Example sentences of "[was/were] also [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers were also on strike with similar demands . |
| 2 | The day Station Guide Tricia Connor brought her baby son Gregor in to meet her colleagues , the Ukrainian visitors were also on hand , so baby Gregor was introduced to them . |
| 3 | Dye and scouring houses were also on site . |
| 4 | The painted texts , which emphasized the importance of the Word , were intended as an aid to devotion , and were more readily seen than the Bibles , which were also on display in every church . |
| 5 | The figures for black youngsters excluded indefinitely and for a fixed period were also above average . |
| 6 | Pride , even personal prestige , were also at stake . |
| 7 | However , even before war broke out , the regime 's propaganda experts were also at work on that strand of Hitler 's image . |
| 8 | Other forms of seduction were also at work on him as it happens , and on I October of the year of his arrival in the village he married Edith Mason , youngest daughter of Henry Rice Mason of Godmanchester , Hunts. , a cabinet-maker . |
| 9 | Terns , redshanks and sand plovers were also at risk , together with birds accustomed to using the coastal mudflats as resting points on seasonal migrations between Siberia and East Africa . |
| 10 | Mrs Warden said that there were other patients with similar complaints to Mrs Cook who were also at risk . |
| 11 | Now , the means whereby the standards of the higher courses , devised by the new polytechnics , could be validated and monitored were also at hand , with the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , granted its Royal Charter in 1964 , and charged with ensuring that the courses approved by it were of a standard at least equivalent to similar courses in the universities . |
| 12 | In a few favoured regions , including Egypt and India , large-scale irrigation works were also of significance , though a simple and fervent faith in technology produced disastrous and unforeseen side effects , then as now . |
| 13 | Only the fact that the streets were also under construction made them passable ; one made one 's way cautiously from one mound of earth to another . |
| 14 | Negotiations were also under way with Switzerland for a relaxation of that country 's ban on the 40-tonne lorries which were usual in all EC member states except the UK and Ireland , and Austria was also being asked to upgrade rail and road transit routes , particularly over the Brenner Pass between Innsbruck and the Italian border . |
| 15 | Discussions were also under way with Hungary on a similar agreement , not actually signed until March 10 , providing for the withdrawal of most of the 52,000 Soviet troops from Hungary by the end of 1990 and the remainder by July 1991 . |
| 16 | Investigations were also under way into alleged sales to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war of 200 GHN-45 cannons via Jordan . |
| 17 | In the final analysis , the Swann Report not only put aside what it had already acknowledged about the relatively poor performance of students of Bangladesh I origin , but ignored evidence that students of Mirpuri Pakistani origin were also under performing , while students of East African Asian origin seemed to be achieving exceptionally well . |
| 18 | It was becoming apparent that some of the companies which had acted as intermediaries in the sale of the land to Equidesa were also under investigation in connection with a fraud involving the sale of value added tax ( IVA-impuesto de valor agregado ) invoices . |
| 19 | Although the KDP were also in revolt at the same time , there were too many differences between them for there to be any prospect of co-ordinated action . |
| 20 | Since by this time various German principalities were also in ferment , the entire European settlement of 1815 appeared to be in jeopardy . |
| 21 | Although there was a facility for central storage of information , localised filing systems were also in operation , and there appeared to be a large amount of duplication . |
| 22 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 24 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 25 | The simplest way of recording answers was therefore felt to be to assume that all those answering ‘ yes ’ to question 1 were also in principle against the proposal in question 2 , thus making the overall response to this question negative . |
| 26 | Their customary brilliance was still seen in bursts but schoolboy blunders were also in abundance and a lack of concentration in defence left goalkeeper Ally Maxwell exposed far too often . |
| 27 | His grandparents , who normally live in Spain , were also in court . |
| 28 | By early 1945 the " Caucasians " ( with a large number of women , children and camp followers ) were also in north Italy , near Tolmezzo and had been joined by a number of emigres , one of whom , Gen Sultan Kelich Ghirei , took command in April 1945 after the departure of their former German commander . |
| 29 | It proved to be a period of strained relations with the English liberals , who were allies of the Irish party , but who were also in favour of bringing schooling more and more under state rather than church control ( Miller 1973 : 81–7 , 120–38 , 268–92 ) . |
| 30 | An overwhelming majority were also in favour of the mixed economy , suggesting that the reformers are opposed not because of their policies , but because of their image . |