Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were to happen in the case of the CAB , they would have lost their primary purpose as first tier advisory agencies ; there would be duplication of effort , waste of public money and , in all probability , deterioration in the quality of specialised advice provided . ’ |
| 2 | If this were done in the City , the IRA could simply switch their targets to prestigious offices in the provinces . |
| 3 | In the west , a woman could only have an abortion if this were approved by a doctor on medical , genetic or psychological grounds . |
| 4 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 5 | In the mid-1940s , explanations for this were offered in the form of theories which presented anatomical features as the cause of the blacks ' advantages . |
| 6 | Some interesting reasons for this were suggested in The Observer in 1986 . |
| 7 | In her research into the effects of divorce on children , Mitchell ( 1985 ) found that some siblings had been divided between the two parents , though some were reunited after the divorce . |
| 8 | The rings were used in a variety of ways : some were worn on the arm or wrist ; others appear to be the frames for the mouths of pouches which are often found to contain small metal items ; a third use was as a girdle hanger . |
| 9 | Most households left the cities through unplanned decentralization , but some were moved as a result of specific planning policies . |
| 10 | Some were hanging near the surface , while others lay on their sides on the bottom motionless , looking quite dead . |
| 11 | Some were observed with every group they taught whilst others had very few visits to lessons . |
| 12 | Some had a heavy , lizard-like form , some were shaped like a crocodile , and many were small and bipedal . |
| 13 | Some were dragged by a foot still caught in the stirrup , round in a circle in the turf . |
| 14 | Q Our Piranhas have recently bred and we have a few fry left ( some were eaten by a Plec , which was in turn eaten by the Piranhas ) . |
| 15 | A sign of the importance attached to shells at this time is that some were obtained from a distance . |
| 16 | Many specimens are made from mammoth ivory , but some were made from a variety of stones or even from fired clay . |
| 17 | Even big tough men have teddies hidden away somewhere , and some were brought into the open at the Didcot Railway Centre Teddy Bears Picnic . |
| 18 | Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done . |
| 19 | Some were dancing to the beat . |
| 20 | Some were tearing at the glass , others struggling with the doors , but none of them could get out . |
| 21 | It just took 'em up like that , and took 'em across : some were lying in the ditch , some in the hedge . |
| 22 | Some were buried with the Pharaoh Tutankhamun ( about 1350 BC ) . |
| 23 | Several strange-looking animals were lying in a field , and some were sitting in a tree . |
| 24 | No I think just dedication and we , if we made an appearance maybe something would come to a head , things would get sorted , if we just said forget it then stay at home , then the quarry managers would say right forget it , we 'll get another workforce in , you know it was , I think it was just I think some were dedicated to the job and sort of gave it their best , whereas others were slightly you know , willy nilly about it and well I 'll turn up today cos it the weather looks nice , or I 'll turn up today because the wife is n't off and or the gas has run out or whatever . |
| 25 | Their style seems Scandinavian , and although some were rebuilt after a fire , this type of building has remained in use here since the sixteenth century for storing nets and other equipment . |
| 26 | Of the estimated 1,500 journeymen and 1,200 apprentices working as printers ( pressmen and compositors combined ) in Scotland in the 1850s , rather more than half were working in the book and jobbing section of the trade , the rest in newspaper offices . " |
| 27 | Of 64 men with NGU , half were infected with the bacterium ; compared with one out of seven men with gonococcal urethritis and four out of 30 controls . |
| 28 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 29 | Of the remaining 40 cases , 38 complied strictly with their diet and this was supported by an improvement in the morphology of repeat small intestinal biopsy specimens or symptoms , or both and weight and laboratory indices . |
| 30 | It was proposed to lay the tramway extension along the broad Middle Walk , but this was defeated in a poll of the ratepayers , and the track had to be constructed along the narrow upper carriageway . |