Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film was intended to show that all the best names in Britain favoured European unity . |
| 2 | The system was intended to ensure that those who received help were worse off ( ‘ less eligible ’ ) than the poorest people in work . |
| 3 | She was irritated to find that one essential item at least was missing , and made a mental note to have someone telephone for it immediately . |
| 4 | This court is of the opinion that the jury should have been directed to consider whether the effect of the book was to tend to deprave and corrupt a significant proportion of those persons likely to read it . |
| 5 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 6 | It was at that moment that Fabia was shaken to realise that all she was looking for was an excuse to be in touch with him again . |
| 7 | The train lover was fascinated to find that most journeys are undertaken on the railway because Chinese roads are not up to Western standards . |
| 8 | The present study was designed to test whether massive ( 90% ) PSBR would remove sufficient enteroendocrine cells to prevent the hypercholecystokininaemia of lesser enterectomies and , if not , whether the CCK receptor antagonist CR-1409 would blunt the adaptive response of the pancreas . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the system worked remarkably well , in large part because it was designed to ensure that each of its members had the information he needed to do his job . |
| 10 | The President of Fiji , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , formally promulgated a new Constitution on July 25 , which was designed to ensure that political power remained in the hands of the country 's ethnic Melanesian population . |
| 11 | The number of casualties was expected to rise because many people were still trapped in the rubble of damaged buildings . |
| 12 | His friend Lauder once attended such a service and was moved to comment that this assembling of the deaf was an affecting spectacle : |
| 13 | I was heartened to see that one of the slogans on London East TEC 's letterhead is : ’ Our vision is that by the year 2000 , the East side of London should be as prosperous as the West side ’ — that seems to be an excellent vision for London East TEC . |
| 14 | An attempt was made to determine if fluid transport varied between days 6 and 9 . |
| 15 | Already towards the end of January , when it was made known that German troops were encircled in Stalingrad , the unease registered in numerous reports merged into critical comment expressing fundamental doubts about the necessity of the war with Russia and now also about the truth of Hitler 's explanations for the war . |
| 16 | The mortified referee ordered the game to end but then was persuaded to leave while one of the linesmen took over , a spectator taking the linesman 's place . |
| 17 | That 's what I was told to bring and that 's what I have brought . |
| 18 | It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services . |
| 19 | Logistic regression analysis was used to determine whether any of the reflux variables was predictive of oesophagitis . |
| 20 | He was sobered to find that many Tahitians were already dying from the venereal diseases bequeathed to them on a previous visit . |
| 21 | A further series of experiments was performed to assess whether colonic bacteria could contribute to measured metabolism . |
| 22 | I was bought to score and that 's what I must do . ’ |
| 23 | I was going to say as long as you do n't both have two days at the same time . |
| 24 | In other words not sitting there and asking people to , erm people in authority , erm sort of people of influence , ask them what they think , but actually going out and visiting people and groups , and I was going to ask whether this would be copied to the women 's sub-committee , because there are many , many groups of women who never have a chance of saying what they really want , and I do n't mean patients , I mean potential users of the health service . |
| 25 | I was going to suggest that this is er , I mean I 've made a note of this question , that we ought to return to it next time |
| 26 | Ann was helped to see that this problem originally resulted from displaced resentments about Charles 's infidelity . |
| 27 | The vocabulary of social purity was employed to demonstrate that male immorality was the problem to be addressed , not the norm against which women should be defined . |
| 28 | I was beginning to realize that this diet could in fact be a breakthrough for all those who were still left with the typical British ‘ pear ’ shape , even after losing weight successfully . |
| 29 | Hazel was beginning to feel that all would be well and that Bigwig had more sense than he had given him credit for , when Fiver sat up on his hind legs , cleaned his face with his paws and then , for the first time , looked directly at him . |
| 30 | She was beginning to think that this Gus Hambro was a good deal more ingenuous than he supposed ; but if so , it was an engaging disability in him . |