Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] was [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think I feel a bit ambivalent on this point because and it 's quite possible I was smiling because I 'm thinking of parts of the report where a huge number of women say that they just deal with this on their own terms , and of course they do . |
| 2 | Given that I was born and brought up in Middlesex and spent my childhood idolising Compton and Edrich |
| 3 | Terry Butcher , the former England centre half who was sacked as Coventry 's player-manager earlier in the season , has made a surprise comeback as a player . |
| 4 | She was another who was loved because she was as she was . |
| 5 | The old one was worn and did n't always shut properly . |
| 6 | From this it was concluded that , although the principles of identifying systemic information links by this method appeared sound and it could be achieved to a limited extent by using the facilities of a flat-file database , it would not be cost-effective to pursue without access to more sophisticated technology . |
| 7 | Out of this it was agreed that services ( unemployment relief , pensions , education , etc. ) were provided at a similar level to those in Britain and if there was any money left , an ‘ imperial contribution ’ was paid towards the cost of common services such as the armed forces and the cost of conducting foreign policy . |
| 8 | The aminosalicylate reduced the fever , but as salicylates are known to do this it was thought that the effect might be non-specific . |
| 9 | There will be a Raffle as on previous such occasions and to raise funds for this it was suggested that we hold a ‘ Bring and Buy ’ home produce and cake sale at the October Q.T. Day . |
| 10 | Despite this it was found that in all three areas of Wales the amount of land owned was almost the same . |
| 11 | Sometimes self-discovered methods were used : for example , after an epidemic of lead poisoning in Sheffield in the early 1890s it was noted that those who were poisoned had aborted . |
| 12 | In 1880 a further Education Act made schooling compulsory for children between five and ten , and in the 1890s it was established that most elementary education should be free . |
| 13 | In 1933 it was suggested that Mosley should visit the new German leader , Adolf Hitler , and discuss with him the future of Fascism in Britain . |
| 14 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 15 | On Dec. 12 it was announced that the railway authorities of France , Belgium and the UK had agreed a pounds 580,000,000 order for 30 high-speed locomotives , intended for use on such routes . |
| 16 | On March 12 it was announced that Egypt and Iran had each decided to set up an " interests office " in the other 's capital " as a first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries " , according to Arab Republic of Egypt radio . |
| 17 | On May 12 it was announced that the Speaker of the National Assembly , Moses Kiprono arap Keino , had resigned . |
| 18 | On the evening of Jan. 12 it was announced that the existing six-member High Security Council had that day , by virtue of a mandate to preserve continuity given it by the Constitutional Council , resolved " that it is impossible to continue the election process until the necessary conditions are fulfilled for the normal functioning of institutions " . |
| 19 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 20 | On July 12 it was reported that Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov had been ordered to take measures against officials involved in buying their state-owned dachas ( country houses ) at vastly reduced prices . |
| 21 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that the air and naval high commands had withdrawn their support for the President , dissociating themselves from the incidents of Aug. 10 . |
| 22 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that a lawsuit had been filed against Henri Emmanuelli , President of the National Assembly ( lower house of Parliament ) , for alleged misuse of public funds [ see p. 39023 for Le Monde report ] . |
| 23 | Official records show that in 1720 he was sent as Captain in charge of a detachment of men who left India with three ships to expand British interests in Sumatra . |
| 24 | In 1834 it was described as red like the Devon with a golden nose , long silky hair , prominent eyes , wide forehead , fairly wide muzzle , small dewlap , rather thin forelegs of moderate length and a barrel-shaped body ; the average oxen of the time weighed up to 545kg with some up to 725kg . |
| 25 | On Nov. 30 it was revealed that the protracted custody struggle over seven-year-old Hilary Foretich had ended with a New Zealand court granting custody of the child to her mother , Elizabeth Morgan . |
| 26 | On Sept. 6 France had blocked proposals to allow increased access for beef and other meat , but on Sept. 30 it was agreed that the three countries could increase meat sales by 10 per cent per year for the next five years , with the EC preventing any adverse impact on the internal market for its own produce by financing the sale of all this additional meat to the Soviet Union , Romania and Albania . |
| 27 | On Jan. 30 it was reported that Hernando de Soto , a key adviser and personal representative of Fujimori , had resigned , alleging that officials in coca-growing areas were co-operating with drug traffickers . |
| 28 | On July 30 it was reported that the two countries had agreed new commitments to reduce the trade imbalance in a second follow-up report to the Structural Impediments Initiative ( SII ) talks . |
| 29 | In the early 1830s he was employed as factory surgeon to the mill of Hindes and Derham and later claimed credit for the half-time education system for child factory workers whose health appeared precarious . |
| 30 | In Chapter 2 it was argued that some of the most striking features of the post-war development of the British state , at least until the late 1970s , could be explained quite effectively in terms of ‘ corporate bias ’ , that is moves away from the formal structures of democratic ( electoral ) representation towards the representation of major corporate interest groups ( such as the trade unions and employers ' organizations ) , as mediated through the agency of the state itself . |