Example sentences of "[det] was be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , The Prelude constantly alludes to classical epic and in particular to Paradise Lost , though how conscious an intention of the poet this was is debatable . |
| 2 | But while all this was being thrashed out , over six months , over nine years , the economy was getting worse , and worse , and worse . |
| 3 | Nupe said this was being done mainly by non-union personnel . |
| 4 | In some schools the janitor was responsible for drill , although by the enlightened year of 1937 this was being phased out together with the use of wooden rifles . |
| 5 | While this was being done , Byrne and Phillips went off on a recce down to the road . |
| 6 | This was being built between 1831 and 1833 , and it was probably about then that he first met Gilbert Scott . |
| 7 | Mr. Clark said this was being done . |
| 8 | As this was being arranged , they were interrupted . |
| 9 | This was being built under the main road that divided the three nurses ' homes and the medical-school library from the hospital . |
| 10 | One of the rag and bone men 's wives , Lilly McNamara , had been asked to sing while this was being done . |
| 11 | The expense of twelve lighting points and six socket outlets ( as high as £30 in the mid-1950s when this was being promoted as a desirable minimum ) also deterred some builders . |
| 12 | While this was being granted , parliament was recalled in order to pass the Emergency Powers Act . |
| 13 | As regards Labour 's traditional connection with the industrial working class , this was being called into question by the changing social composition of both the parliamentary party and the constituency organisations . |
| 14 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
| 15 | Lamarckism was the only available theory of natural evolution , and , although this was being promoted by the liberal social philosopher Herbert Spencer , biologists were too well aware of its dangerous reputation to take it seriously . |
| 16 | Near Aldershot , where this was being tried , one could see the drainage of London being transformed thus into strawberries and cream . |
| 17 | In addition it was only very recently that the company had the expensive machinery necessary to translate some of the more sophisticated effects she wished to produce , and even this was being constantly updated . |
| 18 | Large scale drug smuggling was on the increase , and a more professional approach to combat this was being used by the law-enforcement teams . |
| 19 | She 'd ordered a fillet steak , accompanied by a gratin dauphinois and green beans , and while this was being prepared sipped the apéritif suggested by the patronne , a glass of well-chilled golden Monbazillac wine . |
| 20 | While this was being completed , the Central Wales Extension Railway obtained an Act in July 1860 to build a further 26 miles of single track to Llandovery . |
| 21 | It was ruled clearly that as this was being automatically sent to the Select Committee on Privileges , it could not be discussed on the Floor of the House . |
| 22 | While this was being organised , the sheriff 's car , Springfield at the wheel , was speeding through the night towards Rockford and beyond , heading for Dawson County Hospital . |
| 23 | There was a feeling that this was being imposed on them by the LEA . |
| 24 | Some claimed that there was too much detail , and this was being worked on . |
| 25 | This was be done in two stages . |
| 26 | " It 's true to say that there was a great deal of discontent in Russia during the reign of Nicholas II , indeed there were things wrong with Russian society that needed reforming badly , whilst the ruling class lived in unabashed luxury the peasants who made up 90 per cent of the population had to be contend with lack of food and primitive living conditions added to this was was a completely ineffective educational system which meant that illiteracy was widespread , thus problems were on a large scale in Russia social reforms were desperately needed , as were political reforms since Russia as an autocratic country suppressed any means of political liberation . " |
| 27 | This was was n't it ? |
| 28 | What this was was much debated , particularly by the metropolitan bishops of Arles and Vienne . |
| 29 | Another was being held for charity at Tranmere Rovers Ground , Prenton Park . |
| 30 | The result in films like Shipyard ( 1934/5 ) , an impressionistic study of the life of a shipbuilding town , or Night Mail ( 1936 ) , a poetic record of the journey of the Postal Special from London to Glasgow , were films that revealed how much was being missed by the filmmakers who created fabulous fictions behind the walls of the studio — what Grierson described as ‘ the cinema 's capacity for getting around , for observing and selecting from life itself . ’ |