Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period of contraction , both passenger and freight services were withdrawn at an alarming rate , being substituted by short-lived bus services and road freight transport . |
| 2 | Three top designers were approached at an undisclosed cost . |
| 3 | Seconds later , they were installed at an umbrella-shaded table with the little boy sitting in state alongside . |
| 4 | DNA and protein were mixed at an approximate ratio of 2:1 . |
| 5 | So at least eight people with Down 's syndrome were disenfranchised at an early stage by their parents or their electoral registration authority . |
| 6 | While loss of learning ability among the elderly appeared primarily linked to difficulties in understanding , recall , and error abandonment , if these were corrected at an early stage ‘ old people can learn much more readily than is commonly supposed ’ ( Welford 1966 : 5 ) . |
| 7 | If no standardized language were used at an international tournament , with referees , judges , timekeepers and competitors from all over the world , utter confusion would reign . |
| 8 | Far from living the high life in Florida , he said the first six weeks after the raid were spent at an unidentified caravan site in Clacton . |
| 9 | New techniques of production were introduced at an accelerating rate . |
| 10 | use animals , and then go onto to work using animals , and erm you know , if maybe alternative techniques were introduced at an earlier stage , maybe in their training , they 'd be more likely to them on board . |
| 11 | The teams were introduced at an auspicious moment in that the social services department budget had improved suddenly and substantially , enabling the CMHTs to be staffed with social workers specifically appointed for their commitment to the developmental ideal . |
| 12 | The pleas were entered at an earlier court which heard the charges arose out of the removal and subsequent sale of gents clothing from the store as well as what was described as the ‘ creaming off ’ of cash from sales at the counter . |
| 13 | For centuries trees were cut at an early stage to encourage timber to grow from the stumps : ash , field maple , hazel , hornbeam . |
| 14 | Balliol 's letters patent acknowledging the English king 's overlordship of Scotland were discussed at an ill-attended parliament which met at York in December 1332 . |
| 15 | Two of them , the Hadera alignment and the Red Sea alignment , were eliminated at an early stage . |
| 16 | The skills that were needed to make intricate patterns by manipulating bobbins and pins at speed were learned at an early age . |
| 17 | These , which were read at an ordinary meeting of members , said that the administration had broken faith with the profession through not fulfilling the conditions on which ‘ a large body of professional men ’ had entered the competition . |
| 18 | Few clear-cut working plans for training sessions were established at an early stage , although attitudes varied . |
| 19 | They were first styled nobiles viri only in 1256 , and a tendency towards a late crystallization of a titled noblesse at this level is found in much of south-west France , with the possible exception of the vicomté of Béarn and other areas where primogeniture and impartible inheritance were established at an earlier date . |