Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This may have come about as a result of a phase of shifting settlement gradually giving way to greater stability , so that when land boundaries ( some of which may have also become parish boundaries ) were formed the earlier settlements may , purely by chance , occur at a distance to later ones and are therefore more likely to lie near boundaries ( see also , Welch 1985 , pp. 18–21 ) . |
| 3 | Now that digital Hight simulators were replacing the older analogue types , this proposal should not prove too troublesome . |
| 4 | Yes , in that sense , in that sense , the unconscious thought was expressed but the , but the point was , i the anxiety as it were got the better of the dream , did n't it , if you woke up ? |
| 5 | She tried not to sound as though she were interrogating the older woman . |
| 6 | She knew perfectly well that it was not , but to her surprise nerves were getting the better of her . |
| 7 | But her anger and dislike were getting the better of her , and she wanted very much to have an argument with him — and win it . |
| 8 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 9 | Below them came the jurisdiction of the thegns , apparently already organised by the early eleventh century in the districts that , as Norman lordships , were to form the later rapes . |
| 10 | ‘ If they were to persuade the greater number of those living in Northern Ireland to agree with them , then Her Majesty 's Government would present no obstacle , ’ said Sir Patrick . |
| 11 | WSR Company Chairman Dennis Taylor flagged off the first passenger train to call at the halt since 1990 on Tuesday , July 14 , accompanied by a grateful family of holidaymakers from the nearby holiday park who were spared the longer walk to Watchet . |
| 12 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 13 | Respondents were asked the further question , ‘ What did you do when you had the problem for some time ? ’ |
| 14 | When the paintings were delivered the older couple were almost apoplectic at the sight of them and refused even to store them in their house . |
| 15 | The mayor of Tamworth was there to officiate the opening of the facilities , and was encouraging the younger generation to help the environment by recycling . |
| 16 | Dexter was wary : he was using the banter to keep the man at a distance . |
| 17 | Although the decent instinct of many was to support the weaker side in a wholly legitimate quest for independence , their public utterances , alas , were to support the side which in their view was the more important to British interests . |
| 18 | France was an ally of the US and it was as such that she was to receive the greater part of the half a billion dollars in military assistance for the Far East which had been appropriated by Congress . |
| 19 | And the land was made the poorer for it . |
| 20 | While there was still the quota of run-of-the-mill assignments on the SMH , he quickly established himself and was offered the better jobs . |
| 21 | Old Bill was downstairs checking paper-stock , and young Willie was cleaning the smaller platen . |
| 22 | By 1901 , the population had grown considerably but increased use of birth control was narrowing the lower part of the pyramid . |
| 23 | Blaise Cendrars witnessed a fight in which she was getting the better of Modigliani . |
| 24 | His temper was getting the better of him . |
| 25 | Several times , Bernice thought she was getting the better of him , only to realise that he was toying with her expectations and reactions . |
| 26 | They both took lookout positions on opposite sides of the roof , and although Charlie could still hear the sound of the battle , he was quite unable to make out who was getting the better of it on the other side of the forest . |
| 27 | He realized that he was supporting the weaker side , and was against the transfer of power to ‘ mere financiers and political economists ’ . |
| 28 | When family 1 was detected the elder brother was under orthopaedic management for his abnormal gait but Duchenne muscular dystrophy had not been suspected . |
| 29 | Though Pilger was a committed left-winger , he was lacking the finer points of the new feminist-influenced Right-On etiquette . |
| 30 | The difference between the two sums was substantial and the plaintiff was awarded the higher sum because the defendants would not have been able to make the brassieres at all without using the confidential information . |