Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two performance measures were developed to do just this ; |
| 2 | The accused in this case , however , were prosecuted for theft under section 1(1) of the Act and were convicted notwithstanding the submission of counsel for the defence to the effect that the crime for which the accused were indicted did not amount to theft because the seller had consented to sell the property , albeit consent had been obtained by fraud , as alleged . |
| 3 | Branch lines were arranged to tap either mineral resources or new areas of settlement . |
| 4 | If , on the basis of this , I were to proceed to make very careful observations of the weights of a wide variety of human earlobes , recording and categorizing the many observations , I think it is clear that I would not be making any significant contribution to science . |
| 5 | Twenty six patients were given follow up appointments , either to assess treatment or to give the results of histological examination . |
| 6 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 7 | Examples were given to show how this happens in the case of rising and falling tones . |
| 8 | In the early morning planes were heard passing over in the mist and the rain . |
| 9 | And in the 1940s male bitterns were heard booming once again at Leighton Moss . |
| 10 | These were helping to break down the barriers to access for those companies , such as small scale , under capitalisation , lack of knowledge of quality assurance and shyness in making approaches to the big operators . |
| 11 | In Leeds , aliens of whatever background were given a B label , whereas in Manchester they were designated grade C. Several tribunals put the unemployed into B category , telling them to apply for a transfer to C when they found jobs . |
| 12 | The follow-up work carried out after the FAOR study involved an extensive fact-finding exercise , where a number of parallel investigations of real-world activity were undertaken to consider more precisely the effects of the proposed changes , in terms of data quantities , costs , staffing implications , and technical feasibility . |
| 13 | Therapeutic trials were undertaken to investigate as many of these factors as was feasible , and necessarily involved many patients and many doctors , nurses , secretaries , and controllers . |
| 14 | The works production shops were to remain laid out in the form described for progressive building and repairing , only marginally altering over the years to accommodate new designs and techniques , such as the Stanier all steel body panelling design of the early 1930s . |
| 15 | Oxford were struggling to get forward — Les Robinson provided the first shot on target . |
| 16 | That 's why we were taught to write beautifully I suppose . |
| 17 | People were queueing to get in , but without ration stamps . |
| 18 | Dexter sat with the superintendent while she dialled the head of the Press Bureau , who told her his phone had not stopped ringing all day : press and television news editors were demanding to know why Scotland Yard was keeping such a low profile on the Nicola Sharpe story . |
| 19 | Thus throughout the history of local government , units of local administration were formed to carry out administration in localities . |
| 20 | After the lecture was over , groups were formed to try out some of the techniques Luke had discussed . |
| 21 | Turnpike trusts were formed to keep up and improve the " King 's Highway " . |
| 22 | ‘ If anybody was at fault it was Ayling , although the rest of us who were consulted did n't understand the implications either . |
| 23 | Darwin 's theory emphasized the interaction between organisms and their environment and made it clear that species could be driven to extinction when the conditions to which they were exposed changed too rapidly for them to cope . |
| 24 | Were it not for the fact that he and Cora-Beth were to continue living here at Blue Ash Farm with her father , he could n't even have afforded to get married . |
| 25 | What is , however , abundantly clear is that , unlike the 1930s , Hitler was prepared , indeed anxious , to be publicly associated during the war with the most radical steps in the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , even though , of course , his horrific statements remained couched in vile generalities , avoiding any specific reference to the details of the ‘ Final Solution ’ , which were intended to remain entirely secret . |
| 26 | Bentham 's proposals were intended to promote both discipline and economic production . |
| 27 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ Having regard to the terms of the correspondence , I am of opinion that the letters were intended to set out , and did set out , matters on which the writers had reached agreement . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The hoarse words were intended to come out as a joke , but instead they held a raw note of emotion which seemed to hang in the air between them . |