Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant was convicted of the manslaughter of the plaintiff 's wife . |
| 2 | Again no mention was made of the possibility of making an adoption order with a condition of access . |
| 3 | No mention was made of the February 1992 US-sponsored Washington accord between the legislature and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , providing for the latter 's return to power [ see pp. 38758 ; 38808 ] . |
| 4 | With the member countries of the EC getting ever closer , I was surprised that no mention was made of the confusion that exists in English speaking member countries between the professions of chemistry and pharmacy . |
| 5 | Cheshire 's assistant chief constable , Brian Baister , said in response to last night 's IRA statement : ‘ A warning was given half-an-hour before , but no mention was made of the town of Warrington . |
| 6 | In last month 's In Benefit ( 22 April ) mention was made of the value of a benefits check when a client is being assessed for his/her ability to pay towards charges . |
| 7 | This may have been because my hopes were raised when mention was made of the need to consider ‘ the environmental effect of each stage leading to an alternative energy system ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Detectives were called in to investigate the theft of the car but no mention was made of the filofax , ’ said a RUC source . |
| 9 | No mention was made of the place of other Tanzanian news within this Ministerial pecking order . |
| 10 | The latest attacked happened on Monday night at about 6 pm when a thorough search was made of the fort . |
| 11 | An untidy search was made of the kitchen and bedroom and jewellery taken . |
| 12 | A police search was made of the area , but no cat was found . |
| 13 | If a thorough search was made of the ale-house and its out-buildings he would go to prison for a great many years . |
| 14 | A transcript was made of the examination . |
| 15 | On the central issue raised by the subtitle of the show , art in or out of the mainstream , some statistical study was made of the representation of women artists and the milestones in their careers . |
| 16 | A June visit resulted in a report particularly critical of the Academic Board 's lack of policy for the coordination of departments and for the planning and control of resources , and in July the College was informed of the Council 's concern about the relationship between full-time and sandwich courses . |
| 17 | A major review was undertaken of the Society 's regulatory functions including practising certificates , accountant 's reports and investment business certificates . |
| 18 | No trace was found of the men who had left him in the yard . |
| 19 | His extensive private collection was purchased by the Institution after his death , with some of his papers , but no trace was found of the manuscripts of a supplement to A Natural History of the Crinoidea and a major account of the corals on which he was known to have been working . |
| 20 | In mentioning the directive er can I er pause very briefly er Mr Deputy Speaker to apologise to the house that this document was not made available at the draft stage er an unfortunate combination of human error and several failures of communications meant that the select committee was deprived of the opportunity to consider the directive at its draft stage , er I 've noticed the select committee 's report which has been put in the vote office in the usual way and acknowledge the government did not meet its scrutiny obligations with regard to this document in the normal means . |
| 21 | The first known secular literature in Slovene was composed of the baroque poems of an Augustinian friar , Marko Pohlin , written in the mid eighteenth century . |
| 22 | Replacing the ad hoc Cabinet Mainland Affairs Task Force , the council was composed of the government departmental heads , with Vice-Premier Shih Chi-yang as chairman and up to three vice-chairmen . |
| 23 | The Leadership Council was composed of the heads of the country 's main mujaheddin factions . |
| 24 | On these occasions the warden was informed of the number and kind of game they were to take , and it was his duty to keep a check on the number of deer taken , and to inform the king . |
| 25 | In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made . |
| 26 | The population was informed of the danger of eating contaminated bread early in the outbreak . |
| 27 | A limited number of copies were produced , each copy was numbered and a record was kept of the persons to whom the copy was issued . |
| 28 | THE Government 's crackdown on insider dealing was dealt another blow yesterday when a former company director was acquitted of the allegations against him . |
| 29 | It was alleged ( a ) that the plaintiff was possessed of the goods ; ( b ) that he accidentally lost them ; ( c ) that the defendant found them ; ( d ) that the defendant converted them to his own use . |
| 30 | The Red River delta was cleared of the Viet Minh , who retired to the hills . |