Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the liquid cooled in the veins , the crystals of tin ores were formed at greater depths than those of copper ores . |
| 2 | The file we were looking at earlier ? |
| 3 | Who knows how close the rest of Britain came to resembling Northern Ireland when plastic bullets were introduced at Broadwater Farm , but not used due to a decrease in the violence . |
| 4 | The new Council of Ministers included not only NSF members but also representatives from the National Liberal Party ( NLP ) , the Romanian Ecological Movement ( REM ) and the Agrarian Democratic Party ( ADP ) ; other parties were represented at lower government level . |
| 5 | The range was from less than 5p per 1000 gal ( 4546 litres ) to more than 15p per 1000 gal , often with a sliding scale , so that large users were charged at lower rates . |
| 6 | However , H 2 was metabolized at lower concentrations with Fe(III) than with sulphate ( b ) . |
| 7 | He seemed disappointed when the dispute was settled at higher levels . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly much of the anger was directed at further extortions of any kind , whether anti-religious or not . |
| 9 | This subject was discussed at greater length in Chapter 9 . |
| 10 | Female labour , which was paid at lower rates than male workers , certainly appears to be an important reason why gross profits have been substantially higher in services than in manufacturing . |