Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever , when he arrived at the Ring , Niki was pilloried in the sporting press for his opposition to a great track in which all the other champions had raced : if he was so craven-hearted , they said , he should n't be racing . |
| 2 | After winning his first 13 fights , Ferguson 's career slump started when he was stopped in the 10th round by former contender Carl Williams in August 1985 . |
| 3 | He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round . |
| 4 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 5 | His reign as champion , however , lasted only two months and he was stopped in the tenth round of a return contest in New York City . |
| 6 | The three judges each scored it 100–86 for Panamanian Duran who was stopped in the sixth round by Pat Lawler in his last fight in March , 1991 . |
| 7 | Two fights later , he was stopped in the sixth by Tyson , whom he had helped prepare for several fights as a sparring partner . |
| 8 | Labour was joined in the new government by the left-Zionist Meretz grouping and the ultra-orthodox Shas ( International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews ) . |
| 9 | Musical director of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers from 1978 to 1981 , where he joined a select musical fraternity in the band 's history that included Horace Silver , Benny Golson and Wayne Shorter , he was joined in the front line by Wynton Marsalis , whose brother Branford took over the saxophone chair after Watson left to concentrate on ‘ Horizon ’ and other projects . |
| 10 | A letter from Baker to the then Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Alptemocin was leaked in the Turkish press and was shown to urge " flexibility " and " a more conciliatory attitude " on the Turkish side . |
| 11 | This building was erected in the nineteenth century and was the first mill on the site . |
| 12 | This huge monumental arch was erected in the early years of the nineteenth century to celebrate the victories of Napoleon , although it was swiftly re-dedicated to Peace when the Austrians returned . |
| 13 | The western part of the cathedral was erected in the thirteenth century and culminated in one of the most beautiful façades anywhere in Europe . |
| 14 | The Parish Church or Church of São Sebastião , stands near the central square and was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 15 | The present guest house was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | The cairn was erected in the 1870s by the local gamekeeper and named after him : it stands twelve feet high with an interior providing shelter , and occupies a vantage point from which Josse could survey the whole of his domain . |
| 17 | This church was erected in the mid-nineteenth century in an area of South London which was being developed , to an overall plan , as a residential estate . |
| 18 | We are given The value for , was calculated in the previous example as The standard enthalpy of combustion of methane is given in table 5.2 as |
| 19 | Therefore , the babies ' body mass curve was calculated in the same manner as for adults , from birth length and birth weight , and this measure was substituted for birth weight in the regression equation . |
| 20 | The Israeli delegation was shaken by US Secretary of State James Baker 's unequivocal announcement on Feb. 24 , coinciding with the opening of the talks , that the USA would not provide US$10,000 million in loan guarantees to Israel unless settlement building was halted in the occupied territories . |
| 21 | Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round . |
| 22 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 23 | The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century . |
| 24 | It takes its name from Betchworth Castle , a medieval mansion that was altered in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries but is now a ruin . |
| 25 | Partly Byzantine and partly Romanesque , it was altered in the Gothic period by Arnolfo di Cambio when he was working on the cathedral . |
| 26 | He retired from active service at the end of the war but was recalled in the early summer of 1648 when Parliament found itself facing a serious mutiny in the fleet . |
| 27 | Tax relief on mortgage interest payments is now restricted to the basic rate of income tax ; all higher rate relief was withdrawn in the 1991 Budget . |
| 28 | Later that same month the Hawksworth baby was christened in the Norman church . |
| 29 | Another problem , and one that was intimated in the previous paragraph , is the question of who is to be considered accountable to whom . |
| 30 | All Children Together , or ACT , was formed in the early 1970s . |