , ’ says Harrison . |
| 25 | Wonford House Hospital continued to be used for acute and rehabilitation services and though a mental health centre at Tiverton has been developed the schism between the old and the new has not been so marked . |
| 26 | Will my hon. Friend acknowledge that the road hump regulations had to be changed two or three times ? |
| 27 | They went into the season without their Australian pace pair , John Maguire and Rod McCurdy , who had played pivotal roles in their 1989–90 clean sweep , while dissatisfied South African opener mark Rushmere had to be persuaded to stay after being linked with a move to Western province . |
| 28 | And TP+ , Gresham 's transaction processing technology said to be complementary to teleprocessing managers such as Tuxedo , Top-End and Encina , has been integrated into Dun & Bradstreet financial accounting software which is now beginning to ship . |
| 29 | The protest campaign was sparked by a council decision earlier this year to fell the trees — 10 beech , one scots pine and one yew — to make way for a road improvement scheme said to be needed for a new supermarket . |
| 30 | Plans to install new mortar in inside walls and to alter air conditioning equipment had to be abandoned but the move would save taxpayers ' money . |