Example sentences of "were a waste " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if there had been no synthetic drugs to control the resistant strains , would the decline of streptomycin have been taken to prove that antibiotics were a waste of time because organisms adapted to them too easily ? |
| 2 | Where adjoining houses were used , the halls and staircases were a waste of space , and in separate houses the accommodation was either too large or too small . |
| 3 | In his view peace conferences were a waste of time ; the old elm had outlived its usefulness . |
| 4 | We still behaved as if to sleep were a waste of time . |
| 5 | While some thought that they did a good job , a substantial minority felt that they were a waste of time . |
| 6 | Her helpless feelings for Dr Russell were a waste of time . |
| 7 | To examine the possibility that the calculations and checks used to obtain the measure were a waste of effort or even erroneous , graphs were plotted of simultaneously obtained measures and ( scaled ) pixel counts . |
| 8 | and changed it , it were a waste of time |
| 9 | Gillian said she did n't want flowers , she did n't want to , to , they thought they were a waste of money and er she said , needed , she 'd wanted to send any , if you wanted to send any just to send it to , to nursing . |