Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters of Pity were in business . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The architect 's plans for the changes made in nineteen hundred and ten when the Priory was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters took over . ’ |
| 3 | When , in 1986 , I collected a new Nissan car that a sponsor had bought for me , I was stopped four times in one day because the car was new and , as I had been told frequently enough by the police when I worked on Ealing Community Relations Council , black men ca n't afford new cars . |
| 4 | In his Mercedes he was stopped four times in the first few days . |
| 5 | He was joined last week by a handful of defeated Liberal Democrats including Nicol Stephen , who won Kincardine and Deesside the same night Dr Kumar won Langbaurgh November 7 . |
| 6 | It was intended that assessment was made through observation , practical work and discussion during normal lessons . |
| 7 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
| 8 | Its ornate Town Hall was completed in 1858 and was ceremonially opened by Queen Victoria herself , while the oval , glass-domed Corn Exchange was erected three years later . |
| 9 | He went on to regard the presence of more than two rows to be an indication of adult growth , but , whilst this may sometimes occur it is just as likely that the unfortunate whelk was checked several times during its immature life . |
| 10 | The scheme was halted last year after an alliance of environmentalists and native Americans succeeded in obtaining a judicial order on the grounds that a number of endangered species , including the purple warty back mussel , had been found about a mile from a planned drainage pipe outlet . |
| 11 | The public 's response was so overwhelming that the procession of cars , which each carried two team members , was halted several times as fans surged around the cars asking for autographs , shaking hands and giving the occasional kiss . |
| 12 | I knew the answer before I was recalled twenty minutes later , and Dr Barton pronounced judgment . |
| 13 | The star lot , Holbein 's Lady with a Squirrel , was withdrawn two weeks ago by Lord Cholmondeley , when he sold it to the National Gallery for £10 million . |
| 14 | This was followed by White Shops , next to the Duchess of Kent 's Military Hospital , where there were also bus stops and two schools but no crossing patrol , which was withdrawn several years ago . |
| 15 | The evidence is that when free concessionary travel was withdrawn fewer trips were made and there were fewer elderly bus passenger casualties . |
| 16 | The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the LDP 's controversial UN Peace Co-operation Bill , which was withdrawn three days later . |
| 17 | Three failed to comply with the protocol restrictions ; one patient continued to use H 2 receptor antagonists until she was withdrawn three days after entry and another was unable to keep his alcohol consumption below 40 U/week ; a third ( asymptomatic ) patient withdrew her consent within a month of randomisation . |
| 18 | Scotland must win the Malta game by a convincing margin , yet Roxburgh could be without McCoist , the scorer of 41 goals for Rangers this season , and Gordon Durie , who was withdrawn last week because of injury . |
| 19 | He may be the Henry Wilde who was the son of Horatio Wilde and his wife Hannah , and who was christened 17 February 1833 . |
| 20 | , Henry ( 1628–1704 ) , bookseller-publisher , was born in Carshalton , Surrey , the son of John Herringman , yeoman , and was christened 14 March 1628 at the Carshalton parish church . |
| 21 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 22 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 23 | The division was formed two years ago from a number of subsidiaries . |
| 24 | When the Quoc Dan Dang was formed two years ago we joined secretly and agreed to continue spying on Devraux . |
| 25 | The Catering Guild , a Division of the TM Group , Europe 's largest independent refreshment vending company , was formed four years ago with a view to providing a professional catering service combined with a fresh approach to the provision of staff meals . |
| 26 | The Friend Teesside group was formed four years ago to provide a counselling and advice service and last year received 597 calls for help . |
| 27 | The institute was formed six years ago as a result of the amalgamation of the Macaulay Institute of Soil Research and the Hill Farming Research Organisation . |
| 28 | An international committee of experts was formed this group was later reduced to three specialists to supervise the Brussels-based Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage , which conducted the actual work . |
| 29 | New journal : The Institute of Management , which was formed this week by the merger of two previous management bodies , has launched Professional Manager , a bi-monthly journal for its 75,000 members . |
| 30 | Belfast is the only area who run a first year league which was formed several seasons ago and this year 15 teams have entered with the finals before Easter . |