Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no doubt that they were expected to admire the former and scorn the latter ; anyone misguided enough to get the preference the wrong way round , would be regarded as at best naïve and misguided , and at worst corrupted in sensibility . |
| 2 | In some areas nursing corps were organized to visit the poor and , sometimes , a Free Church Help Society to assist in cases arising from previous visits . |
| 3 | The result was a considerable power struggle , where huge sums of money were spent to protect the many and various positions : the money was used primarily to produce conceptual frameworks for aspects of governmental accounting which would then be generally accepted and would provide the base for future standard-setting . |
| 4 | In 1536 all clergy were required to instruct the young and in 1538 priests had to expound the English Bible . |
| 5 | They were ordered to open the safe and hand over cash and cheques amounting to more than a thousand pounds . |
| 6 | The study was designed to determine the gastroprotective and ulcer healing efficacy of basic transforming growth factor ( bFGF ) and to assess whether this peptide contributes to the action of sucralfate on the rat stomach . |
| 7 | In 1922 the membership was expanded to include the medical and veterinary professions . |
| 8 | Laurasia 's similar explosion gave rise to the North Atlantic , and the Tethys was widened to produce the Mediterranean and all the other shallow seas that decorate the central parts of Asia and southern Russia . |