Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] various [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , he claims that a powerful test in China in May was to blame for various natural disasters in Central Asia and an earthquake in California .
2 The waste wood was converted into various useful articles , such as keys , trenails , scotches , — or firewood .
3 The first playing was dedicated to various charitable purposes .
4 Having come across no obvious Selina lookalike among the ladies , I found myself completing an editorial stress quiz , delete where inapplicable , in which your nicotine and alcohol consumption was set against various stress-donating hardships you might or might not be falling foul of .
5 Established as a Schallplatten Spezialhaus as early as 1927 , it derives its name from a once well-known record label on which the HMV catalogue was distributed in various European countries , with a huge manufacturing plant in Czechoslovakia .
6 The money was raised at various sponsored events and raffles and charities were chosen by the staff .
7 The conversation material was organised around various social situations .
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