Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technical Division confirmed that their view was that such income ceased to be relevant income . |
| 2 | The limit in respect of advice in relation to undefended divorce proceedings had been raised to £45 in April 1977 when legal aid ceased to be available for such proceedings and that figure was subsequently raised to £55 in 1979 , £75 in 1981 and £90 in 1985 . |
| 3 | She and her father had visited many places of historical interest , including several castles , but the small castle perched on its rock promised to be special . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a load of bullshit ! ’ the culprit shouted before being strong-armed out of the door . |
| 5 | She took no notice , and I began to hate her , not because I was having to apologize — she looked so old and sad that I was genuinely sorry — but because she would n't listen and it was such a-terrible physical struggle for me to talk ; my mouth seemed to be full of some sickly , sticky stuff , like chewing-gum . |
| 6 | Er who ran bus services from Gala to Selkirk and Melrose and er we sold out to them because we , the other side of the business where the private car side seemed to be growing . |
| 7 | The heavy-lidded eyes were still half-open , the lips slightly parted ; in the flickering torchlight the figure seemed to be asleep . |
| 8 | Suddenly , the figure seemed to be aware of Jack 's presence and turned towards him , as if to ask what he wanted . |
| 9 | In Pahl 's well-known expression , local political research came to be concerned with ‘ Who gets the scarce resources and facilities ? |
| 10 | When sued , the defendant claimed to be liable only for the cost of the seed because of a clause in their contract to that effect . |
| 11 | Soon , however , restlessness and some undefined ambition began to be apparent . |
| 12 | After the dozenth girl Killion began to be afraid that he would not recognize her ; but when she came out , even with a single dimmed-out light bulb behind her head , she was so much more than his memories of her . |
| 13 | From 1742 Methodist societies were organized into ‘ classes ’ of 8–10 persons , each with a leader , based on Wesley 's conviction that spiritual oversight needed to be intimate and personal . |
| 14 | Yet no part of this extravaganza appeared to be derelict . |
| 15 | Conventional schooling in preparation for the show ring proved to be impossible . |
| 16 | The stone free interval between stone dissolution and trial entry proved to be important — those stone free>nine months had a recurrence rate of only 12.7 ( 6.0 ) % at 42 months compared with 55.4 ( 12.5 ) % in those stone free |
| 17 | It acknowledged the difficulties of the police in a terrorist campaign : complimented the RUC on its restraint and professional integrity and pointed out that the number of detectives who had resorted to physical violence appeared to be small in relation to the total force . |
| 18 | In multivariate analysis , chromosome 17p deletion proved to be independent of Dukes 's stage or grade . |
| 19 | O'Faolain 's prediction proved to be accurate . |
| 20 | The 10-week period of clinical practice proved to be invaluable . |
| 21 | While this latter disqualification had not prevented the marriage of the Duke d'Orléans , son of Louis-Philippe , with Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , it had in practice proved to be inconvenient , as the duchess did not change her faith and had been accused of pushing ‘ the Protestant interest ’ . |
| 22 | The Education Department appeared to be delighted with what they were doing with the family , and any materials required for teaching the one girl were supplied eagerly and promptly . |
| 23 | In Belfast , a small pilot study proved to be helpful in identifying relevant linguistic and speaker variables ( see 5.5 for a discussion of ethnicity in Belfast ) . |
| 24 | Fortunately , the conclusions reached by the feasibility study proved to be accurate : the school has progressed and increased its attendance with each academic year . |
| 25 | If one of the possible extensions scored well , i.e. the top-down prediction appeared to be correct , then the island would be extended further , otherwise the seed would be abandoned for the next best seed word generated bottom-up over that area . |
| 26 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 27 | The bid had to be hostile , and Tiphook , since it needed a rights issue to pay for its part of the deal , had to become a joint-bidder . |
| 28 | To do this successfully , the soldier had to be ready : he had to train in military skills which he might be called upon to use . |
| 29 | The association wished to be involved in a major city-centre conversion but needed to be sure that the selected project would succeed . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal in Brown [ 1985 ] Crim LR 212 widened the Collins definition by holding that the entry had to be effective , but need not be substantial . |