Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lacking instinctive predispositions to the latter , the change of basic mode of subsistence had to be traumatic , and so it was . |
| 2 | Roads that carried any considerable amount of through-traffic had to be wide enough , and could be wide enough in unenclosed country , to allow of detours around the impassable stretches that developed in unsurfaced roads by mid-winter . |
| 3 | The revenue demanded and received payment of the sum by way of tax alleged to be due under regulations subsequently held by your Lordships ' House to be ultra vires . |
| 4 | In turn , those values are partly constitutive of the form of life held to be valuable by the adherents of the discipline . |
| 5 | But , for the time being , the rejection of womanhood had to be complete . |
| 6 | The whole tide of history seemed to be quickening as it moved remorselessly leftwards . |
| 7 | On the other hand , statements of attainment had to be precise enough to guide the developers of standard assessment tasks ( SATs ) , and teachers , in their own contribution to national assessment . |
| 8 | This is indicative of a more general dissatisfaction with the conventions of the realist novel which takes character as its focal point , and Brooke-Rose 's disenchantment with realism began to be apparent in other ways as well . |
| 9 | While this latter disqualification had not prevented the marriage of the Duke d'Orléans , son of Louis-Philippe , with Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , it had in practice proved to be inconvenient , as the duchess did not change her faith and had been accused of pushing ‘ the Protestant interest ’ . |
| 10 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 11 | Out of 4,000 scientific publications they selected 529 ‘ key articles ’ ( ‘ a key article was defined as one that had an important effect on the direction of subsequent research and development , which in turn proved to be important for one of the ten clinical advances ’ ) . |
| 12 | All information relating to , and explanations of , the past financial results of the Group have been based upon information believed to be reliable . |
| 13 | To assist those countries whose consumption proportion in GNP tended to be high , the VAT base was to be capped at 55 per cent of GNP ( at market prices ) . |
| 14 | … the obligation [ entails ] two principal elements ; first , the existence of a relationship giving access , directly or indirectly , to information intended to be available only for a corporate purpose and not for the personal benefit of anyone , and second , the inherent , unfairness involved where a party takes advantage of such information knowing it is unavailable to those with whom he is dealing . |
| 15 | During the nineteenth century the response of the courts to claims by employees injured at work tended to be hostile . |
| 16 | The new-look lessons will turn the clock back to the 1950s — the days before learning by rote ceased to be popular in schools . |