Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition 25 other trade-related agreements were ratified which included the mutual reduction of tariffs and export duties on 350 manufactured goods ; the freeing of restrictions on nearly all primary agricultural produce and the equalizing of tariffs of 170 food items ; and a bilateral annual trade of 10,000 vehicles . |
| 2 | Later , as the plates were welded I watched the hull take form , the bulkheads put in place and , scrambling around the apparent chaos of electrical cables and skeleton framework inside the hull , it was hard to visualise all this as our future living quarters , or that we should ever take her to sea in a fully operational capacity . |
| 3 | In 1973 experiments were reported which described the isolation of portions of tissue containing something which combined specifically with morphine and other potent analgesics . |
| 4 | In the excitement of his new job and other things that were happening he pushed the thought of Chris to the back of his mind until he realised that Maureen looked red-eyed and unhappy . |
| 5 | Thousands of officers in London today were pressing him to ignore the report altogether . |
| 6 | To me they were ordering her to have the baby , which was n't fair . |
| 7 | From the 1820s huge steam engines were built which did the work much more effectively . |
| 8 | As soon as you were noticed you became the butt for other peoples jokes and worries . |
| 9 | Frequently , strategies were adopted which camouflaged the intractability of this particular problem . |
| 10 | The entry for the case was located in the birth register and the first preceding and the first succeeding entries were selected who matched the case with respect to sex , date of birth ( plus or minus six months ) , district of birth registration , and family health services authority of the child 's first general practitioner . |
| 11 | Films were made which attacked the small screen . |
| 12 | When the committee inspected the work in July 1890 some further changes were made which increased the cost to £657 in addition to the cost of the site . |
| 13 | So quite early on some very crucial decisions were made which tilted the balance very much towards the national government . |
| 14 | With the expansion of trade and the growth of powerful merchant classes , economic forces were unleashed which eroded the older social structure and undermined the established order and authorities . |
| 15 | I mean , I suppose what the others were doing was illegal , but it 's not as if they were forcing anyone to take the stuff . |
| 16 | ‘ We had a similar set-up some years ago and if it were reintroduced I think the standard of the women 's game would rise ’ . |
| 17 | Erm because people were saying you know the Y D P's coming to an end but |
| 18 | And the studio floor was covered with meat , and they had this dog they 'd starved for three days with contact mics all over its stomach … and they were recording him eating the meat ! |
| 19 | And when the first visors were introduced they made the heavy hats flop down over the troops ' faces . |
| 20 | Other instruments were invented which recorded the actions of the heart and the flow in the vessels , and it became possible to investigate how the whole system was regulated throughout all the different activities of life . |
| 21 | ‘ We were asking them to play the main role in caring for their children , but they felt their authority was being undermined by the assessments . |
| 22 | Well , they 're right , but with what we were doing we wanted the containment of a mono mix to be even more contained . |
| 23 | It was under this imprint that the light romantic novels were issued which constituted the staple fare of Lane 's circulating libraries . |
| 24 | Whether they remain in Edinburgh or betake themselves to other lands and whatever be the walk of life in which they were bred I believe the students of this seminary will be found everywhere and at all times promoting civilisation in the world . ’ |
| 25 | But consider one aspect : fifteen design variables were identified which affected the behaviour of residents , especially children and users of blocks of flats . |
| 26 | we 'll do the margarine first , were did you put the margarine ? |
| 27 | But although these were indeed dog days for British film production , film producers were emerging who understood the need for modern styles of production , bigger budgets and more ambitious showmanship . |
| 28 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 29 | For by freeing themselves from war , the great Catholic powers were freeing themselves to attack the heretics , and attack they did . |
| 30 | That 's not a criticism of the project as such , it 's just that the sort of service that was intended which included the conversion of a building , did not check out that a building was available — there was no building . |