Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure to identify bed sharing as a risk factor in non-Maori children was probably due to the very small proportion of infants in this group who both shared a bed and were exposed to maternal smoking . |
| 2 | Portions of the supernatants were evaporated in a vacuum oven at 40°C , dissolved in 0.05 mol/l sodium acetate buffer ( pH 6.2 ) , and were analysed for cyclic AMP by using an acetylated [ 1 2 5 I ] radioimmunoassay procedure ( New England Nuclear kit ) . |
| 3 | We ran Borneo 's uncharted rapids in Dyak canoes , dived with sharks in the rip-currents of Komodo , and were sluiced off Javanese roads in monsoon flash-floods . |
| 4 | The raids against Norway continued through the next three years , 1942–44 , and were mounted in other theatres as more raiding parties were trained . |
| 5 | Both 5-ASA and Ac-ASA were kindly supplied by Pharmacia AB , Uppsala , Sweden , and were prepared as neutral solutions . |
| 6 | Nos. 345 , 346 and 347 ( 1E-3E ) survived until the Crystal Palace route closed and were delicensed on 14 February 1936. 349 ( 5E or 17E ? ) remained available for service at Erith and with that system 's own cars was transferred to Abbey Wood depôt , where it was delicensed on 28 March 1935 . |
| 7 | Thus , Nos. 4E and 7E evidently failed their inspection and were delicensed on 11 August 1933 . |
| 8 | They had a leadership , and members who paid dues and were organized in local groups . |
| 9 | We visited Anguilla in the winter season which runs from December 15 to March 31 and were blessed with beautiful sunshine and very few tourists . |
| 10 | Yet its inherent assumptions were implicit in most of the literary output of the Britons and the IFL and were disseminated through such groups as the NL . |
| 11 | Bede tells the story that , so backward were the heathen South Saxons that although a maritime race , they did not know how to fish and were given to mass suicides from convenient cliffs when the corn harvest failed after a terrible drought . |
| 12 | But such remarks were commonplace and were made by ardent church reformers as often as by anyone else . |
| 13 | In Florence , where black itinerant traders were blamed for increased petty crime and were viewed by local traders as a source of unfair competition , a number of violent incidents took place . |
| 14 | Most of the shades hung crookedly and were scorched on one side , and she said the tinsel constituted an added fire hazard . |
| 15 | Familiar faces from the Tilford Bach Orchestra — Mary Murdoch ( oboe ) , Mary Ryan ( flute ) and Trevor Williams ( violin ) , were particularly popular , and were followed by new musicians Paul Nicholson harpsichord and Roy Goodman violin , who soon became familiar friends . |
| 16 | Lasting up to four hours , they were used to determine individual characteristics ( see page 68 ) and were followed by intensive interviews . |
| 17 | The double saloon doors had very rounded outer corners and were surmounted by large lintel boards with ventilation slits . |
| 18 | It seems certain that hidden teachings on sacred geometry — form , shape , proportion , number , measure and materials — were passed on into Christian times and were incorporated into much church architecture , including the great cathedrals . |
| 19 | LABOUR Euro-rebels ducked a showdown with party leader John Smith last night — and were blasted by left-wing MP Dennis Skinner . |
| 20 | Even though ferment was widespread , motivations for seeking a more integrated Europe varied from country to country , and were coloured by national perspectives . |
| 21 | Both had been arrested and were charged with serious terrorist offences , of which I was sure they were totally innocent ; although I was equally sure that they had engaged in active political propaganda , which in some ways would have been no less objectionable to the South African government . |
| 22 | But while Francis and Mary fussed about the situation in Edinburgh , setting up an enquiry into what had happened to the burgh council , in February 1560 the Protestant lords did something ideologically much less courageous than their deposition of the regent , but in practical terms infinitely more crucial : they made the Treaty of Berwick with England , and were assured of English help . |
| 23 | These annual Councils normally lasted for three days and were composed of official sermons , addresses and conferences on various topics . |
| 24 | Seven patients had negative food rechallenges and were instructed on healthy eating habits . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the T-shirt stalls that usually clutter the Venice Beach Boardwalk disappeared and were replaced by quaint bookstores and outdoor caféd from the Sixties , so convincingly real that residents of the area walked into them , only to be thrown out by laughing security guards . |
| 26 | In 1848 the bridge was damaged by the artillery of Prince Windischgrätz and many of the original statues were put into the Lapidarium ( see p. 193 ) and were replaced by new statues by the Max brothers . |
| 27 | Then the ‘ Empire ’ roller bearings evidently did not live up to expectations and were replaced by plain axle boxes . |
| 28 | A sizeable proportion of these cases were suspected arson and were related to increased business failure because of high interest rates . |
| 29 | ‘ So far , all the students who violated the criminal law during the anti-government disturbances in 1989 and were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment have been released , ’ the agency said . |
| 30 | Heliotropes sweetly scented the air and were covered with tiny bees gathering pollen . |