Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , headteachers saw little hope of success especially if persistent truancy was accepted and even encouraged by parents . |
| 2 | Although the contralateral impairment observed with simultaneous digit presentation to the two ears was found after both left and right sided lobectomy , the overall efficiency of recall was much higher for the right temporal group of patients . |
| 3 | Radiotherapy was given as clinically indicated using either a 6 MV or 8 MV linear accelerator . |
| 4 | Its almost immediate closure was announced and then retracted last autumn , and its 600 or so employees are now waiting to hear how long the reprieve will last . |
| 5 | On March 24 a soldier was shot and seriously wounded at an otherwise peaceful demonstration by Islamic students in Makulla , east of Aden , and two days later counter-demonstrations were organized in the town , attended by several thousand people . |
| 6 | The synthesis and purification of all oligonucleotides and their characterisation by enzymatic digestion was performed as previously reported ( 3 ) . |
| 7 | The serum IGF-I concentration was measured as previously described by radioimmunoassay ( RIA ) after acid ethanol extraction using a rabbit antiserum developed by L U Underwood and J J Van Wyk and distributed by the Hormone Distribution Program of NIDDK through the National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA . |
| 8 | The village priest was arrested and later executed and deportation and death for other villagers also resulted . |
| 9 | Modernisation of the South Side of Imperial Dock was completed and officially opened on 3rd October by Lord Brabagon of Tara , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 10 | Kuwait was invaded and completely overrun by Iraqi forces in August 1990 . |
| 11 | In the 1980s , Stevens found fame and the album was re-released and eventually sold more than 100,000 copies . |
| 12 | They failed also , it is said , to have regard to the violent incident on 23 November 1991 when violence was used and also failed to have regard to the fact that the mother had refused an offer to be accommodated with her children in the foster home . |
| 13 | His anger at her taking his carrion was gone and instead focused on the miserable hooded crows . |
| 14 | The existing stone walling was retained and the original massiveness of the east elevation was preserved and even emphasised by retaining the high level ventilation slits and minimising the number of new windows on this sunless side . |
| 15 | Halstead-based Pc Ian Masheder was attacked and almost strangled with his own pullover , it was alleged at Chelmsford Crown Court . |
| 16 | A BELFAST hospital security guard was shot and badly wounded last night . |
| 17 | Tommy came to the barn every day after Nebbins work was finished and always brought him an apple , or a lump of sugar . |
| 18 | The old cricket pavilion was demolished and then cobbled back together as a grandstand able to accommodate up to fifty spectators . |
| 19 | In some schools , the library committee did not meet as frequently as it might have ; nor was it always as open and participatory as might have been hoped , and in at least one school the committee was subverted and eventually dissolved by senior staff . |
| 20 | Noseir was shot and seriously injured by a US Postal Service police officer whilst attempting to escape the scene . |
| 21 | Again , currently there is no way , official way , of saying what plan has been made and whether the plan was met and then logging it into whatever system that you guys are going to dream up for recording what training you have given . |
| 22 | In the summer of 1983 , for example , a small boy was abducted and sexually assaulted by three men in Brighton . |
| 23 | The 1908 Act was introduced and subsequently amended because of the realisation of the dangers caused by excessive working hours in the mining industry . |
| 24 | In-vitro production of anti-toxoplasma and anti-HIV-1 by PBL was detected as previously described . |
| 25 | The original north passage was retained , with a new spina , while its southern counterpart was blocked and probably used as a guard chamber . |
| 26 | After what seemed an eternity the engine was restarted and gradually faded away into the night . |
| 27 | In two cases the tumour was classified as well differentiated , in 52 as moderately differentiated , and in 58 cases as poorly differentiated . |
| 28 | Later , the vogue for the now growing town was consolidated and much expanded by Dr Alexander Taylor , who recuperated there from the typhus he had caught serving with the sottish , mutinous and incompetent ‘ Spanish Legion ’ sent from England to help the Queen of Spain in her war against the Car lists of Navarre . |
| 29 | Soon afterwards there was a disastrous fire during the harvest season , and much of the south wing was destroyed and never rebuilt . |
| 30 | The Lombard capital was at Pavia , but Milan was rebuilt and slowly regained its former significance . |