Example sentences of "[was/were] concerned [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the Royal Navy were concerned the nuisance of excessive leakage was largely put a stop to when Sir Robert Seppings ( 1764–1840 ) introduced diagonal iron bracing into wooden hulls about 1830 . |
| 2 | As far as the members of the dynasty were concerned the law governing the Imperial succession enacted during the Empire remained in force . |
| 3 | Progress was defined as the continued existence of a lack of change , and as far as the Junker lords were concerned the variety of civilisation represented by Western European societies was conspicuous for the absence of specifically German Kultur . |
| 4 | As far as the alchemists were concerned the spirit of human beings and other living creatures was a quantifiable characteristic . |
| 5 | They were concerned the council estate could be cut off if United and Darlington Transport Company had stopped all services because of the speed humps . |
| 6 | As far as wages were concerned the development officers collected support workers ' timesheets each week , ensured that they were received by the wages office , and then distributed pay cheques ( or cash ) to their workers . |
| 7 | So far as property rights were concerned the Vice-Chancellor held that words being transmitted by electrical impulses could not in themselves be the subject-matter of property rights . |
| 8 | At the time Ho was discouraging thoughts of instant insurrection on the part of the Vietminh it was obvious that as far as French fortunes were concerned the wind had changed . |
| 9 | As far as The Smiths were concerned the importance of this success can not be underestimated . |
| 10 | RFU Secretary Dudley Wood said that as far as he was concerned the tour is still on . |
| 11 | So far as minimising the environmental effects was concerned the WO encouraged planning authorities to discuss problems with them at an early stage . |
| 12 | As far as I was concerned the timing of the CPRS paper was disastrous . |
| 13 | As far as our school was concerned the timing of this initiative was a perfect match with our stage of development . |
| 14 | As far as I was concerned the call did sound genuine yes . |
| 15 | As far as John was concerned the Girls did not exist once they gave up dancing . |
| 16 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 17 | But as far as the Prince 's speech was concerned the couple might as well have been strangers . |
| 18 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 19 | In Goldring 's case , the customer had done something clearly conveying to the finance company that he did not own the van and that so far as he was concerned the seller ( the trader ) had every right to sell it . |
| 20 | At the time the UK feed industry was concerned the situation should not escalate , but , in fact , it has had little impact on trade . |
| 21 | I then indicated that as far as I was concerned the meeting should terminate there and then , since in no circumstances would I be willing to give advice contrary to the interests of my friend . |
| 22 | After the case , Hamish Deans said that as far as he was concerned the meeting would be going ahead as scheduled . |
| 23 | All too soon as far as Maggie was concerned the waltz was over and they were clapping the band . |
| 24 | But he was concerned the guidelines could be seen as an encouragement to use physical restraint inappropriately . |
| 25 | Mr Andrew Guest , managing director of United Buses , said he was concerned the report gave the impression that the buses were unsafe . |
| 26 | ‘ I was concerned the stock market would continue to fall and that recovery would be sometime away . |