Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children were duly legitimized in a bull of August 1201 because the pope wanted the support of Philip Augustus . |
| 2 | THE ‘ green ’ credentials of nuclear power as an alternative to ozone-depleting fossil fuels were overwhelmingly accepted after a debate in the Cambridge Union Engineering Society . |
| 3 | But they were successfully resisted by a rejectionist front which encompassed a variety of social interests and philosophies , ranging from rural Tory gentry to urban working-class radicals . |
| 4 | Moreover , some studies suggested that the crucial floating voters were not characterised by a high degree of interest , involvement , and knowledge , but by ignorance and indifference , and they were less involved in following the election campaign than were those who were keenly attached to a party . |
| 5 | Chips were eventually replaced by a cash allowance in 1805 . |
| 6 | These debates were eventually brought to a close by Williams , but by this time his fame had spread throughout the islands and had given him a mass following , especially among the lower Creole class . |
| 7 | Immigration to Britain from India and Pakistan has followed a slightly different pattern , with the real increase coming in the early 1960s , and later in response to the threat of the immigration controls that were eventually enshrined in a series of Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ( Robinson , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | TWO off-duty policewomen — one dressed as a Bunny and the other as a baby — were indecently assaulted by a businessman , a court heard yesterday . |
| 9 | Although the PNP campaigned on local issues , the elections were widely seen as a test of the party 's popularity following the devaluation and austerity measures introduced in February [ see below ] . |
| 10 | The reforms were widely seen as a reaction to public controversy over insider trading practices sparked by the emergence in January 1989 of the Pechiney affair [ see pp. 36403 ; 36706 ] . |
| 11 | They were little loves to a dog , but whether they were , as billed , the cream of British dogdom , well , all owners would like to think their dogs were . |
| 12 | Aircraft , television , and laser holograms were recognizably foreshadowed in a series of drawings , ‘ Guesses at Futurity ’ , in the Pall Mall Magazine , 1894–5 . |
| 13 | Yet within a few months of starting the technique here two men were badly injured in a roof fall . |
| 14 | A TODDLER died and three other children were badly hurt in a house blaze . |
| 15 | In February 1981 we were badly holed in a dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 16 | In fact , however , we now owe you money , since you were effectively acting as a salesman ! |
| 17 | Thus , for instance , high interest rates , introduced when the economy was already entering a down swing ( and when inflationary forces were mostly caused by a slowdown of productivity increases ) will begin seriously to bite as the economy enters a recession next year . |
| 18 | Some features included in the Once-Over design were remarkably advanced for a tractor manufactured before 1920 . |
| 19 | We left the Legation as the sun rose and our cars were constantly brought to a standstill in the crowded streets . |
| 20 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 21 | Of mongrel breed themselves , the Jews were purportedly engaged in a conspiracy to bastardize the races of mankind and to bring the natural nation states of the world under the control of a one-world Jewish superstate . |
| 22 | Meanwhile less than 20 miles away , St Johnstone , a team with a less prestigious history were enjoying increased attendances , a newly won Premier status , record profits and were warmly ensconced in a purpose built all-seater stadium . |
| 23 | If these were merely caused by a redistribution of the enzyme away from the bound sites onto these regions , as suggested by Ward et al . |
| 24 | A handiwork lesson where children were mechanically engaged in a task ( making brooms ) which all had already mastered before they ever came to school . |
| 25 | Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion . |
| 26 | The deaths were only publicised as a result of action by the Andalus ecologists ' group . |
| 27 | We still consider that we are one of the top amateur installers in the country as we were only beaten by a chap that had his system professional installed , yes Mr Mega Bucks . |
| 28 | I were only saying to a lady this morning about ee aye our Emma used to come to Leyland with a a wad of ten shilling notes new and we 'd go to er Southport would n't we ? |
| 29 | Sheets and towels were only changed after a week when she complained to their rep . |
| 30 | In the S.pombe cosmid library , some probes were only hybridised to a subset of 1500 clones , resulting in missing data . |