Example sentences of "this was [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Children can be encouraged to look back at how they found particular pieces of information and to ask themselves whether this was done in the most efficient way . |
2 | This was represented in the very early stages by allocations of new council housing in Seaton Valley to workers of incoming firms on a much more generous basis than a simple ‘ key worker ’ system . |
3 | Support for this was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " nations of Norway , Iceland and Japan . |
4 | This was reflected in the relatively low salaries and simple lifestyles of their staff . |
5 | Undoubtedly taxation provided the occasion for the revolt ; this was stressed by the best informed contemporary source , the author of the Anonimalle Chronicle , and by the Leicester canon Henry Knighton ( 11 , pp.124 , 135 ) . |