Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 2 | With the spread of trolleybus conversions across West and North London all the older ex-L.C.C. and ex-Metropolitan types of car were scrapped and everything from the London UniteD Tramways was scrapped except the Feltham type modern cars . |
| 3 | ‘ The secretaries were determined that somebody at least should make use of them , and there was much pressure put on me to do so . |
| 4 | At Lockleys , Herts. , for example , six types of stone foreign to the locality were recorded but none of these was used in the pavement of room 2 . |
| 5 | Additionally , some octamer and decamer peptides were analysed but none of these bound . |
| 6 | In addition the DHSS would not agree to supply updates free of charge , so after much discussion three DHSS manuals were chosen but none of them was to be updated . |
| 7 | Ede was no innovator , and the Bill was regarded as something of a disappointment by some of his Party colleagues , in the Cabinet as well as on the backbenches . |
| 8 | The health authorities declared a fresh state of " red alert " on Dec. 28 when further cases of cholera were discovered in three northern provinces bordering Bolivia and Paraguay , although it was reported that none of the 44 people diagnosed in the space of five days had died [ for outbreak in early 1992 see p. 38761 ] . |
| 9 | During a debate , the party was reminded that one in 20 Labour members is under 25 years old while the average age of the party is 45 . |
| 10 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 11 | A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient . |
| 12 | This was a deliberate policy : it was felt that anyone with sufficient education to understand or be interested in foreign news could be expected to listen to and understand English . |
| 13 | The Romantic enthusiasm for the wilderness co-existed with a more practical attitude in which Nature was seen as something to be explored and catalogued . |
| 14 | It was seen as something to be avoided at all costs . |
| 15 | It was shown that someone with normally sensitive skin would not have been affected but that the purchaser had abnormally sensitive skin . |
| 16 | I was told that everyone in the hamlet had electricity and a loudspeaker in their room — all , that is , except the ‘ bad elements ’ — children of the rich peasants or landlords who had apparently not become ( or had not been allowed to become ) good commune members . |
| 17 | Where the middle contract was overpriced , relative to the near contract , one middle contract was sold and one near contract purchased . |
| 18 | It was found that one in 15 among 200 people with odour problems investigated had a condition called trimethylaminuria — or fish odour syndrome . |
| 19 | Overall , when the children on the course were compared to those in the control groups , it was found that none of them had taken up smoking and some who had been using snuff before the start of the programme had now given up . |
| 20 | For the study , a fast food outlet was defined as one with highly systemised operations , normally with counter service , and a high volume of customers . |
| 21 | As in the Hopkins report , the crucial issue of deficit finance was fudged , and it was stated that none of what was proposed would involve ‘ deliberate planning for a deficit in the National Budget in years of subnormal trade activity ’ . |