Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Todd 's work was not introduced here to present his conclusions as uncontestable ‘ facts ’ — for there is much to debate regarding the nature of his sweeping generalizations — but rather to illustrate the importance of aspects of diversity which are not directly linked to either or both of the physical environment and the world of work . |
| 2 | Does my hon. Friend agree that probably the only economy in which full employment was implemented was the Soviet Union , where those who did not have a job were usually found somewhere to go , such as Siberia or the Gulag archipelago ? |
| 3 | Reasonableness was to be judged by an objective test , although the court was not entitled simply to substitute its own view for that of the parent . |
| 4 | Motorola killed its intended predecessor , the 68050 , last year after it decided the development was n't advanced enough to justify the expenditure preparing it for production . |
| 5 | The Agency was initially intended primarily to collect detailed information on environmental issues within the EC ; its areas of competence would be reviewed after two years . |
| 6 | In excavations of the past ephemeral traces of occupation were rapidly swept away to uncover the more substantial structures . |
| 7 | That doctors ' sex , age , years as a principal , training , or teaching and training activity were not shown significantly to influence their patients ' diabetic control . |
| 8 | The British public was not prepared either to pay for the higher cost of the non-marketed sector through higher taxation rates . |
| 9 | The 1801 provision was originally designed also to embrace ordained clergymen of the united established Church of England and Ireland . |
| 10 | The farm produce was now used exclusively to feed the troops . |
| 11 | Every one of the Pack was firmly resolved never to give the new farmer cause for taking away their wonderful meeting-place from them . |