Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were moved to attempt such a weighing feat by the observation that odorous molecules are generally more soluble in organic solvents , such as fats and oils , than in water ( Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan , vol 63 , p 3082 ) . |
| 2 | Several attempts were made to construct such a theory by such people as Watson , Thorndike , Hull , Tolman and Köhler and his colleagues . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , he said of those clockmakers who were attempting to make such a timepiece that ‘ they can not quite perfect their work ’ . |
| 4 | Froyle , she said , were going to produce such a map out of clay tiles , using local pottery to make a mural . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , one would not generally fear someone with diabetes , nor be unduly concerned to employ someone who has diabetes or be worried if one 's daughter were to consider marrying such a person . |
| 6 | As many as a third of a consecutive sample of psychiatric hospital inpatients in one study were found to have such a history ( Hawton 1978 ) . |
| 7 | Over the 11 months to mid-November 1989 more than 35 concession agreements for oil exploration in the Gulf of Suez , Sinai , the Western Desert , the Delta and the Mediterranean Sea , were signed making 1989 a record year for new agreements ; on June 13 the People 's Assembly ratified 14 concession agreements . |
| 8 | Whether their monetary policy from as early as 1970 was designed to force such a devaluation is another question . |
| 9 | No proof is available that the incident was designed to produce such a backlash nor that it was masterminded by an element within the government 's undercover set-up . |
| 10 | The normality judgment task was included to provide such a measure . |
| 11 | A great deal of effort was needed to compile such a record — there were over 90 boxes in Shropshire at one time . |
| 12 | What a madman Frankenstein was to have created such a thing , and to hope to keep its existence a secret ! |
| 13 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 14 | How fortunate Paul was to have married such a woman ! |
| 15 | Brady was ordered to shed half a stone but still weighs in at 12 stone 8lb . |