Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the first public glimpses of the charter were proving to be a disappointment . |
| 2 | As delivered , Nos. 36–45 and 56–60 were mounted on Mountain & Gibson 7 ft. 6 in. 21EM trucks , which were intended to be a copy of the Brill 21E design in defiance of American patents . |
| 3 | The proposals , described as the most far-reaching for 50 years , were expected to be the subject of intense lobbying from the financial and banking sectors when they came before Congress for approval . |
| 4 | The ruling effectively voided the British legal notion of the " discretionary " life sentence , under which the Home Office had the power to extend prisoners ' actual terms in gaol , or detain them again after an initial release ( known as " release under licence " ) if they were deemed to be a danger to society . |
| 5 | Local politics were considered to be an extension of philanthropic work , and were seen as an extension of women 's domestic sphere . |
| 6 | Other major weaknesses were said to be the emphasis on skilled employment , of either the apprenticed or respectable kind , and the individualist approach to the problem . |
| 7 | The key outstanding issues were said to be the establishment of a single army , modalities of a ceasefire , and elections . |
| 8 | When black youth did appear it was often because they were seen to be a problem . |
| 9 | Freemasons were seen to be the power behind the French Revolution , whose role in contemporary disturbances such as the Russian Revolution had been taken over by the Jews . |
| 10 | Finance was a constant source of tension within the city , and increasingly the city 's problems in this area were seen to be the fault of the Poles . |
| 11 | Oppenheimer 's ‘ defects of character ’ , the political indiscretions and Communist Front connections of his past , were seen to be an excuse for the real reason for his suspension : that the father of the A-bomb was ‘ lacking enthusiasm ’ and ‘ lukewarm ’ about the H-bomb . |
| 12 | An SD report at the end of January 1942 noted that ‘ the pictures from the Führer Headquarters were felt to be the high-point of the newsreel ’ , and that ‘ not enough pictures of the Führer could be shown ’ . |
| 13 | Mentally ill people were thought to be a disgrace to the family . |
| 14 | And the 52mph winds which swept London were thought to be a record for the month . |
| 15 | The earlier stations were not as successful as their British counterparts but later designs were thought to be an improvement . |
| 16 | Key variables were thought to be the size of the selected area , the population characteristics and the traffic structure . |
| 17 | The police were said to have had no grounds for intervention unless the scene were shown to be the record of a real murder , so the posters dared the police to prove it real and the public to prove it not . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you were going to be a farmer . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did you tell Connie you were going to be a kennel-maid ? ’ she asked . |
| 20 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 21 | At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser . |
| 22 | That was all very well but there were going to be a lot of things to pay . |
| 23 | My next thought was that there were going to be a lot of other pissed-off people . |
| 24 | ( Jiacha 's ‘ financial reasons ’ were understood to be a reward of $4 million and resettlement in California under the Federal Witness Protection Program . ) |
| 25 | The Protocols of the Elders of Zion were proved to be a forgery by The Times in 1921 and this went some way to defuse the growth of anti-semitic tendencies within the wider political culture . |
| 26 | Its ‘ original settlers were found to be a tailor , a publican , two eating-house keepers , and a fruit-pie maker ’ , SB 11 . |
| 27 | These were believed to be an increase in the Amir 's constitutional powers , to allow him to veto National Assembly decisions , and a reduction in immunity for Assembly members . |
| 28 | These attacks were believed to be the work of the military wing ( HOS ) of the right-wing Croatian Party of Justice ( HSP ) , operating outside the control of the Croatian authorities . |
| 29 | A series of attacks carried out in Britain and West Germany in June were presumed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) . |
| 30 | You would too , if you were learning to be a DJ , or perhaps being coached in your favourite sport ! |