Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique used was lazy-bed cultivation which is a form of hand cultivation . |
| 2 | The mass of lead(II) iodide produced was 2.305 g . |
| 3 | The mix used was two x 2 gallon buckets of building sand , one bucket of Portland cement and 250 grams of fibres — this mix is specified in the pamphlet that comes with the product . |
| 4 | The implication of it relating strictly to tariff involves an assumption that the tariff advised was 17 years ' detention as punishment for retribution and deterrence . |
| 5 | Given that our Association had been 75 years outside the wider Trade Union Movement , our Delegates were concerned at what type of reception they might receive from the Conference . |
| 6 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 7 | Her presence and her loss had been equal disasters . |
| 8 | What the exercise revealed was that ageism is a phenomenon shared and indulged by older people themselves . |
| 9 | Second bottom United were five points from a survival spot at the start of this week , though they have played more games than any of the three clubs immediately above them . |
| 10 | The average length of the colonic loop studied was 20 cm . |
| 11 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
| 12 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
| 13 | Brian Leith 's job was to film the political campaign of a Sarawak conservationist , when the last thing the campaign needed was Western broadcasters hanging around . |
| 14 | The most contentious issue discussed was Latin America 's attitude to Cuba following the change in its relationship with the former Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The move follows six months of negotiations during which the City of London , which owns some of the land on which the polytechnic is built , stuck out for a rent that one expert said was three times the market value ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 7 ) . |
| 16 | Churchill , Eden , Macmillan , and Home had been political grandees ; all emerged through the ‘ magic circle , and not as a result of election by MPs . |
| 17 | The turning point for me came after scum had been one fo the chosen matches for about 8 weeks in succession , then one evening it seemed they were nt . |
| 18 | STAFF TRAINING The details have yet to be revealed but Mr Pearson said the council had been encouraging firms to train their staff since 1983 . |
| 19 | Two days later we were in the grips of another Hebbert epic , running round the High Level Route to get back to Wasdale Head for 10.00pm — our estimated time of return had been three hours earlier ! |
| 20 | The Algerian ambassador to Iran was recalled on Jan. 18 , following what the Algerian Foreign Ministry claimed were unacceptable attacks by the official Iranian media which could harm " the sovereignty and unity " of the Algerian people . |
| 21 | ABOVE The analysis of a small sample from this clay lamp by various methods , including infra-red spectroscopy , showed that the most likely fuel used was olive oil . |
| 22 | Judge John Curran QC said the weapon used was some form of cap-firing pistol . |
| 23 | More importantly , in the beginning all the band needed was one hook line . |
| 24 | What the Aplysia group needed was some process in their favoured animal which could be unequivocally recognized as long-term memory and whose circuitry could be studied in a similar manner to that they had so effectively employed with the short-term processes ; hence the attention paid in the early 1980s to finding an analogue of classical conditioning of the gill and siphon withdrawal reflex . |
| 25 | The differences in history , theology and practices , combined with historic jealousies and denominational structures which prospered as membership grew were enormous stumbling blocks . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's what I was on about , Boyo , ’ Taff answered , pointing to the spot a few yards away where the mortar team had been this morning . |
| 27 | Clearly cancelling the preview had been one option the producers had discussed . |
| 28 | Her last post had been General Secretary to the Association of Headmistresses . |
| 29 | Lome IV was signed in December 1989 ( see p. 37133 ) and was to come into effect in March 1990 for a 10-year period ( unlike the previous conventions , whose duration had been five years ) . |
| 30 | While the ebb and flow to this point had been absorbing stuff , the ensuing capitulation was nothing short of astonishing , far more dramatic and conclusive than that suffered by England two years ago ; but still never totally unexpected on a pitch showing wear and uneven bounce in equal measure . |