Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cups and saucers were arranged at just the right angle beside the small plates , and the bone-handled knives were correctly positioned to the right of each plate . |
| 2 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 3 | RJR Nabisco 's plans to buy back $1.5 billion of its debt were received in much the same way . |
| 4 | In relation specifically to GP 's referrals others were consulted with exactly the same frequency whether male or female referrals . |
| 5 | Our third report outlined a number of schemes and initiatives which were intended to further the general aim of closer links with parents and the community : the appointment of a team of home-school liaison assistants ( later redesignated home-school liaison officers ) ; the Portage scheme , described in more detail below ; in-service support courses ; and a wide range of everyday practice , including a great diversity of activities ( forty-seven in all ) which are listed in Table 5.1 . |
| 6 | Neither the proposals for provinces nor for local councils were accepted by either the Labour or Conservative governments . |
| 7 | Thanks to Halley 's efforts valuable observations of this kind were made at both the northern and southern edges of the path of the eclipse in 1715 . |
| 8 | Of course , the actual truth is that there 's different levels in everything , and while some of the worst Hawaiian records were released in the '40s and '50s , some of the greatest Hawaiian records were made at exactly the same time . |
| 9 | Referrals were made to either the local Drug Detoxification Unit or the Regional Drug Dependency Unit . |
| 10 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 11 | Several changes in the tax treatment of pensions with particular implications for high earners were introduced in both the 1987 and 1989 Budgets . |
| 12 | Portsmouth were restricted to just the odd chance — Lee Chapman almost sneaking a third . |
| 13 | If you look carefully at this table , you will see that the combination of + and — values for each phoneme is different ; if two sounds were represented by exactly the same + 's and — 's , then by definition they could not be different phonemes . |
| 14 | Subsequently borrowings were repaid in both the third and fourth quarters , from a combination of a reduction in liquid resources and the measures taken to return to a positive cash flow . |
| 15 | After some initial problems had been overcome the Garratts were outstandingly successful , running on all gauges from 2 feet to 5 feet 6 inches on gradients up to 1 in 20 or more , usually at modest speeds on heavily curved and graded routes , but capable of 75–80 m.p.h. on the Algerian expresses which were headed by probably the fastest articulated locomotives ( 4–6–2+2–6–4 ) ever built . |
| 16 | Little is known of his early life , except that he was the son of a judge 's clerk , of upper-middle class background , and that the male members of the family were engaged in either the legal or ecclesiastical professions . |
| 17 | Significant increases in those claiming supplementary benefit were recorded from both the unemployed and from single-parent families , whereas the number of pensioners claiming had decreased ( see Figure 5.1 , page 80 ) . |
| 18 | Throughout the decade the numbers in the School were maintained at almost the maximum level ( 100 in the Upper , Grammar School and 50 in the Lower , Free School ) ; more land was bought by the Company for playgrounds and gardens ; an extra room was added to Mr. Howell 's house at a cost of 150 . |
| 19 | But the Guildford Four were released at just the wrong time , and the government quietly put the scheme on the back burner — indefinitely , it would seem . |
| 20 | Left panel : Transgenic lines were established for both the -300 and -55 human NF-L promoter deletions . |
| 21 | Besides , the subsidies implicit in the incentives were insufficient to offset the anti-export bias created by the NEP ‘ padding ’ and protectionism and were aimed at only the largest enterprises . |
| 22 | Bobby Robson was pilloried in exactly the same fashion then promptly hailed as a conquering hero when his team came within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the World Cup final in 1990 . |
| 23 | These assays were performed under association conditions where NCp7 was exposed to both the radiolabelled ds LTR and the competitor at the same time . |
| 24 | Western confidence in 1949 was shaken by both the Soviet atomic test and the establishment of communist China . |
| 25 | There were similar events on Jan. 1-2 in Lithuania 's capital , Vilnius , where Soviet Interior Ministry troops seized the Historical Institute and the former Communist Party central committee building , which was claimed by both the pro-CPSU party and the independent party ( recently renamed the Democratic Labour Party ) . |
| 26 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 27 | Before the arrival of the Packman , filling sprayers at Overy Farm was done in much the same way as it is on thousands of farms across the country . |
| 28 | She then continued talking to her friend in a conversation which was peppered with exactly the same word . |
| 29 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 30 | According to another report that was based upon essentially the same data , the spacing of second and higher order births at least two years apart would reduce infant mortality by 10 per cent and the death rate of children aged 1–4 years by 21 per cent . |