Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the twentieth century , Poor Law administrators were still noting that older women seemed more able than older men to survive without any apparent source of income , because of the domestic services which they could perform ( Roebuck and Slaughter , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | The proposals suggested yesterday by the Leader of the Opposition were clearly to ensure that British farmers reduced their already low incomes and that the money be used for development — rural and urban — in the southern parts of the European Community . |
| 4 | The Adventurers were also to ensure that all levels were driven with only a slight gradient … " just sufficient to drain out the water " . |
| 5 | Other awards were also won that same year , the most significant being a Design Council Award presented by the Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 6 | They had ceased operations in February 1992 on the basis of government 's pledges to provide land and credits , and were now demanding that these pledges be honoured . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made . ’ |
| 8 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 9 | The law was welcomed by leading Soviet journalists , but it was widely assessed that true press freedom would only be achieved when state control of paper production and of distribution and ownership of print works was ended . |
| 10 | It was widely believed that all restrictions on economic relations would be removed once an appropriate formula of agreement could be devised which would be acceptable to nationalist sensitivities . |
| 11 | It was widely believed that inexperienced magistrates were taken in by false evidence and relied too heavily on interpreters and clerks . |
| 12 | It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] . |
| 13 | It was widely believed that 78-year-old President Kim Il Sung — around whom an extraordinary personality cult had been created — desired that his son should succeed him , but that the younger Kim lacked sufficient authority within either the ruling party or the army to be sure of a smooth succession . |
| 14 | When Paul Devereux took over The Ley Hunter in 1976 , it was widely assumed that some form of energy existed at ancient sites , but there had been virtually no research to back these ideas up . |
| 15 | It was widely felt that smaller firms offered a better service for nationally-based positions . |
| 16 | It was widely understood that these areas of disagreement were directly attributable to the relative strengths of the superpowers in different categories of weapons . |
| 17 | It was widely reported that armed police had besieged the state-owned Jerada colliery , which had been occupied for 10 days in late December 1988-early January 1989 by 400 miners . |
| 18 | On Nov. 7 it was widely reported that Nigerian Alpha jets had bombed NPFL positions in the Monrovia suburbs of Gardnersville , Mount Barclay and Stockton Creek the previous day , and had also attacked areas close to the rebel headquarters at Gbarnga , 160 km north of Monrovia on Nov. 5 . |
| 19 | It was widely predicted that last season 's First Division runners-up would melt in the white hot cauldron of Ibrox . |
| 20 | It was widely predicted that last season 's First Division runners-up would melt in the white hot cauldron of Ibrox . |
| 21 | He wanted runners in his pack , so Neath — Waldron 's club , as his antagonists accusingly pointed out — came into vogue even though the evidence was swiftly adduced that outstanding club players do not necessarily make adequate internationals . |
| 22 | On balance , however , it was generaly agreed that this feature did not warrant the de-selection of ( i ) as the best possible opening to the story . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |
| 24 | George Wade then took over the studio of Sir J. Edgar Boehm [ q.v. ] and in 1891 his bust of I. J. Paderewski was so appreciated that 500 reproductions of it were ordered for the American market alone . |
| 25 | It is quite clear , and it is now admitted by the appellants , that the effect of the minister 's decision was merely to prove that this sum had belonged to the appellants ever since the vesting date . |
| 26 | But however modest the proposed immediate reform might be , it was rightly seen that large issues of principle were raised by the direction in which society and the political system were moving . |
| 27 | The animal tested was an Asian elephant , but it was soon confirmed that African elephants produce infrasound as well . |
| 28 | There was considerable discussion upon the interpretation of the term " use of force " It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner … and that it was unwise to makes any further interpretation . " |
| 29 | It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner as to the means used to persuade Jugoslavs that they should return to Jugoslavia , and that it was unwise to make any further interpretation . " |
| 30 | [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief . |