Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [art] [adj] term " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the dramas were given the generic term of ludus ( play ) which carried overtones of pastime , merriment and revelling . |
| 2 | By now it was painfully clear that an aircraft display hall was the route for the Museum to take , if it were to secure the long term . |
| 3 | The 1980 Constitution , which was put into effect in March 1981 [ see pp. 30619-20 ; 30931 ] , provided for the re-establishment , effective 1989 , of the bi-cameral National Congress , consisting of a Senate of 38 elected and nine appointed members , all of whom were to serve an eight-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies whose 120 members were to be directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 4 | Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamed , Prime Minister since 1981 , was seeking a third term and led an 11-party multiracial National Front coalition ( Barisan Nasional ) , which held 133 seats in the outgoing parliament . |
| 5 | He was granted a second term by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke in a move that effectively guarantees the existence of the Board for the foreseeable future . |