Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in RX and Pilkingtons union resistance was either negligible or was transformed into active cooperation , at Ford the quality circles foundered on the unions ' dismissal of the initiative as a heavy-handed attempt to short-circuit existing bargaining procedures . |
| 2 | What I was trying to say my Lord was that I did n't know was associated or was associated at that time . |
| 3 | And she neither volunteered nor was asked for any new statement of intent about how soon the British would agree to sterling joining the fixed exchange rate regime of the European Monetary System . |
| 4 | Zia assumed the presidency in September 1978 and was confirmed in this office ( by referendum ) in December 1984 for a five-year term beginning in March 1985 . |
| 5 | The ages of the fetuses and babies are listed in Table I. The maturity of fetuses is given in weeks of gestation since the last menstrual period and was confirmed by antenatal ultrasound assessment and fetal foot length measurements . |
| 6 | He began work as a journalist with the Reading Newspaper Group , where he ‘ chased fire engines , attended excessively long council meetings and was trained in various styles of writing , layout and subbing ’ . |
| 7 | One monoclonal antibody , KS128 , demonstrated high expression on freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes ( PBL ) , monocytes and granulocytes ( data not shown ) and was selected for further study . |
| 8 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 9 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 10 | Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojanani was relieved of two posts , as Armed Forces Supreme Commander and Head of the Air Force , and was appointed as Armed Forces Inspector-General . |
| 11 | Although Sewell failed to secure appointment as Principal Army Veterinary Surgeon on Coleman 's death , he was veterinary surgeon to the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers from July 1805 and was presented as such at one of Prince Albert 's levees in 1850 . |
| 12 | Claire , of Gipsy Hill , south-east London , needed 10 stitches and was treated for black eyes and severe bruises at King 's College Hospital . |
| 13 | On the next day a pardon was offered to the rebels , who withdrew from the city , although their leader Cade remained under arms , putting himself outside the scope of the pardon , and was killed on 12 July . |
| 14 | In 1914 Pourpe enlisted and was killed in one of the first air battles . |
| 15 | Despite extensive flight testing and development , the project was considered to be uneconomical and was shelved in 1975 . |
| 16 | It had 21 jets of water , a main basin surrounded by 12 flower vases on pillars , and was edged by semi-circular flower beds . |
| 17 | Gervais Sindakira was injured but managed to run to the main seminary buildings and was sheltered between two priests in the pupils ' refectory . |
| 18 | At an earlier hearing French air force deserter Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and was sent to Fairmile secure hospital near Wallingford for reports into his mental state . |
| 19 | Instead he managed the Privy Purse , retained his post at Portsmouth , sat upon the committee for Tangier , and was sent upon polite diplomatic errands . |
| 20 | King James was interested in medicine and was absorbed in all aspects of the study of physic and the human body . ’ |
| 21 | It was built from 1781–3 by Anthonín Haffenecker and was redesigned in 1881 by A. Wolf . |
| 22 | The story of Britain 's fighter development was more complex and was slowed by one fundamental error of scientific judgment . |
| 23 | His toneless voice caught fire and was blessed with new colour and depth . |
| 24 | The long curving bridge has 21 arches with spans of 50 feet , and was completed in 1898 . |
| 25 | Production amounted to 307 and was completed in 1973 . |
| 26 | The former Walpole brothers ' linen warehouse in Alfred Street also lies within the Linen Conservation Area and was completed in 1912 . |
| 27 | Crosby Hall was built by Sir John Crosby , a wealthy grocer and wool merchant , and was completed in 1475 . |
| 28 | It is a masonry bridge with a single arch of 112 feet span , and was completed in 1806 . |
| 29 | The first phase opened in 1891 and was completed in 1900–1901 . |
| 30 | This increased the dock undertaking by some 93 hectares ( 230 acres ) and was completed in 1942 . |