Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister said in Committee that he believed that if abuses were proven the Secretary of State would be able to act . |
| 2 | Amongst Alf achievements were listed the Crucifixion and ‘ not buying any of Vincent Van Gogh 's paintings during his lifetime ’ . |
| 3 | When the marshes were drained the peat slowly shrank . |
| 4 | The lead is now sent to the Minsterley terminus of the Shrewsbury and Welshpool branch line , but if the Bishop 's Castle Railway were completed the ore destined for South Wales would be conveyed from Churchstoke Station via Craven Arms and the Central Wales Railway , thus effecting a saving of twenty miles in transit as compared with the present route . |
| 5 | The vital signs of the patients were checked every hour for the first 12 hours , every two hours for the second 12 hours , and every four hours for the following 24 hours until they became stable , and then four times daily . |
| 6 | Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ? |
| 7 | The villagers seemed unimpressed , but were given no choice in the matter . |
| 8 | The most important complaint is that we were given no information . |
| 9 | The Wedding Present were given a budget of £30,000 to record the LP with the promise of up to £20,000 to promote it afterwards . |
| 10 | For example , in one scheme for 35 highly dependent elderly people introduced by Kent SSD , home care managers were given a budget of £66,000 a year to spend on buying appropriate services and/or particular equipment to aid independence . |
| 11 | The main panels on the body of the tank and some parts of the engine and wheels were given a base coat of Moody Blue highlighted up with Enchanted Blue and Skull White . |
| 12 | The gold areas were given a base coat of Dwarf Bronze and highlighted with Glistening Gold and Mithril Silver . |
| 13 | These discussions were given a sense of urgency by the bitter railway strike of October 1919 . |
| 14 | Wives were given a say for the first time , and what they wanted was romantic practicality . |
| 15 | Experienced social workers were given a case manager role for a small case load of such elderly people , with the task of keeping them in their own homes on a budget of two-thirds the cost of residential care in a local authority home . |
| 16 | Bishop Day , a vengeful man , was reinstated and the more conservative clergy and gentry were given a chance to reassert the old authority . |
| 17 | ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’ |
| 18 | Here participants were given a chance to discuss sexuality , health , relationships , self-esteem and abuse . |
| 19 | ‘ Our dynamic legislative leaders drank coffee and occasionally took notes , but they rarely were given a chance to say anything . ’ |
| 20 | But in the doubles the youngsters were given a chance and grabbed their moment of glory . |
| 21 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 22 | But going back to some of these places you mentioned , were there any rocks that were given a name or stones ? |
| 23 | They were given a year 's jail for contempt . |
| 24 | Pauline and Chris Russell were given a hi-fi for Christmas . |
| 25 | in the third division its saturday as usual for hereford … united were given a pat on the back by Wimbledon this week for playing so well against them in the cup … it beats a kick on the leg … tomorrow its all change for Crewe |
| 26 | ‘ We were given a refund , ’ protested Harcourt . |
| 27 | Toward the end of the year , we were given a holiday on a Thursday because the school was being used as a polling station for the General Election . |
| 28 | For each item , the children either had to complete a sentence , such as Snoopy has cream on his face so … or they were given a description of the clue , such as The clue is that Snoopy has cream on his face , and were asked to tell the Pink Panther about the clue and what they had worked out . |
| 29 | In a fourth condition subjects were given a description in which not only was sentence ( 3 ) removed but also the internal structure of the story was disrupted by altering the temporal sequencing of events and removing the causal connection between them . |
| 30 | Yet the undecorated vessels were given a variety of titles , despite the majority having also come from cemeteries ; biconical and globular vessels were labelled ‘ urns ’ , squat vessels as ‘ plain bowls ’ , and a variety of shapes that could not be fitted easily into the typological scheme were labelled domestic wares , ‘ crude accessories ’ , ‘ wide-mouthed cook-pots ’ and ‘ cook-pots with lugs ’ ( ibid. , pp. 26–9 , pp. 148–70 ) . |