Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 2 | Another group of children were helping to make a puppet . |
| 3 | They were also exercising their right in keeping with the loyalty with which they were born , as they were helping to rebuild a security station . |
| 4 | The Bretton Woods arrangements were designated to foster a network of multilateral trade and payments in the world as a whole , since this was deemed desirable for the development of world trade . |
| 5 | The clubhouse plans ( of which no copy exists ) were discussed , and were revised to include a scullery ; the usual offices ( presumably the toilets ) were to be in a detached , rather than integral , building . |
| 6 | Inflation continued to increase after March figures were adjusted to show a rise from 4.3 p.c in February . |
| 7 | You were goin' to make a tart , were n't you ? |
| 8 | On occasion the requests were intended to push a candidate forward much more rapidly than was normal . |
| 9 | The rules were intended to simulate a solo walk , and along the most arduous sections it did — I was out there without aid — but in the region of towns and villages things were lax . |
| 10 | They were intended to achieve a number of objectives . |
| 11 | The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities . |
| 12 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |
| 13 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 14 | Probationers were expected to teach a class full-time , in order to meet DES requirements . |
| 15 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 16 | The low prices were expected to force a fall in refined tin supply from an estimated 193,000 tonnes in 1990 to 185,000 tonnes in 1991 . |
| 17 | In early times , farmers were expected to grow a quarter acre of flax for one acre of arable land . |
| 18 | Some stations also had immigrants ' or colonization agents , some of whom were expected to speak a variety of languages . |
| 19 | Children were expected to make a contribution to the family economy as soon as they were able . |
| 20 | Laymen who did not hold land worth forty shillings a year , and clerks who did not have a benefice worth ten pounds a year , were forbidden to keep a greyhound or other dog , on pain of one year 's imprisonment . |
| 21 | The sense of effort in his conversation staggered her , and she watched him with pity , for he laboured as though he were to try to write a sonnet , and all the while the conversation was predestined , unnecessary , a mere coin of payment . |
| 22 | Unfortunately it turned out to be somewhat of an anti-climax when a rubber dinghy with two occupants was found to be from a Fishery Protection vessel , the two officers concerned were landing to attend a wedding . |
| 23 | Statistical methods — Sample sizes of 15 to 20 in each group were targeted to detect a reduction in median number of transfusions from two to one per infant and an increase in the mean of median arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratios on day 1 from 0.3 to 0.5 with a power of 80% and a significance level of 5% . |
| 24 | These defences seldom attempted to enclose the total area of occupation , partly because of its pre-existing shape and extent , and partly because the defences were designed to perform a variety of different functions , many of which fell in the official sphere . |
| 25 | Helicopter blades were designed to give a minimum of bending stress in all directions of flight ie straight blades ! |
| 26 | The changes were designed to save a total of 4,400,000 guilders , representing about 1 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) . |
| 27 | Opposition groups , centred on 32 former members of the National Assembly dissolved in 1986 [ see pp. 34767-68 ] , had campaigned for a boycott of the elections , claiming that they were unconstitutional and were designed to elect a council " without teeth " . |
| 28 | It included new restrictions on covert action which were designed to prevent a repetition of the actions which led to the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 29 | Although he did not specify the powers he had in mind , they were reported to include a right of veto over parliamentary decisions . |
| 30 | They followed her pointing arm with their eyes , and were chilled to see a group of thin figures form out of the darkness all around , shambling towards the group of tired combatants . |