Example sentences of "were [verb] this [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Grant adds : ‘ It is time that the needs of children were given this kind of priority . |
| 2 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
| 3 | If we were asking this question of an amphibian or reptile , which lays its eggs and goes away to live solitarily except when the mating season comes around again , we would answer it purely in terms of the physical ecology of the species . |
| 4 | Imagine the outcry if the police were to send this type of letter to an adolescent they had reason to believe had violated the law : |
| 5 | I still remember my headmaster 's damning indictment : ‘ Jeannette could be a Cambridge scholar if she were to stop this nonsense of falling in love . ’ |
| 6 | By January 1991 , Iain 's parents were hoping this chapter of his life was closed . |