Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the mare basins were excavated the fragmentary material beneath them must have been compressed to a higher density than before . |
| 2 | And only two — Joshua and Caleb — were to enjoy the promised land . |
| 3 | More specifically , they were to support the Conservative party as being the most likely to tum back the revolutionary tide . |
| 4 | Diocletian ( reigned 284–305 ) was one of five sons of Illyrian peasants who were to wear the imperial purple . |
| 5 | The bar room was warm and inviting as always , and just enough people to be comfortable were enjoying the cosy environment . |
| 6 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 7 | In the schools , French became a compulsory language at the very moment when Arab nationalists were enjoying the linguistic triumph of Arabic over the Turkish of the now broken Ottoman Empire , a victory which had important political implications for the concept of Arab unity . |
| 8 | Today my brother and I were catching the 7.00 am aeroplane from Newcastle to Corfu . |
| 9 | When the marshes were drained the new farmers chose to live on the embankments beside the canals and rivers . |
| 10 | The planetary governor , Lord Voronov-Vaux , and his entourage were seeing the victorious Harq Obispal off with a fanfare . |
| 11 | But the demands of a growing membership were outstripping the voluntary nature of the Campaign . |
| 12 | The objectives were to hit the main source of supplies to the Vietcong and to undermine the morale of the North Vietnamese people . |
| 13 | The end-of-year panic on discovering that other teachers had covered more had led to a general feeling that the quicker topics were completed the better . |
| 14 | But by the time that they were completed the largest space of all was the nave , which might serve various purposes — as a shelter for great processions , as a substantial public hall and meeting place ; but above all provided space for visitors and lay worshippers . |
| 15 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 16 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 17 | It comprised a circular curtain-wall of stone enclosing a courtyard within which were placed the domestic apartments and service offices , probably of timber construction . |
| 18 | Cultivators of roses were given the usual careful guidance . |
| 19 | The evidence showed , according to Mr Craven , that wherever individual party members were given the one member , one vote opportunity to voice their views , they rejected the hard left . |
| 20 | The two families , who have had no contact and do not plan to meet , face a week of agony before knowing if they were given the right child . |
| 21 | As Table 55c of Appendix I shows , although differences between groups were very small , it was often women more than men , older people more than younger people , and those with lower rather than higher educational levels who most often changed to a different choice after they were given the extra information about APR and/ or total credit cost . |
| 22 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 23 | In 1972 , when he chaired the Hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which were given the imposing title ‘ Causes , Origins , and Lessons of the Vietnam War ’ , a rather dyspeptic Senator Fulbright sought to put much of the blame for American involvement on Dean Acheson , on his European orientations and on his close war-time connections with the British . |
| 24 | Wycliffe and Kersey were given the two chairs while Mark Garland perched on the edge of the couch . |
| 25 | Since the Del Mar organisers were given the 1992 final , they have built a £3 million arena alongside one of the finest race courses in the country . |
| 26 | Directors were given the exclusive right to manage the day-to-day business of the company . |
| 27 | In the previous chapter a distinction was made between the attitudinal function of intonation and several other functions that were given the collective names of syntagmatic functions . |
| 28 | And viewers were given the ridiculous impression that two blokes from Sussex University , rather than Eugene Garfield , had invented citation analysis as a means of assessing quality in research . |
| 29 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 30 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |