Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weights were placed at all the corners of the sketches to stop them springing back into tight rolls . |
| 2 | This was a small group of people who appointed their own chairman and secretary , and whose task was to see that the signs LADIES and GENTLEMEN were posted at all the appropriate places in the many buildings used by the conference . |
| 3 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 4 | Black cattle , when they were used at all , ploughed light sandy soil . |
| 5 | It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed . |
| 6 | The question of whether the proposed 400,000-volt overhead line and its pylons were needed at all would be considered first , he said , followed by the various options for the Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton sections . |
| 7 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 8 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 9 | It is surprising that the laminations were preserved at all : conventional models suggest that bioturbation caused by the benthic sediment community will disrupt such laminations unless there is insufficient oxygen in the water to support the biological activity . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not how much it affected you , it 's the fact that you were affected at all , ’ he said , straightening himself up . |
| 11 | For both the tethered and simple complexes , transcriptional blockages were detected at all 5'-CC sequences on the non-template strand . |
| 12 | Whether or not the speakers were employed at all was also taken into account , since employment will almost always involve fairly extended interaction with non-black individuals . |
| 13 | However , it is interesting that these types of ANCAs were found at all , since they are considered to be reliable markers of primary systemic vasculitis . |
| 14 | Would-be ambassadors thus continued to be trained , in so far as they were trained at all , by the time-honoured method of acting as secretaries to older and more experienced diplomats , or by being attached in some subordinate capacity to one of their country 's embassies abroad . |
| 15 | Outdoor pursuits , especially walks , were promoted at all times , reading by oneself only when it was raining , and television not at all ( although in old age she herself became a tireless watcher of ‘ the News ’ ) . |
| 16 | A ‘ god ’ which mankind can worship is in no way identical to that power which created the universe , if indeed it were created at all within humanity 's understanding of that word . |
| 17 | Most of all , although they were meant to be secret , these were secrets that were fairly indifferently kept ; if , indeed , they were kept at all . |
| 18 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 19 | Let's not forget that even if no more children 's books were published at all , each year would still see the arrival of a new cohort of children and their parents and grandparents , who for the first time start to contemplate buying books which are relevant for a child of that age . |
| 20 | sole practitioners would not object to the proposed extra accounting measures if they were aimed at all firms ; |
| 21 | That is , assuming formal church marriage was intended at all . |
| 22 | The differential was too small to have a big impact , and , when it was publicised at all , was accompanied by assurances that the cost would be cancelled out by the lower summer charge . |
| 23 | He proved the point again this time , first by personally ensuring that the Alliance ( of three pretty diverse parties ) was formed at all , then by drawing huge crowds on his six election stomps through East Germany . |
| 24 | Rostov 's authority was limited at all times by the secrecy requirements which surrounded every incomplete survey , and he had already concluded that his presence on the mission was actually of questionable value . |
| 25 | William Penn , who founded Pennsylvania , was baptised at All Hallows , and John Quincy Adams married there in 1797 ; he was later to become the sixth president of the U.S.A. |
| 26 | The manager had explained to him when he was taken on that the insurance people insisted the wharf was guarded at all times before they would agree to give cover . |
| 27 | There was only one peg that was ice-free and I predicted that if anything was caught at all that peg would be the last to produce . |
| 28 | Er only if erm the mother was torn at all or , or if you did n't think the baby was coming as it should , there was problems there , then you , you would . |
| 29 | Here police monitoring of the large crowds was facilitated by ‘ sophisticated radio equipment supplied by the Army , hot lines to the White House and the Pentagon , and an 8 by 12-foot map of the city , complete with a zoom-lens television camera for closeups , that could show where every police officer and other security force was located at all times ’ ( Farber , 1988:159 ) . |
| 30 | Vincent 's work was found wanting — when it was noticed at all — by a sniffing , word-of-mouth criticism that condemned him as too literary . |