Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the insults were skilfully repaid with interest . |
| 2 | These plans were duly put into effect , and the new building was ready for opening in good time for the celebrations . |
| 3 | In this series , the histological diagnosis was based on biopsy specimens , staging procedures systematically included abdominal and chest computed tomography and bone marrow biopsy , and most patients were not operated on but were successfully treated with monochemotherapy . |
| 4 | The largely vertical tears , ranging from 20 to 60 cm in length , were successfully repaired in time for the opening of the exhibition . |
| 5 | Finally , the slides were weakly stained with haematoxylin for one minute before dehydrating and mounting in Xam ( BDH , Poole ) . |
| 6 | Although he helped make development a causal science his theories were largely wrong ; even so , his preformationist ideas , in which nuclear determinants were unequally distributed during cleavage did stimulate the key experiments . |
| 7 | Two Dutchmen , Hans Guyt and Willem Beekman , were eventually sent to prison for six weeks over this protest . |
| 8 | With the prematurely balding Perthshire giant Alan Gilzean up-front and the craggy centre-half Ian Ure cementing their defence , Dundee annihilated the European Cup favourites , FC Cologne by 8–1 at home , then advanced to the semi-finals where they were eventually beaten by AC Milan . |
| 9 | The wires of the fence were eventually replaced with mesh , and Halima having tried once , and finding that her leg did not go through , ceased to paw at the fence for oats . |
| 10 | Its original turf and timber buildings were eventually replaced by stone ones . |
| 11 | In the early years there were dancing partners but these were eventually replaced by demonstration couples . |
| 12 | The children were eventually admitted into care as a result of neglect . |
| 13 | However , traffic on the line declined in the 20th century and both it and the Citadel Station were eventually closed to passenger services in 1947 , although the larger North Leith Station did not close to passengers until 1962 . |
| 14 | Some new crofts were eventually established on land purchased by the Government , mainly for ex-servicemen returned from the 1914–18 war , under the Land Settlement ( Scotland ) Act of 1919 . |
| 15 | The Millbank paper-mill and its equipment were eventually offered for sale by auction in October 1804 , thereby ending the possibility of England challenging the European paper industry by using more easily available materials for making paper . |
| 16 | When they were eventually brought to trial , the most revealing thing that came out was that thousands of women were seeking , by a variety of means , to terminate their pregnancies . |
| 17 | Although the later words of section 63(2) provide that the expense incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of a benefit includes a proper proportion of any expense relating partly to the benefit and partly to other matters , I consider that the expenses incurred in provision of places for fee paying pupils were wholly incurred in order to provide those places . |
| 18 | Two million cells in 3μl were slowly injected under ether anaesthesia through the right frontal skull into the subarachnoid space using a 10μl Hamilton syringe . |
| 19 | By exaggerating these postures the differences were obvious but as the paddle strokes were passed on from instructor to instructor the artificial distortions were slowly adopted into reality . |
| 20 | This was not merely through the intrinsic loss but also because family status and honour were intimately linked to possession of land . |
| 21 | Traditionally the largest man-made hole in England , it is the result of the running together of a number of small quarries Cornish slates were widely employed for roofing in the county by the fourteenth century and indeed by 1314 they were certainly in use on buildings in Winchester , Hampshire . |
| 22 | The moves were widely seen as part of an attempt to end the 15-year civil war by meeting conditions demanded by the opposition UNITA rebels . |
| 23 | Meager ( 1986 ) showed that in 1984 such employment strategies were widely applied in relation to personal service , office and manual workers and to some extent to the recruitment of managerial , technical and professional staff . |
| 24 | Goods brought in through the Port of London were widely distributed by way of the River Thames and the Grand Union Canal which linked to the Midlands . |
| 25 | The reports , which apparently originated from Western diplomats in North Korea , were widely circulated by Japanese and South Korean news agencies but totally repudiated by the North Korean authorities . |
| 26 | As in stone-built barns , slits were widely used in brick structures and they were generally arranged in rows . |
| 27 | Plastics — that here leave little to the imagination — were widely used in fashion . |
| 28 | Garrett , Bever and Fodor ( 1966 ) showed that clicks were perceptually localised at clause boundaries , and hence concluded that the clause is the main perceptual unit . |
| 29 | In a clearly stratified society , the interests of this audience were predominantly defined by class . |
| 30 | Now designs were recognizably drawn from nature , but stylized in such a way that they formed bold patterns . |