Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy was a tough , chunky inside-forward who joined the Palace from neighbours Millwall when we were struggling to make an impact on the 4th Division leadership . |
| 2 | ‘ We were taught to design an experiment of a size that was best suited to what you wanted to measure . ’ |
| 3 | But his proposals for high rises in the following year were intended to send an unambiguous message to the City that the public debt will be curbed . |
| 4 | Together they were intended to provide an interactive , multimedia snapshot of British society 900 years after the Conquest . |
| 5 | The pluralist perspective on British politics was built up by political scientists who were predisposed to provide an account of interest-group politics which presented it in a good , democratic light . |
| 6 | Instructors were expected to attend an instructional techniques course since the skill to instruct well was every bit as important as the craft skill . |
| 7 | The budget deficit was K514,000,000 before taking into account grants and loans , which were expected to leave an overall deficit of K102,000,000 [ see p. 36993 for previous year 's budget figures ] . |
| 8 | New members of the Bedford Congregation were expected to give an account of their spiritual struggle . |
| 9 | All the children were expected to learn an instrument as they became old enough and were taught by talented Salvationists free of charge . |
| 10 | Compared with the national average of about 450 , Dr Simm figured that the top 5% of herds at 650 CGI were expected to achieve an extra £200 a cow a lactation . |
| 11 | UUUC candidates were expected to sign an undertaking to support the coalition in all respects during the proceedings of the Convention . |
| 12 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 13 | If they were to try to give an answer to the question at the head of this section , they would probably try to give a general account of factors which encourage or discourage chickens from crossing roads . |
| 14 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 15 | In addition , the Report made a number of other detailed recommendations which were designed to encourage an increase in technological studies . |
| 16 | The other COSE firms were approached to support an effort that became bigger than Hewlett and IBM could handle alone . |
| 17 | The other COSE companies — principally Sun Microsystems Inc with Unix System Laboratories Inc and Santa Cruz Operation Inc — were approached to support an effort that became bigger than Hewlett and IBM could handle alone . |
| 18 | The other COSE firms were approached to support an effort that became bigger than HP and IBM could handle alone . |
| 19 | Then in the third-century AD , at the time of the Emperor Maximian , the city outgrew its walls , and new walls were added to allow an extension to the northeast and the west . |
| 20 | Evil places were said to retain an aura of Evil and , from what she had learned of this place from Mahoney , if ever that aura was present then it would dwell easily here . |
| 21 | Finally , in this regard it should be recalled that although gluten sensitivity never presents with rectal bleeding , patients were seen to develop an acute erythematous/haemorrhagic proctitis after massive rectal challenge with gluten or its derivatives . |
| 22 | In the Isle of Wight , the development of care programme systems and the need for monitoring were seen to require an increase in ‘ IT and support staff input ’ , although it is not clear whether this represented additional resources , and if so whether they could be met from the MISG or elsewhere . |
| 23 | So far as the La Pintada case [ 1985 ] A.C. 104 is concerned , that case differs from the present in the following material respects : ( 1 ) In the La Pintada case the plaintiffs were seeking to establish an extension of the common law that would apply in parallel to the statutory provisions . |
| 24 | Therefore , the plaintiffs , a partnership in general medical practice , were seeking to prevent an employee once he had left , from , inter alia , practising as a consultant within a certain area and for a certain time . |
| 25 | An adulterous wife might be the means of implanting a fraudulent claimant upon its property in the heart of the family ; to avoid this ultimate catastrophe , middle class women were regulated to observe an inviolable rule of chastity . |
| 26 | Watch Committees were organized to keep an eye on prostitution and the granting of licences to publicans . |
| 27 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) ruled on June 19 that UK courts were empowered to suspend an act of parliament on the grounds of its alleged incompatibility with European Community ( EC ) law . |
| 28 | A possible basis for the decision , it is suggested , is that in instructing the appellants to leave the spot outside the premises , the police were acting to prevent an offence as they have a duty to do , namely to require the appellant to stop obstructing the highway . |
| 29 | Baroness Thatcher too is an Oxford graduate , but when moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her in the nineteen eighties , she was turned down by the same people , amid stormy controversy . |
| 30 | Preparations were made to perform an emergency tracheostomy , but spontaneous respiration returned and a size 4 Brain laryngeal mask was inserted , allowing easy maintenance of the airway and confining further haemorrhage to the pharynx . |