Example sentences of "were [adj] [prep] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 2 | The Notts archives were invaluable in producing his two books on touring teams : ‘ Nobody had ever written a book on cricket tours and I reaped the benefit of all my early digging again . ’ |
| 3 | It was a general principle of English and also Scandinavian medieval law that relatives who inherited land were responsible for supporting its former owners , including widows . |
| 4 | Her strong legs were capable of taking her clear of pursers on the level or going uphill . |
| 5 | But modern surfers were capable of singing their own praises . |
| 6 | There was no need for them to be imported to Britain since they mostly came from countries which were capable of developing their own waste-disposal programmes . |
| 7 | These strikes were successful in achieving their immediate aims and led to the formation of permanent unions of previously poorer workers , although as yet only a small proportion of them . |
| 8 | The reforms at the Exchequer , which re-emerged in 1554 as the central office of royal finance , were significant in altering its detailed procedure but left unchanged its fundamental nature and purpose : it was still designed to receive cash , pay the royal debts , and audit accounts , not to exercise full control over national finances by drawing up budgets , monitoring expenditure , and increasing revenues . |