Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | After 9 days , individual reaggregate cultures were gently teased apart to liberate any lymphoid cells . |
2 | Senior officials of the United States administration were quoted on June 20 as saying that the USA expected to lift sanctions against South Africa by mid-July , a lead most other countries and organizations were generally expected quickly to follow . |
3 | Among the many cathedrals with Norman remains , it is most usual for the nave to be unaltered — the eastern arm and transepts were generally enlarged later to provide more accommodation . |
4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that probably the only economy in which full employment was implemented was the Soviet Union , where those who did not have a job were usually found somewhere to go , such as Siberia or the Gulag archipelago ? |
5 | In excavations of the past ephemeral traces of occupation were rapidly swept away to uncover the more substantial structures . |
6 | It was ceasing to be overwhelmingly political in a narrow sense and acquiring new dimensions which , even well before the First World War , were clearly destined soon to become very important . |
7 | The price rises were also needed urgently to close the gap with wholesale prices for raw materials , which had been increased on Jan. 1 , and with the state purchase prices for agricultural produce , which had gone up in 1990 . |
8 | They were later called away to deal with a house which was ablaze . |
9 | Both sides were later reported either to have used them or to be planning to do so . |
10 | Finally she chose a plump boiling fowl , in deference to that great Gascon King of France , Henri Quatre , whose ambition it had been to see that all his subjects were well fed enough to have a chicken in their pot each week , and had made La Poule Au Pot a loved and traditional name for restaurants . |
11 | The separate estimates for large and small companies were then added together to provide the figures shown in Table 2 of this report . |
12 | This was certainly not the case in respect of the Geneva Conventions Act where the offences were newly created solely to give effect to the Convention , and were described as being hardly applicable to the case at all . |
13 | NEARLY 40 new homes were officially opened today to put a roof over the heads of 180 people . |
14 | A biopsy was taken 8 cm from the anal margin on the anterior rectal wall ; these were subsequently examined histologically to assess inflammatory activity , which was graded in a standard manner ( table I ) . |
15 | We were therefore taken aback to receive , within two weeks , a highly critical letter from the editor requesting a major restructuring of the paper and enclosing a heavily edited copy of the manuscript . |
16 | Women were therefore forced either to go on strike or to occupy factories in order to gain the right to a collective contract and recognition of their union . |
17 | During the 19C this and the surrounding area fell into decay and the cloisters were actually divided horizontally to provide two sets of slums . |
18 | Warner and Palairet were too taken aback to reply . |