Example sentences of "[was/were] thus be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Villages and refugee camps were thus being developed into ‘ liberated ’ or ‘ independent ’ areas , if not militarily , then at least psychologically , politically and infrastructurally . |
| 2 | The foundations were thus being laid for the massive expansion of government involvement in the environmental sciences in the later decades of the century . |
| 3 | Viscount Lewisham was thus being asked to comment on a distasteful message from the colonies about seven hours before he would receive it . |
| 4 | The relationship between paper and reader was thus being changed from the ideal one of a tutorial and intellectual nature , to one of a market character . |
| 5 | Status , and effectively caste , was thus being bought at vast prices . |