Example sentences of "continued [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His list of 400 healing plants , described and detailed in four books , is probably the most famous materia medica of all , and continued to be a standard reference for European medicine for the next 1,500 years . |
| 2 | There continued to be a small sloughy area about 1cm in diameter in the centre of the wound . |
| 3 | In the first place , they had lent vital paramilitary support to the rising and continued to be a crucial source of committed volunteers on the battle fronts . |
| 4 | Reynolds said that despite the considerable economic progress made by Ireland in the past three years , the size of the national debt [ see below ] continued to be a major constraint upon development and prevented further tax concessions . |
| 5 | If there is no certain indication that Offa was able to establish his authority in Kent in the aftermath of Otford , however , there is no substantial indication either that he continued to be a political presence in Kent after 765 . |
| 6 | With secondrank politicians , interest in politics continued to be a strong predictor of their visibility , although the impact of television viewing also increased ( Table 7.9 ) . |
| 7 | With these second-rank politicians , interest in politics continued to be a strong predictor of their visibility although the impact of television viewing also increased . |
| 8 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |
| 9 | She went to a special school , and continued to be a voluntary helper at the school where I taught when I left . |
| 10 | Woodacon Oils continued to be a steady performer , increasing its product storage capacity . |
| 11 | The reaction of the audience was enthusiastic , and the play continued to be a popular success after it had opened at the Lyric Theatre in London on 16 September , ( Henry Sherek had again wanted to take the play first to New York , but Eliot vetoed the idea ) . |
| 12 | Video recorders continued to be a popular buy . |
| 13 | The ‘ phenomenally good news ’ was that between 1987 and 1992 the growth in the number of book buyers had outstripped the growth in the population , and reading continued to be a weekly activity for 71% of it . |
| 14 | Jeremy Taylor 's The Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying ( 1651 ) continued to be a well-loved book of solace and meditation throughout the nineteenth century ; seven editions were published by Pickerings , and Rivingtons brought out a new edition as late as 1889 . |
| 15 | Espionage continued to be an essential and sometimes very important ingredient in the conduct of international relations . |
| 16 | Thereafter he continued to be an influential committee-man until he returned to Ireland as a parliamentary commissioner in June 1649 . |
| 17 | He was probably apprenticed as a London scrivener and continued to be an active member of the Scriveners ' Company throughout his life . |
| 18 | So long as the Old Pretender remained at large an invasion of England or Scotland continued to be an ever-present possibility . |