Example sentences of "and [adj] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While three Swordfish directed the gunfire of the ships ( Italian sources reported 76 killed and 226 injured in this attack on Genoa ) , and Fulmars and Skuas patrolled protectively above , sixteen more Swordfish bombed and mined Livorne and La Spezia ; Italian Dicat gunners claimed one Swordfish shot down and in fact Midspmn . |
| 2 | ‘ Papert asks why half the population are maths phobics , afraid of numbers , and woolly headed about abstract concepts , ’ the narrator announced Any suspicion that this was the preface to yet another attempt to instil numeracy via some twist of new math , quickly disappeared . |
| 3 | Ten people lived on ordinary wards at the beginning of the study , and eight lived in special units reserved for those with the most challenging behaviour . |
| 4 | Excavations at the Late Hallstatt cemetery of Donja Dolina on the Save revealed seven cowrie shell beads on a necklace made up of hundreds of amber beads and some made of coloured glass . |
| 5 | As a child , she was always deeply affected by the story of the sower who sowed his seeds , and some fell by the wayside , and some on stony ground and some fell among the thorns , and some fell upon good ground and bore fruit . |
| 6 | One of the consequences of the difficult situation in schools and the low pay was that many teachers left the profession , even to work in the informal labour sector , and some moved to other countries . |
| 7 | Male unemployment is running at 27pc , and this coupled with severe health and social problems are just some of the issues the second bid is hoping to tackle . |
| 8 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 9 | For ex for instance , they er , often confided in one another , usually when they to see what they actually er share each other 's deepest thoughts , and this continued throughout later life , it could be argued bu but it continued throughout later life and what they , they often communicated by er , by letter . |
| 10 | The rise in English textile manufacturing was accompanied by changes in its location , and this led to major alterations in the geographical distribution of wealth within the country . |
| 11 | During the Twenties , following the neglect of the First World War period , three-quarters of the Blackpool tram track had to be relaid , and this led to extensive disruption of services and vocal criticisms of the Tramway Department . |
| 12 | The teacher demonstrated shadow animals using hands , and this led to further experiment with shadows . |
| 13 | In 1672 Haines obtained a patent for a new method of cleaning trefoil so as to improve the seed , and this led to public controversy with Caffyn , who was himself a local farmer , jealous of Haines 's influence with local notables , and convinced that patents were unchristian and patentees covetous . |
| 14 | It 's er unfortunately the case that relations between the partners broke down and this led in due course to proceedings being commenced by the plaintiffs against the defendant in relation to the dissolution of the partners , those proceedings were commenced in nineteen eighty nine , , er in the High Court Chancery Division , there were a number of issues raised in the litigation , one of the matters was a preliminary issue , er concerning the terms of the partnership and that came before er Mr Justice on the eighteenth of February nineteen ninety one , whereby he found in favour effectively of the defendant on that preliminary issue er the plaintiffs it seems were then claiming that partnership , the partnership at will , but Mr Justice held that they were part of the terms of the particular er partnership deed , so the defendants succeeded on that issue , the trial of the action then followed on the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one and er Mr Justice made an order for dissolution of the partnership , he then give various directions for accountant enquiries concerning the partnership and he made orders for payments of costs , now the orders for costs were this , that effectively the defendant was entitled to some costs of the preliminary issue and that the plaintiffs were entitled to costs of the er ma if I may put it this way , the main action , and there was then the provision for , set off for the defendant 's costs against the costs ordered to be paid by the defendant , perfectly normal form of order . |
| 15 | And this persisted into modern Vienna . |
| 16 | This strange rare and peculiar led to Nitric Acid which covered everything , I gave the 6c potency since again I did n't have the LM and after 4 weeks she reported improvement of the anal discomfort and a return of the old stomach symptoms . |
| 17 | Prussia in the 1820s and 1830s stood with one foot in the feudal , agricultural past and the other foot in the new age of industry . |
| 18 | Four people were reported killed and hundreds wounded in violent street battles between miners and security forces . |
| 19 | Six patients agreed to have the procedure performed under local anaesthaeia and six opted for general anaesthaesia . |
| 20 | Patients 302 and 303 died from myocardial infarctions but were also known to be affected with polyps found on screening in their late 30s andboth having later bowel resections . |
| 21 | Also yesterday , at least seven people were killed and 21 wounded in five hours of fighting between Somali militias in the southern port of Kismayu , the US military said . |
| 22 | He then introduced a new type of 4–4–0 express locomotive , with a leading bogie which gave much smoother and safer negotiation of curved track at speed , and these ran for fifty years from their entry into service in 1876 . |
| 23 | All the East European countries stressed their commitment to the construction of market economies which could eventually replace their existing centralized systems , and all appealed for increased assistance while changes were in progress . |
| 24 | He did not understand that she felt so shrivelled and drained , and all thought of sexual relations was abhorrent to her — she was not a fit partner , and shrank from his attentions with loathing . |
| 25 | I prayed that condoms were like stretch stockings and all came in one size . |
| 26 | Educational psychologists of the 1960s and 1970s pursued with great vigour the idea that working class and Black children used an illogical language that caused them to lag behind in school . |
| 27 | Professionals working in the service in the 1960s and 1970s spoke of poor conditions in the large dormitories with little personal space or privacy . |
| 28 | Mothers felt their anxiety levels were increased by the protective attitudes of midwives and doctors who withheld information , and many complained about conflicting advice and poor communication . |
| 29 | Something comparable , and no less surprising , had happened a century earlier with the art-criticism of John Ruskin , and there is often something unnerving in the spectacle of an activity once thought of as specialist and tedious catapulted into sudden acclaim . |
| 30 | In September a woman was killed when her vehicle was hit by a train on a level-crossing near Reading and in 1990 , 23 people died and 25 critically injured in 69 level crossing accidents , compared with 14 dead and 33 injured in 60 accidents the previous year . |