Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In his conference speech Mr Fowler attacked Labour 's reviewed industrial relations policy , saying it had one aim : to make strikes easier . |
| 2 | What is absolutely erm essential is that we do more to provide good quality support teaching materials and advice and that the grant that I mentioned earlier is made full use of , so that specialisms and co-ordination can be much improved in primary schools . |
| 3 | He had first been appointed Chief Minister in early December 1989 , replacing his father Devi Lal , on the latter 's appointment to the central Cabinet . |
| 4 | He had first been found guilty of setting fire to an armoured personnel carrier commandeered by students and a car during the 19898 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing . |
| 5 | Ivor Newley had last been seen alive by independent witnesses on the morning of Sunday , 27 January . |
| 6 | Gerry Boden had last been seen alive strolling negligently along the garden hedge , and somewhere along the course of that hedge he had vanished . |
| 7 | A firearm found near the body was identified as belonging to Ouko , who had last been seen alive on the night of Feb. 12 . |
| 8 | At a press conference , Wiltshire Police revealed that Mrs Campbell had last been seen alive a week ago . |
| 9 | In Wester Ross there was only 1% of permanent grass indicating that any land considered ploughable was termed arable , whilst in Powys the steep slopes dictated that there was no other option . |