Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 1 , Protection From Eviction Act 1977 , was amended to enable more prosecutions and at the same time introduced a new criminal offence . |
| 2 | The definition had been left somewhat vague in the legislation , though it was intended to embrace all matters relevant . |
| 3 | The reform was intended to affect all farms and estates of more than 180 hectares ( 450 acres ) but in Pomerania — the Polish Corridor — the soil was so poor that the lower limit was set at 400 hectares ( 1,000 acres ) . |
| 4 | The grand alliance favoured a new set of standards called open systems interconnection ( OSI ) , which was intended to allow all types of computer in the world to talk to each other within any kind of network . |
| 5 | Support is given to the view that Robertson 's order was intended to cover these Croats by a further signal sent from AFHQ on the following day , 15 May . |
| 6 | It was argued on behalf of the shareholders that the Directive was intended to protect all investors and that they would be prejudiced if they were not notified in advance of the intended cancellation of Titaghur 's public listing . |
| 7 | Much controversy has attached to the word ‘ servants ’ in this passage , as to whether it cancelled the previous Leveller insistence on full , unqualified adult manhood suffrage and was intended to exclude all wage-earners from the vote , or — more likely — was meant to cover only those living in , and so dependent on their master or mistress for board and lodging . |
| 8 | As she was kneeling to get some tools out of a cupboard he struck her on the head with a hammer , apparently on the impulse of the moment , and then stole a wallet which he found in the house . |
| 9 | In 1904 a loosely structured organization , the Union of Liberation , was formed to unite all sections of the opposition . |
| 10 | In 1903 a loosely structured organization , the Union of Liberation , was formed to unite all sections of opposition and to press for constitutional democracy based on universal , equal , secret and direct franchise . |
| 11 | A sub-group of the Patterns of Service Committee of SAD was formed to explore these issues further . |
| 12 | A Publicity Committee was formed to attract more members and on New Year 's Eve 1946–47 what appears to be the first such Social at the Club was held and included ‘ modern dancing to a radiogram ’ . |
| 13 | To compete for the award a partnership was formed representing all sectors in the town : Private sector : Teesside and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Teesside Tomorrow . |
| 14 | It was developed to keep all aspects ‘ under one roof ’ in view of the fact that , outside London , Belfast is second to Manchester as the largest cargo airport in the UK . |
| 15 | Like most other rivers , the Thames was harnessed to drive many mills . |
| 16 | The present prospective study was designed to evaluate all patients with symptoms of gastrooesophageal reflux , who were submitted to a clinical assessment over a period of time . |
| 17 | Admittedly , RDS , unlike Carfax , was designed to have many functions for home as well as in-car listeners . |
| 18 | This ESRC-sponsored project was designed to investigate these claims . |
| 19 | ‘ The first job , of course , was to try to find any traces of nitroglycerine on anybody in the club or in their rooms . |
| 20 | Field specification for a slide library database was agreed between Library and Photographic Departments in 1992 , and the BG-BASE ‘ IMAGES ’ file was modified to accommodate these specifications . |
| 21 | Following the Supreme 's Court 's endorsement of Noonan 's ruling , the case was due to return to the Appeals Court to be reviewed by a panel of judges , a process which was expected to take several months . |
| 22 | The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing . |
| 23 | A reconstruction programme , calculated to cost at least US$10,000 million , was expected to take several years . |
| 24 | Reading between the lines , it was evident that de Gaulle was seeking to encourage those individuals in the political establishment — such as President Coty and the deputy prime minister , Guy Mollet — who were already moving towards a Gaullist solution , but that he was not yet willing to negotiate with the collective leadership of the Republic . |
| 25 | More often than not it was the ‘ depraved ’ , sexualized and socially inferior female prostitute who was seen to condense these aspects of male fantasy . |
| 26 | At the time of its merger with Powick , in the closing stages of the rundown of the latter hospital , the fusing of specialisms was seen to offer many advantages , but by this time it had already been decided to resettle residents in permanent community hostels . |
| 27 | The present study was done to extend these observations and to include sera from patients with ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 28 | This treaty , written on a mammoth parchment document that was said to hold more signatures than any other treaty in world history , was signed by 49 of the participants in the Second World War . |
| 29 | In contrast to the policy adopted at St James 's , Knatchbull Road , it was decided to re-roof All Saints and St Barnabas with natural slates rather than the cheaper synthetic slates that had been used on the earlier project . |
| 30 | The proportion of Sri Lankan judges received a further boost in 1923 when it was decided to fill most posts from the local bar , and by 1930 eighteen of forty-two appointments were held by lawyers . |