Example sentences of "[conj] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in RX and Pilkingtons union resistance was either negligible or was transformed into active cooperation , at Ford the quality circles foundered on the unions ' dismissal of the initiative as a heavy-handed attempt to short-circuit existing bargaining procedures . |
| 2 | At the outset of a partnership that was to lead to great success , Allison was placed on the front line of the band 's paranoid attitude to outside influence . |
| 3 | A dozen years ago , Zilog Corp with the Z80 , Micropro International Corp with WordStar , Digital Research Inc with CP/M , Software Arts Inc with VisiCalc , Wang Laboratories Inc with its office systems , ruled the low end of the industry — the end that was poised for explosive growth over the next decade : where are they now ? |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , besides Chuck Berry and the others , but that 's why they got it , that 's why they understood generally , because they were so close to the music that was played by black people — not for radio airplay , but because that 's what was in their hearts . |
| 5 | It was a thing that was created by popular demand . |
| 6 | Boxes of apples , which filled the air with a sickly sweet perfume , were stacked beside a cracked sink that was flanked by warped wooden draining boards . |
| 7 | But in ( 76 ) with the predicate qualifier the lady and her red hair are intensionally separated ; therefore while it is still possible to use ( 76 ) to the same effect as ( 75 ) , with everything that is constructed with the verb covered by without solid evidence , this notion may also be taken as only related to one of the two extending elements ; that is , Oliver may reliably know her and what she is like — it is her image as red-haired that was constructed without solid evidence . |
| 8 | Shortly after this they pulled into a small car park beside an old restored colonial house that was overhung by leafy trees and lit inside and out with softly golden lamps against the gathering dusk . |
| 9 | Pancreatitis was induced by caerulein that was diluted in saline and infused sc for five hours in conscious animals at a dose of 10 µg/kg/h and at a rate of 1 ml/h . |
| 10 | The fixed stomachs were photographed , and the area of the glandular mucosa that was covered by visible haemorrhagical lesions was determined by the use of a digitising tablet and the software SigmaScan ( Handel Scientific , Corte Madera , CA , USA ) . |
| 11 | When I was heavily pregnant we lived in one room that was infested with red ants . |
| 12 | It also furnished them with a curriculum in both secondary modern and grammar schools that was geared to national cultural demands and criteria of scholastic excellence . |
| 13 | She pointed to an area of the graphic that was expanding into other sections , eating into them like some strange , glittering kind of cancer . |
| 14 | Leader of the ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 , Dubcek was 70 when he died in Prague , and had been in intensive care after his car plunged off a road in heavy rain on September 1 . |
| 15 | ALEXANDER Dubcek won world fame as a symbol of hope when he headed the illfated ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform that was crushed by Soviet tanks in August 1968 . |
| 16 | They jogged past a river that was sheltered by overhanging trees . |
| 17 | Because they work : they do alter the mood that was disordered by addictive disease . |
| 18 | He told us about the chaos that was caused by socialist policies and referred especially to public works departmens . |
| 19 | Darwinian evolutionism is an example of a theory that was adopted by middle-class thinkers because it portrayed Nature in terms that paralleled their preferred framework of society . |
| 20 | In his mind that was guarded by grey , disinterested eyes and his sallow tight-drawn forehead , Holly could picture the process of how a match lit in innocence had tumbled upon an incendiary device . |
| 21 | This principle was based on an idea that was accepted by other Greek thinkers of this period — the concept of Time as a judge . |
| 22 | This enthusiasm , inspired by Scottish sections , was short lived , and nothing came of the move , but it did signal a phase of agitation over representation that was to culminate in formal acceptance of the principle at the 1917 Congress . |
| 23 | He concludes , therefore , that for the twin reasons of the capitalist 's desire to force high output from individual labourers and to prevent labourers from setting up in competition , a pattern of work organisation emerged in the early cotton industry that was characterised by intensive working in factories , with individuals performing fragmented tasks . |
| 24 | He reckons that up to 70% of Destiny originally featured in the modularised Unix System V.3 implementation that was developed by Convergent Technology for the ill-fated Unix PC which it manufactured under an OEM agreement for AT&T . |
| 25 | Use of the oral contraceptive pill was associated with a small increase in risk that was limited to current users . |
| 26 | Weldon studied crabs in Plymouth harbour that were being forced to live in water that was muddied by human activity . |
| 27 | It would then be a classic example of double talk if an initiative that was sold to general practitioners as a vehicle for enhancing freedom turned out to be a means of constraining it . |
| 28 | He was dressed in weather-stained leather that was decorated with scarlet and yellow thread , and there was a slim sword hanging from his hip . |
| 29 | Mr refers to European law and environmental statements that was passed into British legislation we have fully complied with that . |
| 30 | The rider wore a gilded Grecian helmet that was crested with black and red wool and plumed with a white tuft . |