Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If only it were possible to avoid these difficulties , and go island-hopping where they speak English , where the controllers are friendly and helpful , where all kinds of services are readily available , taxes are low and fuel plentiful . |
2 | Employers were prepared to tolerate these rights and provisions in return for a profitable economic environment . |
3 | Neither the Labour Party , the Left contributors to Tribune nor the pacifist elements centred around the ILP were prepared to believe these protestations . |
4 | The chairman and deputy-chairman took two shares each , and the remaining directors one share each , and they were free to use these nominations as they saw fit , within certain broad guidelines established by parliament . |
5 | There were obviously men in Hollywood who wanted to use social themes , there were audiences who were willing to attend these films , and there were critics who were prepared to praise and even honour these films . |
6 | The analytical techniques of which he was a master were inadequate to separate these metals completely , and he concluded that they merged into one another , being varieties rather than true species produced by inorganic evolution . |
7 | Tax allowances were granted , but taxpayers were unable to offset these allowances against their taxable income once their income rose above a specified level . |
8 | Firms were unable to pass these increases on fully in prices because of international competition . |
9 | ‘ In the comparatively simple case of the Timor group of islands we were able to deduce these changes with some approach to certainty . |
10 | Trading Standards were able to get these mowers withdrawm immediately . |
11 | And we found that many parents were inclined to believe these kinds of reports , and yet this just was n't true if one saw what was going on in the schools . |