Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Bank 's sales of Ecus for pounds were intended to shore up the pound against the mark , without resorting to outright sales of the German currency . |
2 | The Podkrepa Trade Union Federation remained on strike alert from July 20 , but rejected the UDF accusation that its actions were intended to bring down the government . |
3 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
4 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
5 | These dances mattered very much to Petipa and all nineteenthcentury balletmasters because they were expected to show off the wealth of talent found in the many imperial , Royal and State theatres , e.g. all the characters from other fairy tales who came to Aurora 's wedding and the character dances in Swan Lake . |
6 | More changes in 1981 were designed to facilitate further the procedures so that they could be used by the general public , making arbitration the normal method of settling disputes where the amount of the claim was less than £500 , amending the ‘ no costs ’ rule and amending the terms of reference for the conduct of arbitration . |
7 | The main plank of Rayner 's approach to improving efficiency was the establishment of a programme of scrutinies which were designed to examine not the merits of policies but rather their implementation . |
8 | In a statement today , the board said the changes to the ordering and delivery cycle were designed to separate better the receipt of goods and authorising payment . |
9 | On the German side a few bombs were dropped to keep up the pretence , but they were left strictly alone by fighter aircraft , of course . |
10 | This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms . |
11 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
12 | If it were decided to increase greatly the provision of group care in day nurseries , then a big investment would have to be made in buildings and staff training . |
13 | Other actors were instructed to bring on the score . |
14 | English names were adopted to speed up the process of assimilation . |
15 | Serious attempts were made to level up the resources for secondary modem schools , in order to make them comparable with grammar schools , and so achieve that parity to which Ellen Wilkinson was openly committed . |
16 | Attempts were made to put out the fire . |
17 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
18 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
19 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
20 | Negotiations were started to purchase the site , and the London architects Spalding and Spalding were commissioned to draw up the plans . |
21 | Four men were needed to hold down the steering oars , which bucked in their harnesses like panicked elephants . |
22 | Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives . |
23 | A number of men were employed to do up the houses one by one — they 're slowly being modernised and decorated . |
24 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
25 | The other JHL airframes ( and a couple of engines ) were entered to see how the market was going . |
26 | Self-evidently he does not go out and list them himself , and very early on historic building investigators were appointed to carry out the task and guidelines for listing drawn up . |
27 | When the students were asked to pick out the photograph that most resembled them , they usually selected the most flattering one . |
28 | When the Wolof children were asked to put together the pictures or objects in an array that were most alike and to give their reasons , the question was at first put in the form ‘ Why do you say ( or think ) that these are alike ? ’ . |
29 | Comparatively large ‘ irregular forces ’ were earmarked to carry out the raids , which would be commanded by Hazelden for Tobruk and Stirling for Benghazi . |
30 | At the beginning of 1937 steps were taken to sound out the feeling of the congregation about opening a Building Fund . |