Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [adv] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Lord Hodson was concerned primarily with the substantive merits and demerits of the Bill , not with its legal technicalities . |
| 2 | And the Committee was satisfied both with the way the guidelines had been observed and with the resulting coverage . |
| 3 | The trees were green now with the tender leaves of May , yet when first she knew Rob those trees had been silvered by February frosts . |
| 4 | Bangor 's new coach Duncan Dysart was happy enough with the first sight of his charges last week and he will have a good opportunity to identify some grey areas when they make the trip to a high-scoring City of Derry tomorrow . |
| 5 | Unlike adherents of other contemporary religions in the Roman empire , except Judaism , Christians regarded their religion as expressing the purpose of God in history ; but whereas Judaism was concerned primarily with the fortunes of Israel , Christians considered their faith to be of universal significance . |
| 6 | Sandy McGlashan was wild now with the sound of his own music . |
| 7 | Most of his interventions in Parliament were concerned either with the welfare of his Cheshire constituents or the defence of the Calvinist religion . |
| 8 | The majority were concerned only with the redistribution between income groups . |
| 9 | If this book were concerned only with the unsolved problem of biology , 90 per cent of it would be devoted to two topics : behaviour and development . |
| 10 | From the Board 's viewpoint the negative factors relating to evening courses were concerned mainly with the instructors , who might well be tired after a day 's work and might also be anxious about a long journey home afterwards . |
| 11 | In that case , this House was concerned only with the position of the Crown in law enforcement actions . |
| 12 | Alice 's estate was beautiful already with the wide shallow River Thames running through it . |