Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IFS report Counting People With Low Incomes said that refusal ‘ does nothing to allay fears that the changes were for political rather than bona fide methodological reasons ’ . |
| 2 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 3 | Canova 's work , with its delicacy of surface effect , invites close scrutiny , as the subtle modulations of surface were after all best understood , according to contemporary practices , by examination at close quarters by candlelight . |
| 4 | Well the original discoveries were of some fairly simple molecules . |
| 5 | It is also doubtful whether many hospitals were like that then . |
| 6 | Have you read the , have you read articles or any pieces of writing that were like that before ? |
| 7 | The conductivity-temperature-depth ( CTD ) stations discussed here were along two roughly zonal tracks at 58°N ( north section ) and 53°N ( south section ) , linked by a section near 40°W ( west section ) ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 8 | In 1927 and 1928 , therefore , were planted the seeds of a cultural conflict between a first generation of intellectuals who had , like Barbusse , joined the party as a reaction to the sickening personal experiences of the First World War and who were above all else humanist and pacifist , and a younger second generation of Surrealists and Marxists who were more in tune with the sectarian Bolshevism advocated by Moscow . |
| 9 | and for and weights were in fourteens so |
| 10 | In many cases panel members had little or no previous experience of validation but they showed a high level of commitment and were in general well prepared . |
| 11 | Far from commanding respect they were the object of widespread disdain and , although a few magnates became major patrons of the arts , they were in general almost wholly lacking in cultural influence over the wider educated public . |
| 12 | As a result the A-level scores of the university graduates were in general substantially above those of the CNAA graduates . |
| 13 | Also with respect to tissue type plasminogen activator , antigen and activity were in general significantly correlated in carcinomas ( R=0.58 , p<0.0001 ) and normal mucosa ( R=0.32 , p<0.05 ) . |
| 14 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 15 | Welsh mothers were in general more concerned to keep an infant warm , although during the research period the publicity concerning the link between sudden infant death and temperature increased awareness of temperature , some mothers using room thermometers . |
| 16 | This table shows that those whom we predicted as unlikely to remain at home for long without project support were in general relatively expensive to care for at home . |
| 17 | Of total foreign investment in Czechoslovakia over the previous 2 years only 11 per cent had gone to Slovakia , and the common perception was that the industries of the Czech Lands were in general better placed to benefit from the programme of rapid privatization emphasised by Klaus . |
| 18 | Her vast deposits were in 1880 still largely unexplored ; those of Silesia alone were believed to be even greater than the huge fields already opened in Great Britain . |
| 19 | Rolls-Royce spokesman David Preston said : ‘ It is well known that our sales have been 50 per cent down on what they were in 1990 so any reduction is welcome . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , how about that , ’ he said and , turning his head in the direction of the preacher , he shouted , ‘ Hallelujah , ’ then he winked at Nathan , as if they were in this together , and fell back in a heap and shut his eyes . |
| 21 | Unionized workplaces were in 1980–84 actually more likely to suffer job losses ( after standardizing by product sector ) than non-unionized plants , which were more likely to enjoy job gains . |
| 22 | Hours of work were from 7 am. until 6 pm , allowing one hour for lunch . |
| 23 | The simple statistical confirmation that the majority of them were from 1984 onwards — and probably from that particular Friday , though one can not be certain — in the skies above the Pacific Ocean was ( for me and I suspect for most who came to know ) the first and final affirmation that from now on this part of the world was the centre of things . |
| 24 | Britain 's Dale Reid and Debby Dowling were on 69 together with Leigh Mills , another American . |
| 25 | The way of life in these republics in the 1980s remained demonstrably much more ‘ Western ’ than that in the other Soviet republics , and they were among those most exposed to outside cultural influences ( Estonia , for instance , had ready access to Finnish television and ‘ Dallas ’ and ‘ Dynasty ’ had a devoted following ) . |
| 26 | In their rural isolation Belorussian peasants were at first little affected by anti-religious campaigns and actions emanating from the towns , even if priests disappeared and churches were commandeered . |
| 27 | Some feared the use of the schools by proselytizers to indoctrinate the children in protestant principles , especially as the local managers were at first mainly clergy of the established church . |
| 28 | The city or suburban dwellings of the new class were at first too small to accommodate the extended family . |
| 29 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 30 | It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself . |