Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thermoluminescence dating of the clay core suggested that the statue was only a few centuries old , and this was supported by technical examination and analysis which showed that the casting technology and the metal used were quite typical of the Renaissance , and equally unlike those used by the Romans . |
| 2 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 3 | Even this was influenced by international conditions . |
| 4 | This was exhibited in various places with great financial success . |
| 5 | Much of this was funded by personal borrowing , providing jobs in Credit and Banking ; the security for lending often coming from people 's own homes , as the desire to own and furnish better homes set off a spiral of house-price inflation . |
| 6 | This was said through gritted teeth . |
| 7 | He even added a comment : ‘ This was written by Eled in an attempt to spoil the Book , but it will remain if I live to be 100 . ’ |
| 8 | This was revealed in unaccompanied choral writing ( a movement from the Herbert Howells Requiem , superbly recorded by the Corydon Singers under Matthew Best ten years ago on Hyperion ) . |
| 9 | This was expressed with cheerful humility . |
| 10 | This was condemned in western countries , but feeling against jews was common everywhere : Freud 's father had his hat knocked off by a Gentile who shouted at him ‘ Jew , get off the pavement ’ , and Jewish shops were smashed by miners in Tredegar in 1911 . |
| 11 | However , at the end of the second week I had a high ammonia reading and nitrite was starting to build up — this was diluted by frequent partial water changes . |
| 12 | Invariably this was made of boiled capon or chicken and beef , thickened with a special sort of pasta called tempestina ( ‘ small hail ’ ) or home-made tagliatelle . |
| 13 | This was geared to communal audiences , such as factory workers , who wanted background listening , and it was broadcast from the factory floor . |
| 14 | An impressive demonstration of this was given at Great Casterton in the first section across the town rampart in 1950 ( Corder , 1951 ) , excavated with meticulous care as part of a training school ; every sherd was collected and recorded , totalling in all about 100 from the bank . |
| 15 | All- trans retinoic acid ( 25mgml -1 in dimethylsulphoxide ) was diluted 1/10 in sesame seed oil and 200μl of this was given to pregnant females at 7.5d.p.c. by gavage for a final dose of 20mgkg -1 as previously described . |
| 16 | This was given with frank envy . |
| 17 | This was undertaken by outside experts but generally , volunteer input has been the order of the day for most of the restoration works . |
| 18 | This was treated with sliding-scale insulin therapy . |
| 19 | This was treated in general terms in Chapter 1 and with specific regard to predation in Chapter 2 . |
| 20 | This was determined by automated analysis in the Department of Chemical Pathology using a SMAC machine . |
| 21 | This was stated in total emphatic form by the anonymous French student who retorted when General de Gaulle returned in haste from Romania and said : ‘ La réforme , oui . |
| 22 | This was followed by positional and B- value refinement through energy minimization . |
| 23 | Skeleton written arguments were submitted by both parties in accordance with the usual procedures of this court and this was followed by oral argument in open court on 5 May 1992 . |
| 24 | This was followed by roast salmon with noodles and saffron cream while my partner savoured ragout of seafish with saffron and cherry tomatoes . |
| 25 | In May 1855 he was in contact with Hammond and this was followed by frequent consultations with other members of the Office to ascertain their requirements . |
| 26 | This was followed by similar railways at Clifton Spa in Bristol , Bridgnorth in Shropshire , and Constitutional Hill in Aberystwyth . |
| 27 | This was followed by final production advice and then the national network broadcast at 6 o'clock . |
| 28 | This was followed by immediate coronary angiography , further revascularisation as necessary , and assessment of left ventricular function and in-hospital complications . |
| 29 | This was followed by in-depth studies of fifteen boards to provide more detail . |
| 30 | The almost immediate effect of the outbreak of war in 1939 , following the almost entirely unexpected Nazi-Soviet pact , was that the Communist party , in France as in Vietnam , announced its opposition to the ‘ imperialist ’ war and , in both countries , this was followed by swift government repression . |