Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experiments were carried out to determine the best formula to use for scoring the possible transitions in a text of 372 words derived from the Malhotra corpus ( Malhotra , 1975 ) , a corpus traditionally considered to be syntactically difficult to process . |
| 2 | Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room . |
| 3 | School parties were bused in to see the existing power stations in action . |
| 4 | It seems unlikely , especially in the light of the papal prohibition , that monks would have had either the inclination or the experience to have practised mos teutonicus , and it has been suggested that butchers were called in to perform the grisly deeds . |
| 5 | After 5 min of stable oxygen saturation ( pulse oximetry ) , patients were crossed over to receive the other treatment . |
| 6 | These men were brought up to do the clerical work of the household , to give the king advice , and eventually to become bishops and perform the duties of royal servants as well as of episcopal pastors in their bishoprics . |
| 7 | After two or three fairly neutral coloured inks had been used for the printing — say , brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and more distant scenery — the finishing was by hand , and washes of great subtlety and precision were laid on to give the desired effects . |
| 8 | ‘ Crowds would block a street simply to see Archer leave a hotel and take a cab ; when he married in January 1883 , special trains were laid on to bring the cheering crowds to Newmarket and Cambridge . |
| 9 | During this time several charities were set up to help the poor . |
| 10 | The societies had been created in 1964 out of the committees which were set up to organise the 1963 commemorations of the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfe Tone , the leader of the United Irishmen and martyr of the 1798 Rising . |
| 11 | The Arches were subsequently cleared of infestation and the public were allowed in to view the prehistoric relics . |
| 12 | And there you see again in early B R days , er the er the station master 's house , and er er and the station itself , over here , the goods shed over there , the various track works coming across , the er line up to round here , and as I say the various sidings that were put in to accommodate the additional er colliery and other traffic . |
| 13 | A hundred tapes and more than 800 workbooks were sent out to cover the 300-plus employees in company-owned stores . |
| 14 | Ukrainian sources claimed that ninety-two wagons of grain were collected from starving Ukrainian gubernii , of which thirty-six were sent off to feed the hungry in the Volga-Ural area . |
| 15 | In May the SAS were sent in to storm the Iranian Embassy in London which had been taken over by armed gunmen . |
| 16 | The radioallergosorbent test ( RAST ) was carried out to detect the circulating cow 's milk specific IgE antibodies , and also the serum total IgE values were measured before starting the challenge . |
| 17 | This study was carried out to examine the two decade trends in the incidence and death from pancreatitis , and to evaluate the relations between the occurrence of pancreatitis and alcohol consumption , liver cirrhosis , and gall stone disease in Finland . |
| 18 | Sometimes the sheriff , that medieval ‘ maid-of-all-work ’ , was called in to restrain the oppressive conduct of the Forest wardens . |
| 19 | At Moss Green , GIST was called in to address the second-year class before they made craft mini-options , to stress how important it was for girls to consider getting a grounding in technology . |
| 20 | But the Royal Navy , which was geared up to fight the Soviet Union rather than a country operating Western weapons , had not reprogrammed the computer to register Exocet as being hostile . |
| 21 | At such times , it may be useful to recall that the current financial services regime was set up to remedy the regulatory failures of the previous system , which was one of regulation under statute by a government department . |
| 22 | The FRPB has been concerned about the water quality of the River Almond ( Class 3/4 ) for some time and in June 1988 a River Almond Model Study Group was set up to monitor the deteriorating river quality . |
| 23 | It has been completed bang on time and within budget thanks to a special task force which was set up to lead the complex engineering job . |
| 24 | A Board of Associateship was set up to manage the new regulations for admission to the Register of Chartered Librarians , and delegated to the Association 's expert Sub-Committee on Training the task of detailed assessment of the training programmes designated to meet these new regulations . |
| 25 | After further discussion a small group consisting initially of Eileen , Maureen , Crawford and Leah , was set up to plan the next such gathering . |
| 26 | A commission was set up to oversee the new decisions . |
| 27 | Consequently , nuclear power was excluded from the government 's privatization plans and instead a state-owned company , Nuclear Electric , was set up to run the existing nuclear power stations ( eight Magnox , five AGR , and the PWR under construction at Sizewell ) and to continue generating around 20 per cent of electricity in England and Wales ( Scotland has a separate company ) . |
| 28 | Membership applications were received from all over the UK , and the MLA was set up to meet the growing demand for a central organisation . |
| 29 | A Franco-British Committee was set up in 1868 to consider a twin bored tunnel project developed by Thome de Gamond and the British engineers John Hawkshaw and William Lowe , and in 1875 an international commission was set up to consider the legal and regulatory implications . |
| 30 | This culminated in a call for the CUC to become a high-profile campaigning body and in 1985 a working party was set up to consider the future role and shape of the CUC . |