Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were assigned almost immediately to carry our share on such missions as , Hanover , Berlin and then there were those shallow missions to North Africa and , and of Russia . |
| 2 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 3 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 4 | Wetland marshes were filled in systematically to make land more ‘ productive ’ or simply to discourage the hordes of mosquitoes that rule the eastern shore in the summer . |
| 5 | ‘ Everybody complains about taxes today , but in ancient times wealthy Romans were expected not just to pay their taxes but to finance public works , as well . ’ |
| 6 | These measures were designed not just to prevent Germany waging war , but to cripple German industry . |
| 7 | A district army commander in a small outpost 10 miles west of Kampot town admitted last month that the mines his troops had planted at the foot of the mountains were designed only partly to defend their position . |
| 8 | A total of seven people were reported so far to have been killed in similar circumstances . |
| 9 | The successful birds had two young which were feathered well enough to show the black bar along the grey wings which distinguishes immature kittiwakes . |
| 10 | She personally recruited university-trained teachers , who were prepared not only to provide their services free but also to participate in the social life of the college . |
| 11 | The landscapes differed from those of the last day 's walk , and were seen in another mood ; the rain-clouds floated high , the road lay over rocky ridges , the homesteads had an amplitude of stone wall fencing over these exposed seaboard cliffs ; and they were built more compactly to withstand all assaults . |
| 12 | They were drafted individually , as opposed to many letters that used common forms , most likely by the chancellor himself or by a very senior notary , and were sent closed , which meant that the bulla and the cords were used not just to authenticate document but to close and seal it up . |
| 13 | The police were needed not only to combat crime , but also to provide an alternative to the army in suppressing serious public disorder . |
| 14 | Central banks from round the world were drafted in yesterday to stop the pound 's slide . |
| 15 | Perhaps Jeremy Bates , who with his partner , Neil Broad , were ranked sufficiently highly to go straight into the main draw for the doubles , might have considered the position of his partner a little more sympathetically . |
| 16 | We were brought up nicely to go with my father who used to sing in the church choir . |
| 17 | The important feature of both initiatives was that people who normally work independently from each other and who shared a common vision and interest , were brought together also to share and benefit from each other 's expertise . |
| 18 | The position was even worse in countries like Tanzania , where SOEs were set up primarily to replace imports but worsened the trade balance . |
| 19 | Clearinghouses were set up primarily to overcome the isolation of individual practitioners within their own national boundaries . |
| 20 | According to tradition , it was founded by Joshua at the time of the miraculous crossing of the river , and twelve sacred stones were set up there to commemorate the event ( Josh. |
| 21 | There are now two active groups of doctors and a group for nurses which were set up specifically to oppose the use of animals in medical research on the grounds that it is unscientific . |
| 22 | Yet if this were indeed the law , then surely the Act must have had as its object something of greater moment than the nudie magazines and nude pamphlets which British juries were asked so regularly to assess for depravity . |
| 23 | ‘ I said you were sunk low enough to match his sordid background , yes . ’ |
| 24 | This caused much grumbling and many heads were knocked together just to remind everybody who was boss . |
| 25 | Internationally it entered into a de facto cartel agreement with Canada , whereby export prices were kept low enough to discourage new producers . |
| 26 | The reduction was intended not only to save central government expenditure but also to put pressure on local authorities to curb their own spending by increasing the local cost thus making the expenditure more ‘ visible ’ to both councillors and the electorate . |
| 27 | Unfortunately the book was completed too soon to reflect the enormous impact of fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry on biology . |
| 28 | In east Africa wage-paid labour was confined almost entirely to entrepôt ports such as Mombasa and Zanzibar . |
| 29 | With regard to Bancroft 's second point , our research was designed not only to quantify sexual practices but also to understand why people put themselves at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases , especially AIDS . |
| 30 | This dual safeguard , which was designed not merely to maintain the real value of benefits , but also to guarantee that they paralleled any increase in the real incomes of the working population , was removed in 1980 . |