Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Materials and equipment were provided in nearly half of the cases , mainly by advisers ; extra tuition , often on a weekly basis , was provided by specialist teachers ; and there were many occasions when advice and support was made available , usually on an occasional basis , by educational psychologists and specialist teachers . |
| 2 | The face and neck were coloured bright blue and red , and the head was topped with an oval dome of bone . |
| 3 | Major restoration projects include the Cathedral of Our Lady whose exterior is now almost complete ; inside , the first phase of work on the nave and roof was completed some years ago . |
| 4 | Later two other women , Mrs Jeffrey 's daughter , and grand-daughter were found dead at their house in Westrup Close in New Marston . |
| 5 | Later two other women , Mrs Jeffrey 's daughter , and grand-daughter were found dead at their house in Westrup Close in New Marston . |
| 6 | The circumpolar tundra and desert were reduced several times to refugia as forests expanded into them , and reconstituted into continuous zones as the forests retreated ( Lindsey , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | The fourth report of the Committee on Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship was produced this summer and the Minister will have had time to study it in detail . |
| 8 | Blood samples for measurement of PP , CCK , and insulin were drawn each time a gall bladder image was taken . |
| 9 | Next day a violent storm of criticism and derision was let loose in the press , while the long review by Apollinaire in L'Intransïgeant served to establish him as the champion of the group . |
| 10 | The long space between wardrobe and window was piled high with unwanted furniture , broken chairs , boxes , old gardening tools and stacks of old newspapers . |
| 11 | In the first series of experiments , a bolus of saline labelled with 9 9 m Tc DTPA was instilled 20 cm proximal to the ICJ and transit was assessed three hours later by the geometric centre of the spread of isotope . |
| 12 | A similar sister coach B16 of the same year and vintage was restored some two years ago by the same Birkenhead company . |
| 13 | That strand of thought in Marx and Engels which stressed the dialectical unity of man and nature was left undeveloped , except in the neglected work of people like William Morris , generally dismissed as " Utopian " and not worthy of the attention of serious revolutionaries . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't play games with me , ’ he whispered ‘ About eighteen months ago , a young man and woman were found naked with their throats cut , in the forest . |
| 15 | A reminder letter and questionnaire were sent 6 weeks later to subjects who had not replied by this time . |
| 16 | Lead and iron were superseded first by copper , which is more resistant to corrosion , and , more recently , by plastic . |
| 17 | This courier service could be most economically operated if both pollen and egg were placed close together on the plant . |
| 18 | The move comes after an Antrim father and daughter were found guilty of keeping four pit bulls illegally . |
| 19 | As these units were set up , they would replace the functions of the large hospitals , which would be required only for the care of the old long-stay patients , a cohort admitted before the outdoor mode of treatment was to become common and schizophrenia was thought uncontrollable in the community . |
| 20 | Corbett thought it was mere drunken bravado when one of them lunged across the table and uproar ensued as food , cups and flagons of wine and ale were sent sprawling . |
| 21 | Layer by layer the narrow strata of brick and rubble were laid bare . |
| 22 | Ridge and furrow were formed any time between the early Middle Ages and the nineteenth century , as a result of ploughing up and down fields in parallel lines . |
| 23 | Before the war , foods such as butter and cheese were given two layers of wrappers by the counter hand , but this was reduced to one under the restrictions . |
| 24 | Then Mum had cancer and Dad was taken ill at work . |
| 25 | Chiluba , Kikongo , Lingola and Swahili were designated official languages in addition to French , and the franc chosen to replace the zaïre as the new currency . |
| 26 | Scott was awarded the highest prize , with third on the Foreign Office list , Deane and Woodward were fourth , and Street was awarded one of the fifth prizes on the same list . |
| 27 | Parkfield Toyota ( Steve Barrett , Nigel Sartain ) drew 2-2 in division three with Dales ( Ritchie Kruger , Ian McCarthy ) , while Modern Ceilings drew 2-2 with Kingsheath and Power were held 2-2 by Homeright Bathrooms . |
| 28 | The wings , tail and engines were charred black and brown and wreckage was seen 200 metres away from the crash site . |
| 29 | Among the ‘ desloughing agents ’ used , Eusol and paraffin was mentioned five times , but only on ulcers of more than five years duration . |
| 30 | The government could claim with some truth that it had forced through changes in managerial behaviour so that concepts like efficiency , cost-effectiveness and productivity were accorded more weight in the organisational culture . |