Example sentences of "continued [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite heavy government intervention aimed at warding off a further crash in prices , trading continued to be nervous as a result of fears that Mehta would dump holdings to clear his bank debts , which included Rs6,200 million ( about US$214,000,000 ) to State Bank of India , the largest commercial bank . |
| 2 | According to reports , however , former ZAPU members continued to be disgruntled at the unequal distribution of Cabinet portfolios . |
| 3 | The London School of Medicine for Women opened its doors in 1874 to the accompaniment of much ridicule of ‘ lady doctors ’ ; despite the efforts of Florence Nightingale , the profession continued to be male-dominated . |
| 4 | Finally it was suggested that if her father continued to be unkind or unpleasant , the only way she could increase the level of care she provided would be to move away from her family and live with him . |
| 5 | Seeds continued to be upset in the Ladies event and the quarter-finals proved to be the downfall of both the top seed and defending champion Isabelle Wild , and the No. 4 seed Alison Fleming — both girls who had recently completed their final examinations were beaten by Lockhart and Nina Topper respectively . |
| 6 | The music shop continued to be critical ; Arthur continued to chisel at his workbench . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it continued to be critical of what it felt to be the excesses of some of TANU 's more extreme and strident members and officials . |
| 8 | Although the CDP continued to be critical of the partnership proposals and of other aspects of CNAA 's operations — including perfunctory and over-large visits and ‘ undue attention … being accorded to criticisms of the management of polytechnics ’ — it was unable to agree on the policy direction in which to go . |
| 9 | In contrast , the Whigs were the " Low Church " party , as they now came to be called : they continued to be critical of High Anglican religious intolerance , and in general remained consistent to their beliefs in liberty of conscience and religious toleration for all Protestants . |
| 10 | Retirement continued to be good … the mind is completely empty of all great thoughts , forward plans , deadlines to be met yesterday rather than today ! |
| 11 | Under the Tudors , the granting of money continued to be one of the prime parliamentary functions . |
| 12 | This , reorganized by Charles VI in 1721 , continued to be one of the most important organs of government until the rise of the dominating figure of Kaunitz in the 1750s . |
| 13 | To ensure that his sovereign 's dignity was not slighted by any infringement of the precedence claimed by his representatives continued to be one of the major tasks of the European diplomat ; and the continuing importance of questions of precedence is shown by the continuing production of books which claimed to elucidate them . |
| 14 | Although the Foreign Ministry on April 14 had said that full membership of the EC continued to be one of Turkey 's " main foreign policy goals " , the European press noted that the Turkish government now accepted that " purely demographic considerations " precluded Turkey from early passage to full membership . |
| 15 | Taylor-Morgan warned that low production , low exports , a deteriorating balance of payments and inability to service debt repayments continued to be serious problems . |
| 16 | But there was no suggestion that Gray had been involved in anything improper and Jefferson continued to be involved in youth work . |
| 17 | He was present at the surrender of Dunbar in May 1296 , which marked the victorious conclusion of Edward 's first campaign , but his main work continued to be high-level diplomacy . |
| 18 | Advertising continued to be disappointing although there was a good improvement at the latter end of the year . |
| 19 | Relations with the Soviet Union continued to be friendly , building on the traditional links between the two countries and on the more recent visit by the Soviet President , Mikhail Gorbachev , to Delhi in November 1986 [ see p. 34946 ] . |
| 20 | They continued to be present at Parliament until the day in March 1707 when they were laid to rest in the great oak chest . |
| 21 | His health continued to be uncertain and 5 April 1899 , aged only forty , he died in Cannes during a brief holiday on the Riviera . |
| 22 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 23 | As a general rule those young people who join the YTP will be the 11+ failures whose career at secondary school continued to be unsuccessful and who left school with little or no qualifications . |
| 24 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 25 | We know , for instance , from Pepys ' Diary that it continued to be possible to exchange coins of the Commonwealth for three months after their demonetisation by Charles II . |
| 26 | Although there had been an appreciable rise in incomes , supplies in the state shops continued to be poor , encouraging a growing black market [ for clampdown in August against black marketeers see p. 37665 ] . |
| 27 | Given their short time in port , members continued to be disappointed when instant success eluded them . |
| 28 | Relations continued to be close and cooperative but the district now identified more with its " champion of the people " role , less with the protection of its own units . |
| 29 | First , we can use hoards to define the time individual coin types remained in circulation , since we can tell from them how long a particular coin continued to be available for hoarders . |
| 30 | Copies of the Express continued to be available , shipped up from England . |