Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dosing compliance was similar in the two groups ; an average of 89.5% of eligible children were successfully treated in each round . |
| 2 | Steam and diesel haulage were eventually enjoyed by most of us , the latter represented by a very smart Class 20 . |
| 3 | Unlike Trazior , some of the mountainous stalagmitic hives of Necromunda were wholly disconnected from any neighbour , isolated across immense metallic dunes of glittering despair , across seas of eerie chemical sludge . |
| 4 | The Alexander technique would be invaluable if it were properly included in all drama training programmes . |
| 5 | There is nothing ins intrinsically long with the concept of Percent for Art , but we saw an opportunity to extend that concept to make sure that the real need of real people in real communities were properly reflected in any scheme . |
| 6 | Both the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services , Louis Sullivan , welcomed the findings , although the methods of the survey were widely criticized by many independent experts . |
| 7 | Isolated teeth were little damaged by any of the sediment types . |
| 8 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Strangers were rarely seen on that private and closely guarded property . |
| 10 | As the previous chapter shows , the development officers were rarely involved at all with those clients if they were in the action samples ; since in no real sense could they be said to have had the opportunity of availing themselves of the action project , they are omitted ( in both action and control samples ) from most of the following analysis . |
| 11 | Commissions of oyer et terminer for Forest pleas were rarely issued at this time . |
| 12 | Of the opposing parties , a score of men lost their lives or were badly hurt on each side . |
| 13 | ‘ The views of our community were forcibly put at this meeting and to their credit the contractors did halt the work during the community festival , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Okay Linfield and Bangor are probably two of the best teams in Irish football but the point I 'm making is that Carrick 's team deficiencies were blatantly exposed for all to see . |
| 15 | Finally , certain vulnerable groups were most affected by these changes , notably black families living in inner city deprived areas . |
| 16 | The cases were compared with 1800 control infants , who were randomly selected from all births in the study regions , except home births ( less than 1% ) . |
| 17 | Altogether 1800 control infants were randomly selected from all births in the study regions . |
| 18 | And both McGahern and Dermot Bolger were highly praised from these quarters . ’ |
| 19 | Their inspirational demonstrations and innovative classes were long remembered by all those privileged to have been there , and resulted in the first regular Medau Adult Education class being established in Dagenham ESSEX in 1935 . |
| 20 | Her bowels were much improved by this , but Edith still had migraine attacks and trouble with her joints . |
| 21 | However , housing conditions were much improved by this and by the clearance of some 700 slum dwellings . |
| 22 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 23 | His appetite for all the other necessities of life had increased and she suspected his carnal instincts were merely turned in another direction . |
| 24 | You were better fed at some firms or others . |
| 25 | Also , I suspect , the real country people were better disposed towards each other , materially poorer perhaps , but richer in consideration and manners . |
| 26 | Outside a bedroom door stood ‘ the great commander 's yellowish boots with the long leggings , which , however , on that evening were agreeably accompanied by some charming little molière slippers , utterly feminine . ’ |
| 27 | I remember the time when two sheepdogs were daily tethered at this bridge , one at each side , to deter sheep from wandering on the road from the open fell : a sort of canine cattle grid . |
| 28 | Both teams were somewhat weakened for this visit of Lansdowne to Eaton Park but Ballymena just about deserved their narrow 3–0 win , the only score of the game , a penalty by Derek McAleese coming midway through the second half . |
| 29 | Thus I was only too aware that the realities of psychic phenomena were somewhat exaggerated by these treatments . |
| 30 | ( Tests to determine the existence of a trade secret were naturally discussed in this case . ) |