Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insecurities remain because they were so entrenched at a very important developmental time when as children they were dependent and let down . |
| 2 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 3 | The remaining employers , during the negotiations which followed the mass meeting of 31 August and the threat of a strike , were still sticking at a compromise formula , one which Amelia McLean , putting the women 's case in The Vote , said she was prepared to accept , viz : a five-year ban on women entrants from 1 January 1911 , and the establishment of a 50 per cent distribution of Monotype keyboards between men and women . |
| 4 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 5 | The 5-ASA did not affect any cytotoxic activity significantly whereas ADCC and lymphokine activated killer activity were slightly decreased at a high 5-ASA concentration . |
| 6 | They were also sighted at a London recording studio preparing new material scheduled for release early next year . |
| 7 | First- and second-hand accounts of shooting , torture , mass rape and murder were also given at a meeting of the UK all-party parliamentary committee on human rights on Feb. 19 . |
| 8 | They discovered that the pair were also trading at a stall in Abingdon and by mail order . |
| 9 | They discovered that the pair were also trading at a stall in Abingdon and by mail order . |
| 10 | The rotors were often run at a circumferential velocity only slightly higher than that of the relative wind , that is at far less than optimal efficacy . |
| 11 | Services were often held at a very early hour . |
| 12 | Any premium which is offered on the buy-back must be paid out of distributable profits ( s160(1) ( b ) ) except where the buy-back shares were originally issued at a premium . |
| 13 | Something clearly had to be done , and done quickly , for the ramparts were now diminishing at a steady rate the longer the rain lasted , the more quickly the ramparts melted . |
| 14 | As long ago as 1978 , the Scottish Hospital Advisory Service reported from observation visits to long-stay hospitals throughout Scotland that even when adjustable beds were provided , they were frequently found at a height too high for the patients ' safety and unfortunately , this is often still true . |
| 15 | Using the inflow channels , the rectal and sigmoid segments were continuously perfused at a rate of 3 ml/min with a perfusion solution containing 120 M NaCl , 5.4 mM KCl , 2 mM Na2HPO4 , 10 mM glucose , 35 mM mannitol , and 1 g/l polyethylene glycol ( Mw 4000 ) . |
| 16 | And that 's another one , you know : she would die of shame if she knew that you were even looking at a Felton , never mind expressing affection for one . |
| 17 | The pros and cons of mink keeping on island groups such as Orkney and Shetland were fully presented at a public enquiry held over a similar case on Westray in Orkney in 1978 . |
| 18 | To express four proteins in the quadruple vector we selected the genes that were either expressed at a high level in insect cells ( eg , VP2 , VP6 , VP7 , NS1 ) by single expression vector systems or can be assembled into a morphological structure in a native configuration ( 10 , 16 , 17 , 19 ) . |
| 19 | These benefits , however , were never paid at a generous enough level to prevent many of those without work from having to resort also to means-tested assistance . |
| 20 | The findings from a number of these intervention studies were recently discussed at a symposium at Hohenreid Castle , outside Munich . |