Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the works in the show are so new that some were only delivered the day before the exhibition started . |
| 2 | Those who built up a right to a state pension by virtue of their contributions were only awarded the pension following formal retirement from employment . |
| 3 | Peter Spencer of stockbroker Shearson Lehman said the prospects for a pick-up were so improved the Government should be careful on interest rates . |
| 4 | In the second round 50 per cent would be sufficient , but if this were not achieved the process would be repeated with new candidates . |
| 5 | They were all expected to send money home to their mothers but were not taught the value of saving for their own futures . |
| 6 | Then I persuaded Vernon Hunt , who was Chief Inspector at that time , of the desirability of publishing information about those accidents on which £e had a great deal of information but which were not made the subject of a formal investigation . |
| 7 | However , they were not given the title of ‘ king ’ like their father . |
| 8 | For example , until a few generations ago , children were not given the freedom to express themselves and their individuality . |
| 9 | But some of them were angry when they were not given the wheat . |
| 10 | Rosemary Sandford of Darlington Association on Disability , said they were saddened and disappointed they were not given the opportunity to express their views at the meeting . |
| 11 | If it were not given the Vendor would be liable for any breaches of warranty . |
| 12 | The report alleged that many scientists , engineers and other specialists were not given the opportunities they should have and too few civil servants were skilled in the techniques of modern management . |
| 13 | The second group was told the title after they had read the passage , while the third group were not told the title at all . |
| 14 | He criticised the system of screening and the appeals tribunal for refugees due to be sent back , saying they were forbidden to be present , allowed no legal representation , and were not told the reasons for decisions . |
| 15 | These nine Orkney children were not informed ; they were not told the Hearing was taking place ; , they were not given any sort of explanation . |
| 16 | The support staff ( approximately 30 people ) were not offered the relocation package and were made redundant . |
| 17 | At home we were soon given the answer to a question which had been puzzling us : Who had saved us ? |
| 18 | If the photon 's momentum were thus determined the electron 's uncertainty Δp could be made as small as we pleased , thus beating , it would seem , the restriction [ 2 ] In fact this does not work because we have to treat the microscope as also subject to quantum mechanical uncertainty . |
| 19 | After months of waiting , Rentokil were finally awarded the contract at the end of October . |
| 20 | The Lord had promised his presence to two or three agreeing in his name : consecrations by only two bishops occasionally occurred , but three were usually thought the minimum , all the bishops of the province being desirable . |
| 21 | It is surely time that students , as adults in part responsible for their own higher education , were formally accorded the rights and academic respect they deserve , and the social relations between teacher and taught were made more equal . |
| 22 | The guards left us alone and we often watched television , although we were still denied the news . |
| 23 | Agricultural workers were still denied the right to organize , a situation which continues today . |
| 24 | As an interesting footnote to the story , after their part in the operation , the two gallant ferries were both given the prefix ‘ Royal ’ by King George V. In 1933 , New Medway Steam Packet Co bought Royal Daffodil and three years later , General Steam bought out NMSP Co , thus bringing the heroic vessel into the P&O fleet . |
| 25 | In the meantime , major institutions were also granted the power to award their own degrees . |
| 26 | In this way were also made the double-shell and triple-shell coffins . |
| 27 | Since the stonemasons were usually allowed to create their own designs , they were also given the freedom to crack good jokes . |
| 28 | A further important point is that on two scores — the overall symptom score and the resistance score — there was a difference between the normal women and a group of normal men who were also given the inventory . |
| 29 | They were also given the job of erecting direction signs to the nearest lavatory in corridors and at the exits to lecture rooms . |
| 30 | It was held at Lyons in June and July 1245 , and ended with a sentence of deposition being passed against Frederick II , though a number of other canons concerned chiefly with structural matters within the Church were also given the force of law . |