Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landscapes differed from those of the last day 's walk , and were seen in another mood ; the rain-clouds floated high , the road lay over rocky ridges , the homesteads had an amplitude of stone wall fencing over these exposed seaboard cliffs ; and they were built more compactly to withstand all assaults . |
| 2 | Internationally it entered into a de facto cartel agreement with Canada , whereby export prices were kept low enough to discourage new producers . |
| 3 | The reduction was intended not only to save central government expenditure but also to put pressure on local authorities to curb their own spending by increasing the local cost thus making the expenditure more ‘ visible ’ to both councillors and the electorate . |
| 4 | With regard to Bancroft 's second point , our research was designed not only to quantify sexual practices but also to understand why people put themselves at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases , especially AIDS . |
| 5 | We saw that this term was used very generally to describe various sorts of tension which arise in social practices , or between them , and which may provoke changes in the structure of society . |
| 6 | Gordon Fenton , the Bank 's Community Affairs Manager said , ‘ Our Community Fund was set up specifically to help skilled and committed bodies , both professional and voluntary , to make even more of their skills and enthusiasm . |
| 7 | The unrest was taken sufficiently seriously to prompt vigorous attempts by senior members of the government to dampen this constant speculation about the leadership : for example , Sir Geoffrey Howe , among others , publicly denied that there had been any Cabinet-level discussion about the Prime Minister standing down . |
| 8 | An aggressively commercial approach was required not only to solve some short-term problems but to provide a record of profit that would possibly be attractive for future tender . |