Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No special arrangements were made in the law for people ‘ cohabiting ’ , but the Assistance Board and their successors were expected to use their discretionary powers to ensure that such people were treated just the same as married couples . |
| 2 | Dissident former members of Jugnauth 's MSM , led by former Finance Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo , were expected to form their own party . |
| 3 | Most of the cuts , which were negotiated over 20 months [ see pp. 37201 ; 37267 ; 37335 ; 37473-74 ; 37796-97 ] , would be made by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries , which were expected to reduce their total arsenal by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 4 | It was there for all to see — BR became less of a corporate business , more an overlord for the sectors who were expected to find their own feet with or without government subsidy . |
| 5 | Instead , they were seen to raise their right arms in the ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ salute of the National Socialist movement . |
| 6 | None of the 55 patients was given any type of medical treatment during the study period and all were instructed to continue their normal dietary habits . |
| 7 | Members of parliament and top civil servants were made to reveal their financial assets , some of which proved to be astonishingly large . |
| 8 | Er Nottingham had about three attempts to pinch , and er the last one they were told to put their own house in order , first , because conditions were so much better than in the city . |
| 9 | When Goanese Christians complained of this discrimination they were told to start their own order , which they did very successfully . |
| 10 | Visitors to the Pumphouse were invited to input their weekly alcoholic intake into a computer , which calculated the cost of their drinking habits . |
| 11 | were invited to demonstrate their top grade Chapatti flour recently at the largest ethnic centre in the country at Ealing Road , Wembley . |
| 12 | The idea originated at the Museum and Art Gallery of Walsall in 1989 when local people were invited to display their own collections . |
| 13 | Entrants were invited to send their left trainer in an air-tight packet to Atlantic 252 radio station . |
| 14 | We were invited to contemplate their respective personalities , their little foibles , their dress sense , their wives and even such physical features ( supposedly indicative of their state of mind ) as the colour of their eyes . |
| 15 | The interior spaces of the wedge-shaped building were converted to suit their new function by artists Robert Irwin and Richard Fleischner , with architect David Raphael Singer , whose particular brief was to retain the all-glass walls of the building while making it a suitable and secure venue for displaying works of art . |
| 16 | THE tiny tots of St Kieran 's Nursery School were asked to pick their favourite ditties . |
| 17 | Supporters in the west were asked to give their first preference to Harry West and their second to John Taylor ; those in the east , vice versa . |
| 18 | In the national audience research survey I conducted in 1970–73 , listeners were asked to state their favourite programme or programmes . |
| 19 | Staff were asked to rate their overall impression of the Back Office system but , as can be see from the branch perception graph , at the beginning of this year the measure was split to get a clearer understanding of branches ' perception of availability and response times . |
| 20 | Thus , in a sense , the Jews were asked to perpetuate their own myth in the terms in which the Greeks had invented it . |
| 21 | When groups of staff in a local comprehensive school ( departments , year teams and a whole-school management group ) were asked to identify their own performance indicators , two things soon became apparent : |
| 22 | The companies were contacted directly and were asked to send their annual and interim reports . |
| 23 | Local Communist Parties were authorized to approach their Labour Parties in an attempt to make electoral agreements , and in the November 1934 Municipal elections the bulk of Communist candidates were withdrawn in favour of the Labour Party . |
| 24 | I found the SD Ribbon especially successful with complex , large scale music ( choral , operatic , large orchestral ) where its scale and authority , and well defined and authoritative midband were allowed to do their best . |
| 25 | And as a special favour , she believed , they were allowed to leave their top button unfastened . |
| 26 | During his illness he dreamt of the after-life , where kings , rulers and princes were reduced from their high station to fetching and carrying as servants , and only the high priests , gods and one or two favoured dead kings were allowed to preserve their earthly privileges . |
| 27 | The medical profession were reluctant to accept the creation of the NHS and to obtain their agreement to the creation of the service they were allowed to retain their private practices . |
| 28 | The Yugoslavs were allowed to retain their non-aligned status , and kept to their ‘ national path to communism ’ which differed in important respects from that of the other communist-ruled countries . |
| 29 | I sewed curtains and quilts and the boys were allowed to choose their own colour schemes and furnishings . |
| 30 | The seriously debated motion , which demanded non-cooperation unless teachers were allowed to choose their own appraisers and then to keep the resulting reports as their personal property , left me dumbfounded . |