Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from caffeine ( which does have a small effect in speeding up the metabolism ) no substance we eat or drink was proved by scientific methods to have any realistic effect in speeding away our surplus fat . |
| 2 | Japanese records suggest that Kim was opposing them in May 1929 . |
| 3 | Pre-war trends suggest that revolution was on the cards , but they bear little resemblance to the ‘ law-governed ’ process depicted by Soviet historiography . |
| 4 | For local governments which were judged broadly comparable , these statistics show considerable variation and suggest that Rochester was performing badly . |
| 5 | They reveal the Kentish kings still with commercial interests in London under the supervision of a royal reeve , and suggest that Hlothhere was a ruler of some standing . |
| 6 | When I suggest that Glory was a clever way of doing a Vietnam film without doing a Vietnam film , he stops yawning and gets a little annoyed . |
| 7 | The Bills of Mortality suggest that TB was at its maximum between 1780 and 1830 ; 30 per cent of deaths in London in 1796 ( Brownlee 1916 ) . |
| 8 | They point to the triumphant end of the Psalm and suggest that Jesus was reciting the Psalm but died before he could finish it . |
| 9 | Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter . |
| 10 | Comparisons with other economies suggest that stop/go was not the problem , rather it was the weakness of the underlying trend of growth which exaggerated the effect of stop/go phases [ Artis , 1972 ; Dow , 1964 ; Matthews , 1968 ] . |
| 11 | Various other reports suggest that Wise was at the mill up to 1890 . |
| 12 | This has usually been rejected , on the grounds that other sources suggest that Hastings was executed rather than murdered-Armstrong going so far as to suggest that such a murder would be un-English and that Mancini has been led astray by Italian precedents . |
| 13 | This has usually been rejected , on the grounds that other sources suggest that Hastings was executed rather than murdered-Armstrong going so far as to suggest that such a murder would be un-English and that Mancini has been led astray by Italian precedents . |
| 14 | Indeed , if taken at their face value , these measures suggest that Reagan was less successful in his dealings with the legislature than almost any other modern president . |
| 15 | Historians are rarely able to get to the truth of the matter in this way , but family stories often suggest that drunkenness was the reason for an otherwise inexplicable decline , not just in the Tudor and Stuart era but in much later times . |
| 16 | Islam would never , of course , suggest that God was in any way a visible object . |
| 17 | Close resemblances of style and detail suggest that Michael was also responsible for several important tombs : of Archbishop John Peckham ( q.v. , died 1292 ) in Canterbury Cathedral ; of Edmund Crouchback and Aveline of Lancaster in Westminster Abbey , probably made c .1296 ; and of Bishop William Louth ( died 1298 ) in Ely Cathedral . |
| 18 | We suggest that magma was emplaced above station TDF before January 1990 and that this summit eruption reduced magma levels . |
| 19 | She had been tricking herself earlier into thinking that he did , that their friendship was nearly as important to him as it was to her , but seeing him in the garden with Marise tonight , and hearing about his marriage , unhappy though it had been , had made her realise that friendship was never as important as passion — at least , she was sure , not to a man . |
| 20 | No good asking Olga Stych ; she 'd just stick her nose in the air and say that Boyd was doing very well . |
| 21 | He was picked up by a rescue boat , but onlookers say THAT craft was then involved in a second accident . |
| 22 | ‘ I — people say that Dominic was killed much later . |
| 23 | There is coal in Kintyre and large pieces are sometimes brought up by fishing boats working locally , so perhaps the old people who say that coal was mined at Daill and used by a local blacksmith in the First World War are correct , although no trace of workings has been found . |
| 24 | Thus one might , said Dionysius , say that God was ‘ good ’ but it was necessary to qualify this in the same breath : he was Goodness itself but he was not ‘ good ’ in the limited way that human beings understood this quality . |
| 25 | ‘ When you say that Hereward was unpleasant , for example , what had you in mind ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ They say that Jonathan was last seen in Albert Terrace , is that true ? ’ |
| 27 | They forget that Picasso was a brilliant draughtsman , composer , colourist . |
| 28 | They forget that Picasso was a brilliant draughtsman , composer , colourist . |
| 29 | She even got a goodnight story and kiss when Daddy was away . |
| 30 | According to Irenaeus , the Ebionites insist that Jesus was man , not God , and was not born of a virgin . |