Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main cultures which Spengler analysed were the Apollinian ( Classical ) , Magian ( Eastern ) and Faustian ( Western ) . |
| 2 | Among those whom Collor retained were the three ministers with responsibility for military portfolios and the Economy Minister Marcílio Marques Moreira , who was identified with the IMF-approved economic austerity programme . |
| 3 | The machines used were an older one , the LICOR LI3100 Area Meter ( LICOR Inc. , Lincoln , Nebraska , U.S.A. ) and a later machine which became available during the project , the Delta-T Area Meter System with high resolution camera ( Delta-T Devices Ltd. , Burwell , Cambridge ) . |
| 4 | The paddles they used were the very narrow bladed ones like the Inuit sea kayak paddles . |
| 5 | Main types used were the Airspeed Oxford , Avro Anson , Fairey Battle and the Northrop Nomad . |
| 6 | In the upper panels , the 32 P-end-labelled fragments used were the 47 bp Mam I- Sfa NI fragment for the wt- , -65 , -68 , -72 and -73 mutant promoters and the 52 bp Mam I- Sau 3A fragment for the -75 mutant promoter . |
| 7 | Symptom measures used were the Birleson Depression Inventory , Revised Children 's Manifest Anxiety Scale , and the Impact of Events Scale ( IES ) . |
| 8 | His hall was built on a north-to-south axis , so that the wind blew through it constantly , keeping the air fresh ; but the odours of the spices and scented oils he used were the only ones a visitor might smell . |
| 9 | The instructions for the risk rating and the scale used were the same as those used for Study 2 . |
| 10 | The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter . |
| 11 | For statistical analysis , the tests used were the Bartlett test for homogenicity of variance , Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance for effects in time and comparison of differences between control and groups treated with scavengers , and the Mann-Whitney test for individual comparison of the group means . |
| 12 | The changes proposed were the ones that Ken Clarke and later William Waldegrave took through . |
| 13 | Neighbourhood Watch The only instances reported were the break-ins on two cars . |
| 14 | Neighbourhood Watch The only instances reported were the break-ins on two cars . |
| 15 | More than twenty four hours after the incident , firemen are still making the building safe , but they 've denied suggestions that the chemicals involved were a serious potential hazard.Julie Dolphin reports . |
| 16 | It appears that the principle species involved were the Thaidid Thais haemastoma and the Muricids Bolinus brandaris , B. cornutus and Phyllonotus trunculus . |
| 17 | The major unions involved were the General Confederation of Greek Workers ( GSEE ) and the Federation of Civil Servants ' Unions ( Adedy ) . |
| 18 | Other skills involved were the planning of time , the allocation of tasks , drawing up a questionnaire to be used to cover local facilities , telephoning and interviewing local licensees and decision-making in relation to the selection , organization and editing of information gathered . |
| 19 | In his case words and the mental images that they created were the only available means of communication with his people . |
| 20 | Other objects found were a purse and pottery and coffin nails . |
| 21 | ( One of our correspondents serving with 1st Armoured Division reports a visit to 1st Bn. , Staffordshire Regt. , in which he knew a company from 1st Grenadier Guards was serving under command ; the first men he encountered were a Milan crew — from 1st Royal Green Jackets … ) |
| 22 | The only explicit courses in initial training for subject specialists other than language teachers mentioned were a PGCE unit for drama students at a Polytechnic ( for nine students : no. of hours not listed ) , and a 20 hour course for 10 PGCE students of economics at a College . |
| 23 | What he provided were the principles . |
| 24 | There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown . |
| 25 | I thought I was getting David and maybe a few personal possessions , but when he actually turned up , he was with a friend in a very large van , and this rather ethereal , thin , slightly spotty figure that was David in those days , dressed in extremely scruffy clothes , emerged from this van carrying a twelve string guitar , which it transpired was a present from Pete Townshend . |
| 26 | What transpired was a superb display in the line-outs and the driving rucks , where Garryowen 's Waikato lock , Brent Anderson , gave a typical display , well backed by no.8 Ben Cronin and Robert Costello at lock , but particularly by an astoundingly good all round performance by the 20-year-old hooker , Keith Wood . |
| 27 | After the Queen 's Speech at the opening of the new session of the Stormont parliament , it criticised the failure of the Government to give any commitment on a universal franchise and the Special Powers Act , but the only action it proposed was a low-key educational programme . |
| 28 | The solution proposed was a two-tier system by which government appointed peers would have the right to vote , hereditary peers being allowed to speak but not vote while the delaying powers on legislation would be cut to six months . |
| 29 | The subject proposed was The Problem of Pain . |
| 30 | What Ceauşescu proposed was the ‘ expansion of the socialist farming system to encompass all agriculture … ’ |