Example sentences of "an [noun] that was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ordered two divisions to counter-attack in the centre , an action that was executed with such vigour that the German 20th Corps was brought to a halt for 48 hours . |
| 2 | A pitched battle followed between the constable and his two protagonists , an engagement that was to last for ten to twelve minutes , an exceptionally long time for an affray . |
| 3 | To this end , they have come together under the umbrella of the Negros Ecumenical Endeavour for Development ( NEED ) , an institution that was formed in 1979 to serve deprived and oppressed communities in the central islands of the Philippines , including Negros . |
| 4 | In addition , the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by the western allies , an act that was countered by Stalin forming the Warsaw Pact , on the eastern side . |
| 5 | Nevertheless it is worth considering whether some implicit model of accountability underlies all forms of evaluation whatever their stated purposes ( an issue that was raised at the very beginning of Chapter 1 ) . |
| 6 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
| 7 | Do you recall nationalization being an issue that was talked about in the work place , you know was it talked about in the buffets and in the union meetings and |
| 8 | IN the midst of a defeat from the world champions , Andy Roxburgh may have found the vindication he was looking for in an exercise that was thought to be without relevance for Scotland . |
| 9 | His successor as curator , Arthur T. Bolton [ q.v. ] , claimed that ‘ it is no disrespect to his distinguished predecessors in that office to assert that he was the best curator that ever held that position of trust ’ , an opinion that was shared by ( Sir ) John Summerson , who succeeded Bolton . |
| 10 | It would then be a classic example of double talk if an initiative that was sold to general practitioners as a vehicle for enhancing freedom turned out to be a means of constraining it . |
| 11 | It was an event that was attended by 12,000 people — three times more than last year . |
| 12 | Over half the exhibitors were in their thirties and forties , an age that was becoming of increasing significance to the Prince . |
| 13 | So Dublin was given a voice , but no responsibility , in the affairs of Northern Ireland , an arrangement that was expected to be well received by the Catholic community . |
| 14 | But … this was an argument that was applied with the greatest selectivity ; it was essentially a stick to beat the aristocracy … |
| 15 | An area that was considered by the secretary of state as being five to seven miles of York City centre and is almost entirely within the greenbelt . |
| 16 | Other women might be able to cope with an affair that was based on passion and nothing else , but she knew herself well enough to realise she could only be permanently scarred by such an involvement . |
| 17 | The curvature tensor can be identified by using an approach that was introduced in Chapter 3 . |
| 18 | By understanding something of his own behaviour as self-defeating ( an understanding that was achieved without loss of face since explicit comments were avoided ) , and respecting the feelings behind the pupil 's refusal to work , the teacher could stop re-enacting and reinforcing the pupil 's refusal to work , the could relax his pressure and abandon his preconceived ideas about Dave . |
| 19 | In their subsequent survey of probationary teachers , the HMI claimed that ‘ one teacher in ten revealed insecurity in the subject they were teaching ’ , an insecurity that was reflected in their teaching method . |
| 20 | This principle was based on an idea that was accepted by other Greek thinkers of this period — the concept of Time as a judge . |
| 21 | The Policy Planning Staff opinion on Kremlin-directed strategy went word for word into the NSC report The position of the United States with respect to Asia ( NSC 48/1 ) whose conclusions were approved by the US President on 30 December 1949 ( NSC 48/2 ) , although in the NSC paper it was an expression that was qualified by the proposition that it was the colonial — nationalist conflict which had provided a fertile field for subversive communist activities . |