Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Italy did not raise rates because they were considered high enough already and its inflation has been falling . |
| 2 | Converters made of chromite and copper oxide were considered as long ago as the 1970s , but ruled out because they proved less effective than those containing the more precious metals . |
| 3 | Peter Gabriel 's commitment to world music is well known : here the political elements in his work , usually understated , were pushed well forward so that you wound up as moved by his concern as by his skill . |
| 4 | The first phase of his theorizing was represented by a group of essays , including the celebrated Opera and Drama , that were written as far back as 1849–51 , before much of his most distinctive music was yet composed . |
| 5 | In the second year , there is an in-depth examination of Scotland since 1660 ; this brings out how many aspects of modern Scotland were shaped as long ago as the late seventeenth century . |
| 6 | There are fifty five different numbers at the moment on the football pools , and if people made an investigation of the frequency with which certain matches were selected , then they 'd find that certain numbers were selected far more frequently and others selected far less frequently than other numbers . |
| 7 | Moveables were taxed relatively more lightly than before , land more heavily . |
| 8 | Branding and voucher regulations were enforced much more consistently than in earlier years . |
| 9 | The CICB said the woman were abused so long ago that their cases had to be considered under the pre-1979 rules which excluded compensation for offences committed by relatives living under the same roof . |
| 10 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 11 | Of all the Arab states touched by Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait , few were affected quite as deeply as Jordan . |
| 12 | ( The groups were linked informally both locally and regionally , and also through the national Women Against Pit Closures movement . ) |
| 13 | Draught animals , though frequently more valuable , were stolen less often partly because they were more closely looked after , and partly because carters had a reputation as a violent class of men . |
| 14 | They were settled there as early as 1899 , and it was from that address that the only one of their children to marry — Henry James — set off on his wedding day , 8 September 1902 . |
| 15 | She raised her left hand to stroke his scarred cheek and on impulse kissed it again , saying , ‘ Oh , my love , my poor love ; you were hurt even more badly than I was . ’ |
| 16 | The airlines that fly between them were hit much less severely than American and European rivals by the slump in air travel during the Gulf war and they are bouncing back more quickly . |
| 17 | But there were perfectly good ways of preserving food without refrigeration , which were followed even more diligently than we do nowadays in the time of the deep freeze . |
| 18 | Temperature reductions of 1–2°C were observed as far away as 2000 km from Kuwait . |
| 19 | By the beginning of the '70s twelve teachers had qualified and classes were started as far afield as Walsall and Worcester . |
| 20 | Our constitutional arrangements were established as long ago as nineteen eighteen though it 's true , of course , that they were amended in nineteen eighty , eighty one . |