Example sentences of "[det] [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 | It was not officially ‘ discovered ’ until the 1970s , when a few were brought to the United States . |
| 12 | Very few were included in the initial lists of historic buildings and as a result a very large number have been demolished . |
| 13 | Equally , I suspect a good few were left with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomachs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Most households left the cities through unplanned decentralization , but some were moved as a result of specific planning policies . |
| 18 | Some were observed with every group they taught whilst others had very few visits to lessons . |
| 19 | Some had a heavy , lizard-like form , some were shaped like a crocodile , and many were small and bipedal . |
| 20 | Some were dragged by a foot still caught in the stirrup , round in a circle in the turf . |
| 21 | Q Our Piranhas have recently bred and we have a few fry left ( some were eaten by a Plec , which was in turn eaten by the Piranhas ) . |
| 22 | Some were based on the pre-war zaibatsu family-run conglomerates , others are centred on a big manufacturer such as Toyota , Nippon Steel or Matsushita . |
| 23 | Subsequently , while the total number of 110mph trains was retained some were withdrawn from the Glasgow service in favour of key Manchester and Liverpool business trains . |
| 24 | Measurements of remanent magnetism in a variety of volcanic rocks found on the continents had shown that some were magnetized in the opposite direction to the Earth 's present magnetic field . |
| 25 | A sign of the importance attached to shells at this time is that some were obtained from a distance . |
| 26 | Many specimens are made from mammoth ivory , but some were made from a variety of stones or even from fired clay . |
| 27 | Even big tough men have teddies hidden away somewhere , and some were brought into the open at the Didcot Railway Centre Teddy Bears Picnic . |
| 28 | Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done . |
| 29 | Many of the vehicles found their way back to the West , some were delivered to the Middle East and some to the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | The possibility that some were produced in a royal secretariat can not be totally excluded , although the evidence for the existence of such an office under Cnut is far from compelling . |