Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Although communists were a nuisance it was fascist anti-semitism which caused the real headache ; if this were outlawed then the problem would be removed .
2 As much as 85 per cent of cars had a radio , and over half were used whenever the car was driven .
3 Renewed accusations had been made against Jones on Friday 10 March by James Brophy , the Utah vice president for research , who made allegations of piracy to Prof. John Lamb of Brigham Young University , and this was followed up the next week by Pons making general accusations against Jones to Dr Gajewski at the DOE .
4 This was confirmed only a few days ago when yet another visit to the garage became necessary , this time through no fault of the Metro 's .
5 When all were examined together a trend of increasing risk with lower social class was also found ( test for trend x=5.72 , p=0.02 ) .
6 Each was dramatic and each was followed only a short time later by a key Congressional vote . ’
7 No , that was picked out the history book
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