Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mid-1970s local government spending was under severe pressure from the centre as more and more complex rules were developed to keep it under control . |
| 2 | From this starting point , a series of models were developed to determine what changes in practices would encourage Colleges to move towards a state of equilibrium in the new circumstances . |
| 3 | It was a set of problems that were problems to no-one but Germany , and the solutions were calculated to satisfy no-one but Germany . |
| 4 | The two of them leaned closer , across the table , and Tug found himself leaning forward too , as though he were helping to make their plan . |
| 5 | Studies of processes were undertaken to remedy what many physical geographers perceived to be a deficiency and in doing so it was necessary to overcome considerable resistance such as that in geomorphology where Wooldridge ( 1958 , p. 31 ) avowed : |
| 6 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 7 | The Collector and Hookum Singh had their backs to this wall of flesh , with bayonets sprouting from between their legs and under their armpits ; they were shoving and shoving , and they in turn were being shoved by the other Sikhs , who were struggling to keep them in place . |
| 8 | Nevertheless we were very glad to have someone to talk to in the long reaches of the night when we were struggling to keep our eyes open . |
| 9 | The institutional , legal and procedural definition of convocation had not been clear in 1307 nor was it finally resolved by 1327 : the clergy were struggling to free themselves from the enveloping quicksand of parliament , the king 's high court , and to reach the firm ground of an autonomous clerical assembly , no part of the king 's court ( with all that that implied ) and free from the intimidating presence , or intrusion , of those royal councillors who were laymen . |
| 10 | It already had a well-developed product on the market , whilst its rivals were struggling to get one onto the drawing board . |
| 11 | Men cheered as Artai descended the steps in front of his palace , then walked along a corridor of his guards through the crowd of Khans and other notables who were gathered to witness his accession . |
| 12 | All of us were working on no salary , just expenses , but we found nice facilities on 58th Street and were taught to charge everything . |
| 13 | This is a significant issue in a culture where women were taught to value themselves by their beauty . |
| 14 | Children were taught to show their parents obedience , duty , and respect , taking their hat off to their father as a matter of manners , and at solemn moments kneeling to receive his formal blessing . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ People were queueing to sign it . |
| 16 | In 1985 the rules governing the practices of solicitors were amended to allow them to advertise . |
| 17 | We were assigned to protect your friend , Mr Trimmler . |
| 18 | It must be further borne in mind that , right to the end , the vast majority of the Cossacks were to continue to see themselves , regardless of their own individual status or background , as a collective entity . |
| 19 | As stated above , the samples of dementia sufferers were to be generated over a period of one year ( 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 ) ; and the development officers were to continue to provide their service for one further year ( until 31 March 1986 ) though no further sample members ( project clients in the case of the action sample ) were to be generated during the second year . |
| 20 | They were to continue to dominate it until the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | In post-war years , the Balloons remained in the war-time green livery long after the single-deckers , and it generally assumed that the 25 Coronations of 1953 were intended to replace them . |
| 22 | Spain 's dominant classes were therefore permitted the time and opportunity for marshalling their powerful opposition to the very measures that were intended to weaken them . |
| 23 | Holy Dying was written under the impact of the death of Lady Carbery as well as that of Taylor 's own wife — ‘ The bundles of cypress which were intended to dress her closet but now come to dress her hearse ’ . |
| 24 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 25 | Even in decay , Hitler 's edifices were intended to recall his past might . |
| 26 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 27 | ‘ The terrible things you refer to were intended to ensure you could continue to live here — in the style you obviously do . ’ |
| 28 | The hideous iron railings round the tombs of the more opulent dead were intended to protect them against the depredations of body-snatchers . |
| 29 | Pupils were expected to analyse their inquiries ; check Prestel on-line ; locate , scan and extract information from the tables on screen ; and incorporate this information into their project . |
| 30 | They , likewise , would find it most unusual and uncongenial if they were expected to devote themselves to constraining and criticizing a Conservative Government . |