Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previous chapter argued that the ideological terms of antislavery were developed in part through contesting a pro-West Indian intellectual barrage , often presented in the rhetoric of national and imperial interest . |
| 2 | ( Tips were given in Part Two about repairing the board under these circumstances ) . |
| 3 | The details of this were given in Part 1 . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it was his firm conviction that the Masai needed ‘ all the administrative control we can give them ’ , and the many waterworks he constructed were designed in part to curtail their wanderings . |
| 5 | Pugin 's strict rules and principles were upheld in part to counteract the inordinate sadness he had suffered at the age of twenty-two , when his first wife died giving birth to their only daughter . |
| 6 | Readers who have been following this series will remember that the latter pair were met in Part 5 ( March , 1992 issues ) . |
| 7 | Sustained efforts made to limit educational opportunities for commoners were inspired in part by the hope that this would ensure that noblemen would provide the increasingly specialized and trained personnel required . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the adverse economic repercussions , especially for Jordan , Egypt and Turkey , were offset in part by promises of financial assistance , but the position for Jordan in particular was much aggravated by the refugee crisis caused by the displacement of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from Kuwait and Iraq . |
| 9 | These differences amongst institutions , and amongst their environments and perceptions of direction and identity , were to account in part for the differences of speed and conviction with which they raised the question of independence or autonomy — or , in the terminology of the time , academic freedom . |
| 10 | Some types of recording were discussed in Part 2 . |
| 11 | Some ways of setting baselines and measuring behaviour were discussed in Part 2 . |
| 12 | The UK proposals were welcomed in part by the French , Spanish and Belgian governments but critically received by the German and Netherlands governments . |
| 13 | Initiatives such as the Montreal speech and even the withdrawal from NATO were motivated in part by a feeling that he could not trust his successors to do the necessary . |
| 14 | The recommendations of the Banking Commission were endorsed in part by the Sub-Committee on Commercial Legislation . |
| 15 | The appointment of Karoui as Prime Minister in September 1989 ( see p. 36905 ) was intended in part to accelerate the economic reforms which his predecessor , Baccouche , fearing the political and social risks of further austerity measures , had been reluctant to implement . |
| 16 | In Sweden the new post of secrétaire de commission was intended in part to provide opportunities of this sort ; but its holders also were few . |
| 17 | Note that a description of the Plugblock and its use in circuit-building was given in Part 5 ( March , 1992 ) issue ) . |
| 18 | Some basic information about Binary Arithmetic was given in Part 7 ( May , 1992 issue ) . |
| 19 | One key ANC demand was met in part when the state of emergency was lifted in three of South Africa 's four provinces in June , but not until Oct. 18 in Natal , the scene of bitter violence between supporters of the ANC and of the Zulu-based Inkatha movement [ see pp. 37522 ; 37764 ] . |
| 20 | Erm but the most unfortunate thing that Old Edward the the old chap who owned the place he was living in part of the house and Old Jane , his housekeeper , my mother she could bake bread and wash , her mother had taught her that , but it was making butter that was the problem . |
| 21 | This was answered in part by a number of small-scale entrepreneurs operating in the shanty towns . |
| 22 | He was answered in part by a deafening blast from outside the vehicle . |
| 23 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
| 24 | As was seen in Part I , the link between poverty and old age has changed over time . |
| 25 | As was seen in Part III , full-time employment — and to a much lesser extent part-time employment — is the gateway to a whole range of occupational welfare . |
| 26 | The decision followed an announcement that the Danish team in the Winter Olympics would be wearing Greenland sealskin jackets , and it was seen in part as representing an effort to avoid any potential disruption of the games by Greenpeace demonstrators . |
| 27 | The suggestion , mentioned earlier , that there is a hierarchy of hairpin vortices was made in part to help with the first of these problems . |
| 28 | The UK 's sensitivity towards conflicts of interest and duty was reflected in part by the division of functions on the Stock Exchange . |
| 29 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 30 | How did the news media , scientists and governments take on board a claim that made no sense within the laws of physics , was based in part on wrong data and that was shown to be flawed within days of the announcement ? |