Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skills that were needed to make intricate patterns by manipulating bobbins and pins at speed were learned at an early age . |
| 2 | Conversely , to enter the chemical laboratory envisaged in 1606 by Andreas Libavius — a respectable Lutheran humanist , critic of the Paracelsians , and author of what has been described as the first chemical textbook — would be to enter an open house in which the products of the furnace were investigated with a sense of responsibility for the welfare of one 's fellow men . |
| 3 | One moment the Sergeant was screaming at his men to charge hard home , and the next he and his horse were hit by the metal gale of an exploding canister . |
| 4 | Although the trade union side were furnished with a job description , we have been unable to ascertain the role of the area directors , particularly in relation to where they fit into the industrial relations network . |
| 5 | The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting . |
| 6 | Preferring to pound the rugby pitch rather than passively wait for Valentine 's cards dropping through the letter box , the efforts of the 15 women on the Scotland side were rewarded with a 10-0 win . |
| 7 | Against a dark background pieces of white card were moved in a plane perpendicular to the line of view until ‘ seen ’ . |
| 8 | Paired data for laser energy per month required and for frequency of endoscopic treatment before and after radiotherapy were analysed with the Wilcoxon signed rank test . |
| 9 | Whenever possible laser and radiotherapy were performed on an outpatient basis although many patients came from long distances so radiotherapy had to be given as an inpatient . |
| 10 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 11 | All four patients with complete bile duct transection were treated with a proximal hepaticojejunostomy with Roux-en-Y jejunal loop . |
| 12 | Measures passed by those of a different political hue were described as the work of a ‘ previous government ’ . |
| 13 | Women with a history of bone disease and those taking drugs or with conditions known to affect bone metabolism were excluded from the study . |
| 14 | Safeguards for the Spanish steel industry were incorporated in an additional protocol , the talks having been held up over Spain 's concern that cheap steel exports from the three countries would disrupt its domestic industry . |
| 15 | For years the economics of the nuclear power industry were concealed within the overall accounts of the public sector electricity industry . |
| 16 | On 6 January 1992 the Standards of Work Based Competence for the hospitality and catering industry were agreed by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 17 | The various approaches to CPD in the construction industry were reviewed in a report last year for the DOE and the Council for National Academic Awards . |
| 18 | Ultimately , the British could not win the battle for civil aviation after 1945 because their economic performance and uncompetitive aircraft industry were outclassed by the size and strength of the American competition . |
| 19 | Considerable differences in soil types , climate , age groups , methods of farming , outlets for produce , attitudes and thoughts on the future of the industry were found within a 30 mile radius of Bourg en Bresse . |
| 20 | The purpose of this provision would be to ensure that where threats other than of immediate violence were employed by a defendant , the woman would be regarded as consenting . |
| 21 | Other women who had been the subject of The Fox 's violence were described by the press . |
| 22 | Trees twenty-four kilometres from the volcano were felled by the blast , and sandy ash carried by the nuees formed deposits over thirty centimetres thick even nine kilometres away . |
| 23 | In addition , four patients ' lymph nodes seen to contain acid fast bacilli on Ziehl-Neelsen staining were included as a positive control of DNA extraction and sample inhibition in our study samples . |
| 24 | Questions about the band 's future were fuelled by a Derry Brownson quote featured in the Daily Mirror which originated in a European magazine : ‘ We may not be around much longer . |
| 25 | There is some reason for such an approach since agreements between management and labour were reached within a framework of national collective bargaining . |
| 26 | Thus within the new boundaries old hostilities between anglican and nonconformist , publican and temperance reformer , and even manufacturer and sections of skilled labour were buried by an overriding concern to forge unity against the municipal politics of the labour group . |
| 27 | The seeds of further sexual confusion were sown by the custom , in the cinemas of Wellington , Shropshire , where I lived , of spraying the audience with perfumed deodorant during the intervals . |
| 28 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 29 | Six millilitres of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for one hour at room temperature . |
| 30 | Sixty ml of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health , formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for 1 hour at room temperature . |