Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tough marking by the Argentinian defenders Batista , Monzon and Simon meant that the Soviet referee A Spirin , and the Italian magic sponge were kept busy . |
| 2 | It seemed a shame to cancel the celebrations : children in the Borough were allowed free riding on Coronation Day , which they used to full advantage ! |
| 3 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 4 | The Belfast club were facing an estimated loss of £15,000 on their preliminary round ties with conquerors Dinamo Tbilisi — before the Georgian side were found guilty of trying to bribe match officials . |
| 5 | Two children in the car were rescued unhurt , and a woman inside the house narrowly avoided being hit by debris . |
| 6 | The examination papers written in Victoria 's large , even script were considered adequate ; her interview was unexceptional , although the examiners at Girton College recognised her at once as she had been universally described by all who knew her : an extremely pleasant girl of excellent character . |
| 7 | The face and neck were coloured bright blue and red , and the head was topped with an oval dome of bone . |
| 8 | Photographs made after the attack on the German Naval Base at Gdynia showed the five hundred and fifty foot liner Stuttgart burning fiercely , three other ships in the harbour were left burning and dock railway yards and workshops hit . |
| 9 | They were released when the terms of the review were found acceptable . |
| 10 | Prominent strips of inlay were left unfinished ; awkward patches of pink sandstone intrude into the glistening white of the dome . |
| 11 | Although the Prophet Muhammad forbade castration , eunuchs were always common in Muslim society and because of their sterility were considered free of the taint of sexuality . |
| 12 | To raise funds for the buildings , it was resolved that ‘ friends of the Institution should be requested to lend money on interest at three per cent per annum — the principal to be repaid as soon as funds of the College were found sufficient for that purpose ’ . |
| 13 | In 11 patients , all of whom showed a good clinical response to a gluten free diet , repeat biopsy was deemed unwise because of frailty or associated health problems . |
| 14 | Garbage was piled high in corners , and Maggie watched Sarah stepping carefully so as not to tread in the filth . |
| 15 | But the remedy was made available by the House of Lords to a prisoner who alleged breaches of procedural rules by a deputy governor inquiring into disciplinary offences . |
| 16 | In addition , military aid was made available from the United States of America , and the cost of maintaining American forces in Europe , was met by the U.S.A. Treasury . |
| 17 | The deal was made possible by some countries , notably Germany , Denmark and the Netherlands , taking on larger carbon cuts than others . |
| 18 | This deal was made acceptable to those provinces which would lose seats in the new Senate by increasing their representation in a House of Commons expanded from 295 to 337 members . |
| 19 | Inside , the garden was restored in the 1920s as was much of the interior of the palace , but a great deal was left unfinished . |
| 20 | In separate incidents in November a journalist was shot dead and bombs caused damage to the Istanbul offices of ANAP . |
| 21 | Freire 's experiment was cut short by a military coup , so it is difficult to judge the results . |
| 22 | Whatever his motives , his experiment was made possible by the power he had to distribute land to the motley collection of individuals who would join him . |
| 23 | She began work in charge of the male wards only , but in 1867 her authority was extended to all the wards , and the experiment was made permanent . |
| 24 | The assailant was shot dead by police . |
| 25 | At a stroke , overnight , east German industry was knocked out , and the work force was made redundant . |
| 26 | A MAJOR heroin dealing ring was believed smashed today after police made a series of early-morning raids in Liverpool . |
| 27 | On one occasion the door to his bedroom was left open and if you had passed along the corridor you could have caught a glimpse of the Collector , slumped on his bed , haggard and ginger-whiskered , the very picture of despair . |
| 28 | The President was re-elected unopposed on June 25 , 1989 , for a seven-year term [ see p. 36727 ] . |
| 29 | The defendant was held liable , for the fire which did the damage was not that which broke out in the carburettor but that which spread to the car and this second or continuing fire did not ‘ accidentally ’ begin . |
| 30 | The defendant was held liable for trespass , for ‘ the right to the possession draws after it a constructive possession , which is sufficient to support the action . ’ |