Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agronomic techniques were developed rather later than mechanical ones , following the identification of the importance of rainsplash as a major element in the erosion process . |
| 2 | The larger number of subjects in the recognition phase for each stimulus increases the reliability of signal detection measures calculated for individual stimuli so these measures were calculated immediately rather than using hit rate for further analyses . |
| 3 | Every town and village , and most large estates , had natural or man-made ponds on which matches were arranged as often as the weather allowed . |
| 4 | John Alderson made a case for the reintroduction of community policing in 1982 ( Alderson 1982 , also see 1979 ) , but its advantages were recognized much earlier when the House of Commons Select Committee on Race Relations examined relations between the police and ethnic minorities in 1972 , and in 1976 a report from the National Police College placed a central emphasis upon it ( Pope 1976 ) . |
| 5 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 6 | A spokesman for gloucestershire county council says that BET 's bids for cleaning contracts were treated as fairly as other competitors , and not opened until two weeks after the sale of glostershire services to BET was concluded . |
| 7 | After the war , the army dumped thousands of these sets on cadet forces , where they were treated far harder than in any battle zone . |
| 8 | Leading intellectuals had been purged but were treated more leniently than in the past . |
| 9 | The EC has ruled against unfair dismissal of pregnant women — they no longer have to claim that they were treated more harshly than a sick man . |
| 10 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
| 11 | Inside , the tents were furnished as comfortably as possible : iron bedsteads and hot water were provided for Cook 's tourists . |
| 12 | On the train journey back south they were cheered once again as they passed through every station , and this time Charlie felt they were more worthy of the hatted ladies ' respect . |
| 13 | And consequently we was all subject , and you were fined very heavily if you were , if you tore these what's- a-names , blackouts , that 's the name . |
| 14 | Outside the immaculately maintained and smartly guarded naval enclaves , where minds were drilled as thoroughly as bodies in uniformity and obedience , the privilege of royal society was granted on condition that it would be denied to all outsiders . |
| 15 | Others were picked up opportunistically because a visitor or student arrived with just the right skills or interests to move ahead on a front I might otherwise have neglected . |
| 16 | Other Coalition Liberals were disliked as warmly as Lloyd George , more for their present policies than for their past . |
| 17 | Despite the Geneva conference requirement that heavy weapons in the area be placed under UN supervision from Sept. 12 [ see above ] , renewed artillery attacks were reported as early as Sept. 14 in Sarajevo ( which was suffering severe water and electricity shortages as supply lines were interrupted ) . |
| 18 | Economic controls were lifted as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 20 | at the start of the second half the Hereford defence were caught out again as Scott put Wycombe back into the lead … |
| 21 | Indeed over his three and a half years in office new problems were added as quickly as others were solved or eased . |
| 22 | The cathedral was begun in the early thirteenth century and building continued till after 1300 , while a later choir and chapels were added as late as 1520 . |
| 23 | In particular it wanted to ensure that British nuclear thinking , planning , targeting and developments as a whole evolved along lines which were compatible with and were harnessed as far as possible to fit in with its own requirements . |
| 24 | The poor , or " the mob or mere dregs of the people " as Henry Fox , father of Charles James , once called them , were seen not only as wholly unfit to rule , being ignorant and lacking the independence which property supposedly conferred , but even as a threat to the freedom for which England was internationally renowned . |
| 25 | Two High Court judges upheld the right of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to refuse payouts to two women because they were sought too long after the abuse took place . |
| 26 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 27 | The action and control areas were carefully selected so that they were matched as far as possible in terms both of the number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service in the previous year , and of 1981 census data on the number of elderly people resident , particularly those aged 80 and over , the housing amenities of elderly people and the proportion of elderly people living alone ( see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 28 | Bones with large ratios of surface area to weight , such as vertebrae , intact skulls , pelves and scapulae , were moved more readily than more compact bones such as mandibular bodies and parts of the major limb bones . |
| 29 | Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money . |
| 30 | The early canals were contour canals , winding about for miles in order to circumvent a hill ; but the later ones were made as straight as possible by means of cuttings and embankments . |