Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the decision to allow the board to continue was cloaked in Ministers ' remarks suggesting that the statutory provision would be short-lived . |
| 2 | The operation , officially described as a humanitarian act to protect the health of the women and children in the camp , was criticized by immigrants ' groups and human rights organizations . |
| 3 | One section of the list , " Statistical Ideas ' , was not included in the test development although one of the microcomputer tasks was built around pupils ' ideas on probability . |
| 4 | She added that 80 per cent of the annual education budget was spent on teachers ' salaries . |
| 5 | In Women 's Body , Women 's Right : A Social History of the Birth Control Movement in America , Linda Gordon showed that the impetus for ’ family planning ’ in the US was motivated by eugenicists ' desires to stop Black women from reproducing . |