Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the west of the Ticino lay the high Alps , and those entering Italy from that direction were funnelled down the Aosta valley towards Mediolanum . |
| 2 | Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership . |
| 3 | The Judge declared that the foundation to this treason was setting up a false religion . |
| 4 | Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope . |
| 5 | In such petty ways some revenge was taken on the wealthy transient . |
| 6 | This patient was put on a yeast-free diet , and given a second psychiatric assessment when her bowel symptoms had resolved . |
| 7 | This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village . |
| 8 | The purpose of that exercise was to bring about a specification for maternity services . |
| 9 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |
| 10 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 11 | After 1945 these interests were taken over the by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia . |
| 12 | These additions were taken over the London and North Western Railway in 1871 after a convoluted legal battle with the Llanelly company . |
| 13 | He added that Virgin was taking up the matter of the fairness of take-off and landing slots at UK airports with the European Commission . |
| 14 | In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze . |
| 15 | All eyes were directed down the garden towards the pool . |
| 16 | Henceforth all traffic was routed down the main line . |
| 17 | When the House of Lords rejected the Budget proposals of the Liberal government in 1909 , the response of that government was to set about the emasculation of the House of Lords . |
| 18 | If that company were to set up a new pension scheme based on only 461 employees , the likelihood is that scheme would in no way match a scheme based on more than 10,000 members , as is the case with the Scottish Transport Group . |