Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was stopped after one minute with 25 µl of 9% SDS sample buffer ( 0.0015% bromophenol blue , 10 ml of 2% SDS , 25 mM TRIS pH 6.8 , and 20% sucrose ) . |
| 2 | Protestant — loyalist domination , successor to the ascendancy , was circumscribed to one corner of Ireland while the catholic — nationalist alliance asserted total domination in the remainder . |
| 3 | It was intended at one stage to extend the line as far as Portsmouth ! |
| 4 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 5 | The trial was halted after one year instead of the planned three after 20 per cent of patients taking only zidovudine died compared with only 10 per cent of those taking a ‘ cocktail ’ of zidovudine and acyclovir . |
| 6 | It was commented in one company that , since commercial environments have become more volatile in the 1980s , it is no longer sensible to undertake detailed quantitative analysis of market sizes or market shares . |
| 7 | In order to ensure that the Catholic population won at least one of the three seats allocated to Northern Ireland , the whole of the province was treated as one constituency with three members . |
| 8 | Then at least we would avoid the congestion of bus traffic along there and if townbound traffic was limited to one stop on the museum side of Tubwell Row instead of two stops in 100 yards we might get somewhere in more senses than one . |
| 9 | He was propped on one elbow beside her , the width of the picnic hamper giving her an illusion of safety from too close an intimacy . |
| 10 | The supplementation dose was given for one month , in two or three tablets with meals . |
| 11 | The report said : ‘ A safety-critical task … was undertaken by one individual who also carried total responsibility for the quality achieved and the installation was not tested until the aircraft was airborne on a passenger carrying flight . ’ |
| 12 | In the present case the writing by the deceased of the contents of the 18 April 1986 document was completed in one operation . |
| 13 | The head , which he judged to weigh just over two pounds , was blackened on one side with congealed blood from which one or two coarse grey hairs sprouted like whiskers . |
| 14 | A dealer was sacked from one firm because he had leaked disloyal comments to the Press , and the tape was played back to him as evidence . |
| 15 | Frederick was plagued with one illness after another throughout his childhood , mainly suffering from asthma and other breathing problems . |
| 16 | His fair hair was parted on one side , and a lock of it fell across his forehead . |
| 17 | A notice reading : ‘ This is the sentence of Irgun 's High Tribunal ’ , was fastened to one body . |
| 18 | Railfreight 's success in the 1980s was clouded by one area of uncertainty . |
| 19 | We did a few vocals and overdubs and eventually the album was mixed bar one track , which he did somewhere else . |
| 20 | Life on board these opulent ships was claimed by one tourist to be ‘ the perfection of human existence ’ : electric light , carpets , libraries , ladies ' saloons , gleaming brass , and white-robed servants with red tarbooshes to provide excellent service . |
| 21 | Then Fairbrother lobbed Andrew to Such at mid-wicket , Graham Lloyd was lbw in the same over , and two overs later Speak was caught behind one run short of his first century of the season . |
| 22 | She was rich , beautiful , clever and amusing , and her wit became renowned ; she was featured in the picture papers , in the scandal sheets , and everyone of consequence was reported at one time or another to be going to marry her . |
| 23 | Ostensibly defending the sanctity of the Sabbath against the joyful musical interruptions of the Salvationists , it was reported from one area that rioting Skeletonites were dressed in ‘ coloured rags and tinsel , masks , helmets , and other pantomime clothing ’ , and in several localities police chiefs found it necessary to ban Salvation Army processions for fear of riots . |
| 24 | A greater mortality in hypertensive compared to normotensive diabetics was reported in one study but no comparison with non-diabetic hypertensives was made ( Hayward & Lucena , 1965 ) , while a 10-year prospective study of 370 diabetics showed that hypertension was no more hazardous in diabetics than non-diabetics ( Pell & D'Alonzo , 1970 ) . |
| 25 | She was discharged after one week but four weeks later , she relapsed with symptoms of watery diarrhoea and fresh blood , abdominal pain , and a further weight loss of 6.3 kg . |
| 26 | The accession of a child-king was also a dangerous time , especially if he , or indeed a mature monarch , was dominated by one group at the expense of others . |
| 27 | Wendy Costello-Roberts , who brought the case , and her family 's adviser , said the court decision was carried by one vote . |
| 28 | parin 's head was cocked to one side . |
| 29 | His head was cocked to one side as if awaiting instructions . |
| 30 | Early computer programs were that simple ; the whole of the program was contained in one file . |