Example sentences of "were therefore [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The dead was Akhu existed n the heaven as stars around the pole star and were therefore eternal and unchanging .
2 The 1960s were therefore low on space sci-fi until 2001 gave a new start to the genre .
3 Data from 33 interviews ( 19 physicians , 14 surgeons ) were therefore available for analysis .
4 Morgan , Marx , and Engels were therefore right in stressing the corporate , non-individualistic aspect of gens .
5 They were therefore unrecognized , as they knew only too well , and were attracted by the idea of the possibility of a job .
6 We were therefore delighted the Secretary of State rejected British Coal 's plan for a major opencast mine at Pwll Du near Blaenavon , which we had opposed .
7 I was born in 1910 and my parents were therefore Victorian , and in those days you were told absolutely nothing .
8 They were both in banking , and were therefore used to making quick decisions and to having a lot of responsibility .
9 All the elements necessary for rectification were therefore present ; if the Crown was at fault because of the delay in discovering the mistake , rectification was still possible .
10 This proposition was also rejected by the revolutionary junta in Madrid , who were therefore obliged to continue their efforts to find someone willing to wear what the English Foreign Minister had described as ‘ that crown of thorns ’ .
11 Royal servants were therefore anxious to extend the boundaries of their bureaucratic empires whenever possible , and to defend them against encroachment at all times .
12 Camille could n't see what the dimensions of the leaf had to do with anything and asked whether mustard and cress were therefore worthless and was there any value in endive , all frayed and ragged as it was .
13 Some castellans and bishops were therefore amenable to bargaining ; but others needed forceful persuasion .
14 Of the 13 seats , four — a record number — were therefore excess seats .
15 He would watch their puzzled , attentive faces while Nonni talked about clothes and the latest film she had seen , ‘ jollying them up a bit ’ , as she called it : she thought that because their lives had been man-less , they were therefore dull and sad .
16 Many of the best racing clippers were therefore composite built .
17 Law 's claims were therefore substantial , but they were known to few outside parliament , Glasgow and Manchester .
18 With a 60 per cent increase in consumer prices reported , there were therefore substantial increases in real wages for many workers .
19 They were therefore guilty of robbery when they used force seconds after seizing the property .
20 They were therefore involved in negotiating the initial agreement of the statutory services for the project to take place in their areas , and in preparing the ground more fully so that all relevant service-providers knew about the project and understood how it might affect them or vice versa .
21 States were therefore keen to see the federally supported mental health centres as the new agencies which could play the leading role .
22 They were therefore keen to demonstrate the board 's usefulness tot hose they represented and this may have made them reluctant to accept a model of training which did not produce immediate and tangible results .
23 They were therefore liable to pay the charge .
24 It being a consumer deal , the condition as to merchantable quality could not be excluded and the sellers were therefore liable .
25 It was held that they could and were therefore liable for the loss of the pigs .
26 The sellers were therefore liable in damages to the buyer .
27 was imposed on the defendant client existed between the defendants were therefore liable to be taught .
28 Second marriages were therefore common , as anyone who has tried to construct a family tree for this period will know .
29 In truth , the task was less daunting than it could have been , partly because a considerable number of our sportspersons did not ( Gasp ! ) regularly purchase the magazine and were therefore unlikely to spot the odd line which might interest m'learned friends .
30 The High Court of Australia ( McTiernan J. dissenting ) held that the payments were not made voluntarily but under duress and were therefore recoverable .
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