Example sentences of "this were [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contradictions within the Labour Party were quite marked ; many supported a boycott of German goods but were unprepared to consider any international action against fascism if this were to create a danger of war . |
| 2 | The village youths had taken to roaring round and round of an evening on highly powered Japanese motorcycles from which the silencers had been removed ; those distressed by this were invoking the law , the youths laughed , their friends and relations pointed out that they 'd paid their road-tax , had n't they , like anyone else ? |
| 3 | To this were added the effects of the transformation of the social structure by industrialization and urbanization in the more advanced areas ( Austria , the Czech lands , etc . ) . |
| 4 | If to this were added the effects of a special pension at 60 for those who were unemployed , a new invalidity pension , the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen and a uniform forty-hour week , a total of 2,000,000 jobs would be redistributed to the unemployed . |
| 5 | If this were to occur the pricing efficiency of the market would worsen . |
| 6 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |