Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were willing to envisage greater cooperation with liberal representatives of the bourgeoisie and tended to place more emphasis on taking advantage of the new opportunities of the Duma era for the development of a legal workers ' movement . |
| 2 | In Prussia , too , there was legislation to encourage the smallholder , but the motive was in that case a different one : peasants were supposed to make better soldiers . |
| 3 | At the same time there was some evidence that those who had a more general interest in politics , as distinct from those who found the campaign interesting ( a distinction we have already found significant in other contexts ) , were likely to record lower levels of total approval . |
| 4 | Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies . |
| 5 | Many of the knezovi who had survived the massacre were unwilling to risk further reprisals , should the revolt fail . |
| 6 | They say the majority of the staff group they met considered they were able to foster better relations when prisoners wore civilian clothes . |
| 7 | As with the Area Boards , the materials supply situation cased considerably after 1953 , and they were able to negotiate tighter contracts with better delivery dates for the mid-1950s and after . |
| 8 | They captured several outposts and with the arms they gathered were able to equip larger forces . |
| 9 | In studies of survivors of the horrors of prison camps , those who had a purpose in living , with well defined goals , were able to withstand greater deprivation such as starvation and torture . |
| 10 | Britain and America were able to afford better laws and safer workplaces as they got richer . |
| 11 | With the help of our Holding Trustees , we were able to make further improvements to Head Office facilities . |
| 12 | Once railways had actually proved their viability new investment shifted to the railway companies who were able to offer better returns on capital than the canal companies . |
| 13 | But in a statement , they said bail had been granted ’ because the conditions they imposed were sufficient to prevent further offending . ’ |