Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas . |
| 2 | If this were done in the City , the IRA could simply switch their targets to prestigious offices in the provinces . |
| 3 | The Russian frontier , running some 1,450km/900mls from Memel on the Baltic Sea to the Bukovina in northern Romania , was highly vulnerable to a German attack southward from East Prussia , especially if this were matched by an Austrian advance northward from Galicia . |
| 4 | Such posts as this were intended for the sons of the well-heeled or at least the well-connected . |
| 5 | In the west , a woman could only have an abortion if this were approved by a doctor on medical , genetic or psychological grounds . |
| 6 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 7 | The reasons for this were linked to the financial relationship between central and local government . |
| 8 | In the mid-1940s , explanations for this were offered in the form of theories which presented anatomical features as the cause of the blacks ' advantages . |
| 9 | Exceptions to this were found in the older family where the wife had always been active and continued to work into her 70's , and where a specialised product like cheese was being produced for farm gate sales . |
| 10 | Some interesting reasons for this were suggested in The Observer in 1986 . |
| 11 | The English were taught in a different school to the Chinese . |
| 12 | The English were faced by the different physical conditions and social organisation of the countries which they invaded . |
| 13 | Children whose first language was not English were excluded from the sample . |
| 14 | His skilful efforts to put the Assembly in the wrong were abetted by the deputies ' seeming determination to alienate the masses from the regime , attempts which culminated in an electoral law of 1850 which disenfranchised some 3,000,000 voters on the basis of a residence qualification . |
| 15 | The apostles and the communities of the faithful were driven by the Spirit , faith and the knowledge of the Risen Lord . |
| 16 | Only four men aged between eighteen and forty-five were described in the returns as farmers . |
| 17 | I am not drawing comparisons here , I am just making the point that 500-plus were lost in the Battle of Britain and nearly 700 were lost at Nuremburg on one raid . |
| 18 | Two people died and 542 were injured in the London terminus accident . |
| 19 | It was not officially ‘ discovered ’ until the 1970s , when a few were brought to the United States . |
| 20 | Very few were included in the initial lists of historic buildings and as a result a very large number have been demolished . |
| 21 | Equally , I suspect a good few were left with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomachs . |
| 22 | A number of documents concerning trading contacts between the two countries in 1993 were signed at the meeting . |
| 23 | For the time being at least this was almost exactly how the French were regarded by the Americans in Vietnam : of little or no account and if not exactly in the ‘ out ’ tray at best their position was ‘ pending ’ . |
| 24 | The French were crushed by the native forces and the Americans were forced to move in to take their place in order to safe-guard their investment , going a little deeper into the quicksand . |
| 25 | Wilson claimed that at least 30 were promoted by the Shipping Federation alone . |
| 26 | In her research into the effects of divorce on children , Mitchell ( 1985 ) found that some siblings had been divided between the two parents , though some were reunited after the divorce . |
| 27 | The rings were used in a variety of ways : some were worn on the arm or wrist ; others appear to be the frames for the mouths of pouches which are often found to contain small metal items ; a third use was as a girdle hanger . |
| 28 | For example , some were moved to the edges of the older urban cores as a result of the construction of peripheral public-housing schemes in the 1960s and early 1970s . |
| 29 | Most households left the cities through unplanned decentralization , but some were moved as a result of specific planning policies . |
| 30 | Some were observed with every group they taught whilst others had very few visits to lessons . |