Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this starting point , a series of models were developed to determine what changes in practices would encourage Colleges to move towards a state of equilibrium in the new circumstances . |
| 2 | Studies of processes were undertaken to remedy what many physical geographers perceived to be a deficiency and in doing so it was necessary to overcome considerable resistance such as that in geomorphology where Wooldridge ( 1958 , p. 31 ) avowed : |
| 3 | It may help to see how the need for process studies was perceived to exist and then to proceed to indicate in which branches studies were undertaken using what methods as a basis for assessing how our knowledge has increased in spatial terms and in time with reference to catastrophic views . |
| 4 | Witnesses have already given descriptions of the pair who were seen having what appeared to be a heated argument . |
| 5 | Visitors were instructed to ask what time working class wives got up in the morning and to elicit a history of the way in which they organised their day 's work . |
| 6 | When this indicated a probability of less than 0.05 for the null hypothesis Student-Newman-Keuls analyses were performed to determine which values differed significantly . |
| 7 | Logistic regression models were used to determine which variables significantly and independently could predict bacterial pneumonia and to adjust for potential confounders . |
| 8 | Various hypotheses based on different kinds of anatomical evidence were offered to identify which invertebrate type had been the ancestor from which the ‘ main line ’ of vertebrate evolution had taken off . |
| 9 | It was also a reflection of a growing awareness on the part of teachers that learning in school would be more effective if parents were helped to understand what they , the teachers , were seeking to achieve . |
| 10 | The narrator took up a position to one side of the loudspeaker , and the listeners were challenged to guess which was which as alternate lines were delivered . |
| 11 | Although corporacy and good relations were thought to be important , both sides acknowledged that conflicts of interest were bound to happen which had to be worked through by negotiation and bargaining . |
| 12 | We did , however , both have a certain number of securities , and a good few hours were spent deciding which to sell . |
| 13 | Complex systems were invented to define what was considered an ‘ ideal ’ figure . |
| 14 | Complex systems were invented to define what was considered an ‘ ideal ’ figure . |
| 15 | In the main survey , people were asked to say which types of credit they thought matched 12 different statements of attitude ( see Appendix I , Tables 12a and 13b ) . |
| 16 | and were asked to say which word of each pair was masculine and which was feminine . |
| 17 | In summary , one can say beyond reasonable doubt that if one were asked to choose which of Slade 's apprentices is most likely to have made the harpsichord on which Handel rests his elbow , the evidence weighs very heavily in favour of William Smith . |
| 18 | They were asked to outline what their parties aimed to do to boost the average income of farmers , which has fallen by 18pc to the lowest level since the 1939–1945 War . |
| 19 | This final point was illustrated in an experiment ( Gordon , 1983 ) in which two classes of children aged 12 were asked to identify what they thought were the difficult parts of passages from a history textbook . |
| 20 | The ASWs were asked to indicate which of these each individual suffered and which of these they considered to be severe . |
| 21 | Students were asked to indicate which of six statements relating to smoking behaviour best described their own behaviour . |
| 22 | For each pair eight longstanding members of the medical school staff were asked to indicate which task represented the greatest intellectual challenge and which the greatest amount of ‘ hassle . ’ |
| 23 | carried out an experiment in which four- , eight- , and twelve-year-olds were asked to indicate which member of a pair of blocks had made the other block move . |
| 24 | When teachers were asked to suggest what their own staff development needs were , personal development programmes ranked low for most teachers , but high in the estimation of health board staff . |
| 25 | Samples of wine were tasted to demonstrate what made a ‘ good ’ wine . |
| 26 | His initial steps were taken to foil what he interpreted as attempts by the superpowers or their proxies to bolster the bipolar order . |
| 27 | Locally , Health Authorities were encouraged to buy what specialist management development they felt fitted their needs , and to meet the full cost of their requirements . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , their performance was slack and many former friends and jealous local bands , who had charted their progress in the music press , were left wondering what all the fuss was about . |
| 29 | But those who saw Saturday 's world premiere in Leeds including Princess Margaret were left wondering what all the fuss had been about . |
| 30 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |