Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | White settlers often objected to the reserves because they were thereby denied access to farming land , and in some areas the size of the reserves was scaled down to meet their demands . |
| 2 | But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person ? |
| 3 | Apples were also taken west to Greece and Italy , and Homer refers to them in The Odyssey , which was written between 900 and 800 BC . |
| 4 | But that is explained , partly , by the fact that Mike did the negotiations himself and they were often done face to face with Jefferson . |
| 5 | It was a cheap alternative to buying from local merchants , but I was only allowed access to the provisions at points of safety such as towns and wells . |
| 6 | Gros Espiell , who was later named ambassador to France , denied that his decision was connected with the referendum result , but his departure was seen as a further blow to the government . |
| 7 | During the campaign for the East German general election in March 1990 [ see pp. 37300-02 ] the party leader , Franz Schönhuber , was repeatedly denied entry to the country and the party was anyway forbidden to participate in the elections because of its neo-Nazi sympathies [ see pp. 37260 ; 37301 ] . |