Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [subord] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote was seen as of particular significance because in the late 1970s California had been the source of the political campaign to reduce taxes , a policy which achieved national application when former governor Ronald Reagan became President in 1981 . |
| 2 | But it was n't all plain flying when the wedding was postponed because of low cloud and it was n't until four days had elapsed that they were able to tell a Florida State public notary : ‘ I do ’ . |
| 3 | A 43-year-old man was admitted because of congestive heart failure . |
| 4 | It did , nevertheless , develop a theology of marriage in which procreation was no longer seen as its sole purpose , but conjugal love was recognized as of equal importance , and this inevitably placed the issue of contraception in a somewhat different light . |
| 5 | Cisplatin was included because of experimental evidence that it further potentiates inhibition of thymidylate synthase , encouraging therapeutic results in pretreated breast and advanced head and neck cancer , and the recent demonstration of a good therapeutic index in metastatic colorectal cancer . |
| 6 | Total colectomy was performed because of incomplete removal of a large tubular adenoma with intra-epithelial malignant change . |
| 7 | ‘ My mum was induced because of high blood pressure . |
| 8 | In three patients the pouch was removed because of severe sepsis after operation and in six early excision was necessary because of infarction . |
| 9 | When the Minister reviews the business regulations will he consider extending that review to the regulation of financial institutions , in view of the problems with the collapse of Guinness III and the potential collapse of Guinness II , and in view of the serious difficulty with fraud regulation at present , particularly now that only three people will be going to gaol for a shorter time than the whole of the Guinness trial was taken , with one of them , Mr. Ernest Saunders , whose sentence was reduced because of ill health , on the national media this morning in blooming health and protesting his innocence ? |
| 10 | A BR spokesman yesterday said the direct link was ending because of poor patronage . |