Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] [art] [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 | Manley claimed that it would provide training , marketing and financial advice to help " ambitious and disciplined young people " , but the benefits were expected to reach only a minority of the young unemployed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ At that time it was SOS Pompey and the club were said to have only a week to survive . |
| 12 | No further attacks developed but five escorting destroyers of Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten 's 5th Destroyer Flotilla were detached to carry out a bombardment of Benghazi just after midnight . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To get them through the Christmas crisis , staff in London were instructed to send down a variety of commercial patterns and magazines which Laura adapted herself . |
| 17 | Other actors were instructed to bring on the score . |
| 18 | English names were adopted to speed up the process of assimilation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Attempts were made to put out the fire . |
| 21 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 22 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 23 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
| 24 | Dogs were used to put down a land reform demonstration outside the National Congress in Asunción on June 23 , 1989 ; 10 people were injured in what was the first major use of force since Rodríguez had seized power . |
| 25 | Negotiations were started to purchase the site , and the London architects Spalding and Spalding were commissioned to draw up the plans . |
| 26 | Thirty-seven stitches were needed to sew back a flap in his face which went from the side of his nose and tore the corner of his mouth . |
| 27 | Four men were needed to hold down the steering oars , which bucked in their harnesses like panicked elephants . |
| 28 | Two banks were persuaded to put up a lot of money , so that by the time Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C came to consider the action , the loans including interest totalled around £40M . |
| 29 | Rolande and Ydrys were told to strike up a circle-dance . |
| 30 | 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 . |