Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough 's original poll tax for 1992–93 was set at £353 and Langbaurgh 's was £376 . |
| 2 | And all I could remember and all the the only thing I can remember about that was running after the car with . |
| 3 | Only focal immunostaining for ET-1 was seen in lung sections from patients with focal non-specific fibrosis ( E ) . |
| 4 | Global anthropogenic emission of oxides of nitrogen for 1980 were estimated at 75 million tonnes . |
| 5 | Healy , 39 overnight , finished unbeaten on 83 as Australia 's 239 for eight was stretched to 303 — a first innings deficit of only 77 . |
| 6 | His plan for that was to go into the restaurant car park and allow enough time for the other car to clear the fuel service area , then fill his own tank and give chase . |
| 7 | What you 're looking in any formula say from a carbon compound you would be looking for that was bonded to four different groups , it does n't matter what the groups are , it does n't matter how big , how small they are |
| 8 | Then a wave came through that was earmarked for him . |
| 9 | In his Autumn Statement in November 1989 the Chancellor of the Exchequer accused local authorities of ‘ massive overspending ’ , and held them responsible for the fact that public expenditure for 1989/90 was expected to be £1 billion higher than originally planned . |
| 10 | The size of the predetermined pool for 1980–1 was fixed at £375 million and announced in November 1979 . |
| 11 | Annual discharges with the diagnosis of pancreatitis ( ICD Code 577 ) during 1970–89 were obtained from the statistics of the Finnish National Agency for Welfare and Health . |
| 12 | The conclusions we characteristically reach about this were learned in childhood when we needed to make sense of the many confusing and contradictory recordings in our three ego-states . |
| 13 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 14 | The extraordinary thing was that the man who was begging me to go and tell the world about this was expecting at any moment to hear that he had been appointed to one of the most senior jobs in the Iraqi government . |
| 15 | The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) . |
| 16 | Despite his absence from the Vouli ( parliament ) which deprived the government of its one-seat majority , an austerity budget for 1993 was approved on Dec. 23 after the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Pasok ) withdrew one of its own deputies . |
| 17 | Following emergency measures announced in July [ see p. 39025 ] , a drastic budget for 1993 was approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 30 after an all-night session . |
| 18 | Deaconess Tilley 's notions of the food proper for entertaining was formed from the needs of large families on small incomes crossed with Church ‘ does ’ of various kinds . |
| 19 | A technique such as this was used by Blythe in his well-known village study of Akenfield . |
| 20 | And approval for this was given by this Committee last October . |
| 21 | The justification for this was expressed to be that it would thus be open to a court at a later date to review the matter of sex determination Ormrod J. 's decision , much cited and approved of in the House of Commons debate , evidently will remain the law . |
| 22 | An imposing entrance for this was built at the end of Kirby Road , and the inspection pits were only half the length of the depot to facilitate displays . |
| 23 | In the early 1980s the process went one stage further with the Bank buying commercial bills as a means of providing assistance in the money market ; the need for this was exacerbated by the policy of overfunding the PSBR to reduce broad money growth . |
| 24 | Statutory provision for this was made in the Social Work ( Scotland ) Act 1968 . |
| 25 | One of the principal reasons for this was considered to be the existence of the defence for men under 24 . |
| 26 | One reason for this was investigated by Marsh . |
| 27 | Time and time again the need for this was stressed by the audience focus groups : ‘ explain things to us ’ we were told . |
| 28 | A campaign to rally support for this was launched in March . |
| 29 | The first experimental evidence for this was provided by Brown in 1827 . |
| 30 | Support for this was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " nations of Norway , Iceland and Japan . |