Example sentences of "[det] were [vb pp] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once these effects were demonstrated , resistance , which had been spirited , to changing the Stage I regulations to a ‘ take and pass 10 ’ formulation , tended to dwindle away ; few were motivated to defend the educational benefits of phantom registration . |
| 2 | So far , another two hundred and thirty had been taken to the nearest hospital , although few were expected to survive the next twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | This time , thanks be to God , some were saved to tell the news . |
| 4 | These were arranged to allow the morning feeding to be carried out and a one-and-a-half hour break for tea allowed many farmers to return for the second feed and to check the stock . |
| 5 | These were constructed to augment the power required by the extension of new industries further downstream . |
| 6 | These were designed to reduce the gap between the formal and informal structures of union representation and lessen the distance between shop stewards and unions ( Sciarra , 1977 ) . |
| 7 | Several bombs have gone off in Latvia ; the locals think these were planted to give the army a possible excuse to move in . |
| 8 | Good tactics , whether planned or not — the more gentry were pinned down here , the fewer were left to muster the Volunteers or ride off with news to the Deputies at Blairgowrie . |
| 9 | Many were tempted to relieve the immediate pressure by obtaining a ReMortgage . |
| 10 | Adequate help for the poor could be contained within the social welfare budget , if more were done to reduce the estimated annual loss of £1.5 billion to benefit cheats . |
| 11 | Both were coloured using the Colorap highlighting method , available at professional salons around the country . |
| 12 | Both were sold to provide the ‘ seed-core growth ’ for the new firm and its innovative information retrieval system . |
| 13 | Under the 1881 Cardwell Reforms , both were linked to form The Border Regiment which , over the years , has had a considerable variety of head-dress badges . |