Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were interested to see how far proposals were concentrated on particular aspects of the curriculum ( as opposed to an across-the-curriculum approach ) , how much participation there had been in arriving at the proposal , whether information-handling skills were recognised , and so on . |
| 2 | ‘ Martin Edwards then called and suggested that his club were prepared to go very high for Hirst and that other players could be involved if we were interested . |
| 3 | The aim of the discussion on full employment policy in his Cabinet committee was to put out a statement before Beveridge , and the politicians were prepared to slide over practical difficulties in implementing the policy — all that was required was a statement of principles . |
| 4 | Some patients in the Special Hospitals could be moved directly to ordinary NHS units if local services were prepared to bear even minimal risks . |
| 5 | Yes , erm , and , and we , were prepared to subsidise as far as our finances would allow , you know people who are going , but Ex Exeter is quite a long way , so the travel is going to be something is n't it ? |
| 6 | Already the local people were disposed to make over various small sums for the use of the Schoolmaster . |
| 7 | The products were supposed to speed up blood-flow to make people feel more alert . |
| 8 | Their employers were quick to stoke up popular envy through the press if players even temporarily forgot their good fortune . |
| 9 | If battles were to assume a role of secondary significance , then the cavalry , who might play a vital part on such occasions , were likely to become less important . |
| 10 | Nearly one-sixth of authorities mentioned that the development of training packages , to be used in-house , and preferably developed by themselves , was needed to expand their training , indicating their belief that this was where expansion would need to come from , and that such training packages were likely to achieve more effective training because they would be tailor made . |
| 11 | The Homes might well do so , but the lesser East Border clans , the Kerrs , Turnbulls , Olivers , Rutherfords , Cranstouns and the like were unlikely to feel sufficiently strong to do so . |
| 12 | The captain and the chief and second mates received cargo allotments of value , but officers of junior rank were unlikely to make very substantial profits , even if they were not forced to share their allocation of cargo space with the commander in order to obtain a place at all . |
| 13 | Their idea of reality remains trapped in the cultural viewpoint which their theory of literature was trying to replace , and the difficulties which this led to can be most clearly seen in their theory of literary history : despite their innovatory definition of literary history as a discontinuous series , they were unable to explain how literary history related to other historical series . |
| 14 | All failed because they were unable to gain either electoral backing or the support of sections of the existing parties . |
| 15 | Working with a video camera capable of converting an image into digital form , a computer and a specially designed software programme , the trio were able to create photographically convincing composite portraits . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's because they were able to pick up extra tickets unused by other county boards . ’ |
| 17 | Women showed themselves to be remarkably adaptable to the heavy engineering work involved and many of them displayed such interest and versatility that they were able to undertake really high class work such as turning , milling , and drilling of precision components , high grade fitting work , electric and oxy-acetylene welding , crane driving , and operation of power hammers . |
| 18 | The general health of older people might be improved if they were able to rid themselves of the many ageist attitudes that surround the issue , and were able to feel more positive about their health prospects . |
| 19 | In the study of middle-class families , Firth , Hubert and Forge were able to find only small numbers of such cases , and then the conflict tended to be expressed as private resentment rather than open hostility ( pp. 373–8 ) . |
| 20 | As the lapidaries of the Low Countries gained in recognition and were able to apply more specialized skills they embarked on further innovations . |
| 21 | Both of these systems were able to understand relatively unconstrained language for these very narrow domains . |
| 22 | Also throughout this period some members of the House of Commons , though their numbers steadily decreased , owed their election to the influence which the Treasury and Admiralty were able to exert over certain constituencies . |
| 23 | This meant that before 1985 societies were able to offer highly competitive interest rates to the typical saver who was liable to income tax . |
| 24 | We were shocked to discover how important this secretive and ill-attended rite was , and realized that our aquatic curiosity might well have offended these creatures on whose appearance , or otherwise , rested the continuation of the entire festival . |
| 25 | Some Saudis were shocked to find how small their army was . |
| 26 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 27 | Help with feeding in the hospital had been poor , mainly because , says Kim , the staff were hard-pressed to give even basic care , let alone the sort of unhurried support often needed to get breastfeeding going . |
| 28 | And they were amazed to find how cold England was . |
| 29 | Civil servants were keen to discern how widespread public support was for the new measures , though they were aware , as they euphemistically put it , that there would be ‘ cause for complaint ’ with the government if the bill were blocked . |
| 30 | Steve Reid and I had a couple of free days and were eager to climb somewhere different . |