Example sentences of "[noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | This impasse was made worse by continued falls in copper prices until the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | This impasse was to last until a number of dramatic events changed the face of the industry and markedly reduced the power of the trade unions . |
| 3 | Asked how the impasse was overcome a spokesman for ICL Moscow says : ‘ It was by us taking a firm line . |
| 4 | This seemingly irreconcilable impasse was resolved by President Carter and his staff who encouraged both sides to take the risk of thinking more critically and creatively about solving their joint problems , along the following lines . |
| 5 | The impasse was deepened by the refusal of Quebec 's Liberal Premier , Robert Bourassa , under pressure from the growing separatist Parti Québecois opposition , to contemplate a revision or excision of the " distinct society " clause . |
| 6 | The impasse was broken when Bush conceded on one of his key demands , a reduction in the capital gains tax . |
| 7 | The impasse was eventually broken after the Prime Minister invoked an arcane constitutional device to create more PCP Senators [ see p. 37705 ] , and used a closure motion for the first time within Canada 's upper chamber . |
| 8 | Sejdo Bajramovic was appointed to succeed Sapunziju as the representative for Kosovo ( whose functions , dismantled only on March 18 , had been summarily restored ) . |
| 9 | It was nice to fill up with Perrier till your bladder was bursting , then go in the gents and let forth a good stream . |
| 10 | Her bladder was full . |
| 11 | Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting . |
| 12 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 13 | His bladder was full to straining , and there was no catheter-tube in the DeLorean . |
| 14 | A superficial cancer of the bladder was detected during transrectal ultrasonography of the prostate and a caecal cancer was found on barium enema examination in a patient with iron deficiency anaemia . |
| 15 | Erm the unstable bladder was present more often amongst our obstructed group although erm this was not something that would distinguish the obstructed patients from the non-obstructed . |
| 16 | Well you were always One thing you were very careful , you had to see that the gall bladder was removed . |
| 17 | Although he was hoping to use it to get away from his captor , his bladder was indeed uncomfortably full . |
| 18 | Initially the gall bladder was opacified with contrast ( half strength Conray 280 ) injected through a 22 G spinal needle introduced into the gall bladder under ultrasound guidance . |
| 19 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 20 | The gall bladder mucosa seemed normal in 16 patients ; in two there was evidence of chronic inflammation , and in one patient the gall bladder was acutely inflammed . |
| 21 | For instance access to the gall bladder was lost in one patient , a well described problem and the absence of a safety guide wire meant that greater care with the track had to be exercised . |
| 22 | Difficulties determining whether or not the gall bladder was clear of stones were encountered ; indeed , four patients were thought to be free of stones at the end of the procedure only to have fragments found on the 10th day . |
| 23 | Radiotherapy for cancer of the bladder was typically given in two phases ; phase I tumour dose of 40 Gray in 20 daily fractions over four weeks and Phase II 20 Gray in 10 daily fractions over two weeks , the different phases being distinguished by the fields used but always irradiating a similar volume of the rectum . |
| 24 | Bovine gall bladder was obtained from the local abattoir and transferred on ice to the Laboratory within 20 minutes of slaughter . |
| 25 | The gall bladder was opened and the lumen rinsed with modified Hanks 's balanced salt solution ( HBSS , Sigma Chemical Co Ltd , St Louis , USA ) to remove bile and debris . |
| 26 | This confirmed intra and extrahepatic duct dilatation in 31 patients ( 77% ) , cholecystolithiasis in 19 of the 32 patients ( 60% ) in whom the gall bladder was in place . |
| 27 | Chenodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid , 7.5 mg/kg body weight , administered daily as a single dose at bedtime , were started 10 days before the first lithotripsy session and continued until the gall bladder was stone free for three months . |
| 28 | The stone free date corresponds to the first time the gall bladder was considered to be free of fragments and sludge . |
| 29 | Urine passed throught the night was saved and on rising the bladder was again emptied , the urine saved , and the exact time noted . |
| 30 | We have , therefore , chosen a control group , which comprised patients with normal liver function tests and in whom the gall bladder was removed during liver resection . |