Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The larger number of subjects in the recognition phase for each stimulus increases the reliability of signal detection measures calculated for individual stimuli so these measures were calculated immediately rather than using hit rate for further analyses .
2 They were made all right and used in even more subtle ways than I explained .
3 But there were probably a great many more who simply took advantage of too many of the free pints they were offered too often and slipped into alcoholism .
4 What he did n't tell us was that the boats were tied very loosely and had a disturbing tendency to drift apart as you were in the process of climbing from one to another .
5 Her eyes , of indeterminate colour , were set far apart and protruded slightly .
6 The water molecules were spread widely so as to react with the plasma effectively reducing the plasma density through a process beginning with ion-exchanges .
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