Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Miyazawa government , conscious of recent regional criticism of the behaviour of imperial Japanese troops in occupied south-east Asia , however , was concerned that Akihito might be embarrassed by questions or protests relating to Japan 's conquest of large portions of China between 1931 and 1945 , and to the millions of Chinese civilians who were killed in this process . |
| 2 | This was a vexed issue amongst solicitors who were affected in this way ; although it was interesting that the committee of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group concluded that ‘ a levy based on an equal proportion of the payment ‘ was ’ unavoidable ’ . |
| 3 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 4 | Those who were influenced by this belief refrained from setting out on a journey or from starting a major task on that day of the week . |
| 5 | All the patients who were entered into this study were patients with multiple P T A , P T one , erm N X , M naught tumours , then I must stress that they were problem patients . |
| 6 | A paralysed Nigerian man , who was flown to this country for life saving treatment , has left the National Health Service with bills totalling almost sixty thousand pounds . |
| 7 | ‘ But then the young man who was slotted for this spot had to back out . |
| 8 | Much braver than Louisa — ; who was offended by this comparison and declared that she was not at all afraid . |