Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While many of the bolts were placed prior to the issue of the BMC policy document , they still break the tradition against placing bolts or pegs on grit for any reason . |
| 2 | The subjects were placed supine under a gamma camera and we waited at least one hour to allow the patients to recover from the procedure . |
| 3 | He found that there were reasons to believe that bodies were placed supine below the pyre and that the average temperature achieved was about 900° C , but the quantity of fuel required was not determined . |
| 4 | A microphone and musical instruments were placed ready for a band . |
| 5 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 6 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 7 | During a visit to Taiwan on Oct. 27-29 , Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore also made it clear that " substantive relations " with Taiwan were to remain unchanged despite the resumption of ties with China [ see also p. 37780 ] . |
| 8 | Discussion of the inter-war years usually centres on industrial change , but North Shields resembles the rest of the North East here in that while it is true that the 1920s saw a good deal of structurally induced unemployment which reflected the position of traditional basic industries , and the 1930s saw the impact of work recession , these same basic industries began to recover in the run up to the Second World War in the mid-1930s and were to remain basic to the area until the early 1960s . |
| 9 | ( Judy Thomas points out , however , that if anything were to go wrong during the evening the agency would n't be legally responsible . ) |
| 10 | After that , it was simply a matter of having a strong wind , the sailors climbing up and down the rigging , adjusting the sail to catch every breeze and puff of air while look-outs were posted high above the mast . |
| 11 | A further eight patients with villous adenomas but no evidence of malignant change were deemed unsuitable for the study and were given laser treatment only . |
| 12 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 13 | Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags . |
| 14 | In America the problems of faith in God were becoming acute in a universe of Darwinism and decreasing availability of energy , with materialism perceived as leading to the collapse of civilization . |
| 15 | The publican 's aggressive stance towards the headmistress touched on deeper currents which were becoming condensed in the affair . |
| 16 | For their part , the Communists , and even more their Soviet and Comintern masters , were becoming impatient with the Premier 's uncooperativeness and low credibility as a war leader . |
| 17 | Bernice continued absently to stroke Elaine 's forehead , but her eyes were becoming accustomed to the gloom , and she was puzzled . |
| 18 | His eyes were becoming accustomed to the dark . |
| 19 | Hospital consultant John Miller said : ‘ There are children in that family who were becoming fond of the baby . |
| 20 | The cabins were located high on the side of a steep hill . |
| 21 | Children were carried shoulder-high to the road , where a bus took them to a seafront hotel . |
| 22 | He extracted the constant characteristics of their work to see which were considered essential to a profession . |
| 23 | Supper at the kitchen table — bread coarsely cut and buttered , with none of the little refinements that were considered necessary for the family , who ate in another room . |
| 24 | No other parties were considered necessary until the advent of Gorbachev and the policies of glasnost and perestroika . |
| 25 | Although the Prophet Muhammad forbade castration , eunuchs were always common in Muslim society and because of their sterility were considered free of the taint of sexuality . |
| 26 | From this perspective , electoral politics were only one aspect of the struggle , and the parliamentary leaders were considered subordinate to the leadership of the mass party , which was at the same time the leadership of the class itself Conservative and liberal parties , however much they in fact represented class interests , saw themselves as parties functioning within an established social order and a system of political institutions in which parliament was supreme . |
| 27 | Grey eyes were turned silvery by a gleam of speculation . |
| 28 | The Cherry and Whites were on top then and were looking good for an opening win when Damien Cummins dropped a goal to make it 9-3 … |
| 29 | Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude . |
| 30 | In the raid on the village of Palatna on Sept. 13 two young Albanian men were shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with police . |