Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children can be encouraged to look back at how they found particular pieces of information and to ask themselves whether this was done in the most efficient way . |
| 2 | This was represented in the very early stages by allocations of new council housing in Seaton Valley to workers of incoming firms on a much more generous basis than a simple ‘ key worker ’ system . |
| 3 | Support for this was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " nations of Norway , Iceland and Japan . |
| 4 | This was reflected in the relatively low salaries and simple lifestyles of their staff . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly taxation provided the occasion for the revolt ; this was stressed by the best informed contemporary source , the author of the Anonimalle Chronicle , and by the Leicester canon Henry Knighton ( 11 , pp.124 , 135 ) . |
| 6 | His company moved into the marine and international wireless market , though progress in the latter was hampered by the already well-established submarine-cable companies . |
| 7 | He made his début for Essex in 1930 and during the 1930s was regarded as the most effective amateur bowler in English first-class cricket . |
| 8 | Two-thirds was owned by the most wealthy 10% . |