Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficulties determining whether or not the gall bladder was clear of stones were encountered ; indeed , four patients were thought to be free of stones at the end of the procedure only to have fragments found on the 10th day . |
| 2 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 3 | His bladder was full to straining , and there was no catheter-tube in the DeLorean . |
| 4 | Flames licked over the straw , which crackled and flared , and the Wheel was clear of the ramp and bowling gently down the cleared path . |
| 5 | There was no hub and there were no spokes ; in fact , the whole of the centre of the Wheel was clear of any obstruction . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , yes , the Wheel was ready for the ceremony except for the foliage ; we do that on the day of the event so that it is fresh ; laurel and yew . |
| 7 | Everyone knew Donny was mad for watching trains . |
| 8 | The Phipps family were Christian Scientists and Joyce 's religion was central to her life . |
| 9 | I always felt religion was responsible for so much that was wrong in the world — religious wars , sexual repression , bigotry . ’ |
| 10 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 11 | Worst of all , her self-image was low with the best years of her life fast disappearing , taking her previous good health with it and leaving her with the excess baggage . |
| 12 | I always remember the custard was lovely on a Sunday , the rest of the week it was like water . |
| 13 | The plan was the same as theirs , ‘ with some slight variations ’ , so Buxton was responsible for the Gothic elevations only . |
| 14 | An intraoperative liver biopsy was consistent with a diagnosis of PBC . |
| 15 | The terrible boredom of her isolation was relieved by the mental exercise in which she told and re-told herself how , in five minutes exactly , she would eat the spinach as a loving sacrifice to Maman , then sick it up , so that her own martyrdom should be apparent . |
| 16 | Coun Griffiths said : ‘ D furnace was one of the 10 best in the world . |
| 17 | The auction was successful with bids received amounting to 2.28 times the amount of stock on offer and the following day the Bank announced the issue of three new tranchettes of tap stock . |
| 18 | But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom . |
| 19 | Yesterday , Mr Deacon was stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 20 | Sun 's other weak point may be the fact that WABI 's Praxsys creators come from BIOS house Phoenix Technologies Ltd , where they would have had access to MS-DOS , although Phoenix was one of the pioneers of the concept of the clean room , where no-one that has any inside knowledge of the code being emulated is allowed to come into contact with the developers of the emulation . |
| 21 | Ceaucescu was unable to completely smother centuries of tradition . |
| 22 | Shepherd was silent for a time , considering , then he leaned forward and set his glass down on the table at his side . |
| 23 | SUNDERLAND caretaker boss Malcolm Crosby was full of praise for his reserve side who went down to a single goal defeat to star-studded Manchester United Reserve side at Roker Park on Wednesday evening . |
| 24 | Disappointment was visible in his face . |
| 25 | The disappointment was huge on both sides . |
| 26 | The glance was sufficient for identification . |
| 27 | Later Ministry of Agriculture officials told the nuns that this was a mistake and that the food poisoning was due to Salmonella typhimurium . |
| 28 | As there is never enough money to do all the BDA wants to do the Association was fortunate during the years 1982–1988 to be able to take advantage of the Manpower Services Commission 's scheme of placing unemployed people in short-term work for the benefit of the community . |
| 29 | The fact that the association was homogeneous across populations also provides a strong argument against a possible confounding effect of population heterogeneity . |
| 30 | This association was far from being universal . |