Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun] [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do this the bureaucracy had to be a ‘ closed society within the state ’ , simply yet another closed and hierarchical corporation with its own particularistic interests . |
| 2 | For this the workers had to be brought together in factories . |
| 3 | Half the bar seemed to be indulgently waiting for her opinion . |
| 4 | In the case of small dogs , half the dose had to be put into each nostril , and with large dogs the full dose was put into one nostril . |
| 5 | Half the class had to be invalided home , and Clive 's name was still mud in Emilia-Romagna . |
| 6 | The drivers ' uncertainty was due in part to the vagaries of the train from Khartoum , on which half the town seemed to be waiting . |
| 7 | Furniture like this involves straightforward cabinet work as most of the pieces were about 8ft high the proportions had to be correct , while the combination of the dark and light woods also helped to relieve the massiveness of the piece . |
| 8 | For one thing , it paid better than she could believe , and for another the work seemed to be something she could really get her teeth into . |
| 9 | Once the Conservatives came to power in 1979 the unrest began to be translated into policy form . |
| 10 | Cookham cancelled their match on the river because of poor weather and although the waterway at Maidenhead was fishable the match had to be cancelled because of frozen banks . |
| 11 | They came like flies to honey , not the heedless junior element , either , but a knot of budding sophisticates in their teens , led by a tall , slim sixteen-year-old on whose walk , manner and style all the rest appeared to be modelling themselves . |
| 12 | In some inexplicable way , all the senses seemed to be heightened . |
| 13 | This heavy construction , which has good sound-insulating properties , provided an economic solution to the problem posed by the need to insert new floors in spite of the fact that all the beams had to be manhandled into position because there was no access for mechanical handling . |
| 14 | Initally all the cargo had to be manhandled off . |
| 15 | Coming from the lake , or down from the north , all the goods had to be unloaded because of the impassable barrier of the Rhine Falls , then taken to the waiting vessels on the other side . |
| 16 | The main problem was that all the furniture had to be scaled down to suit the smaller stature of the Japanese and to fit their smaller homes . |
| 17 | Nor did we have sinks and drains , so all the water had to be carried in and carried out again when it was dirty . |
| 18 | In fact , they asked for the practices and procedures of all the agencies involved to be thoroughly scrutinised . |
| 19 | Spectrum bias is unlikely to have influenced our results for two reasons : ( 1 ) almost all the asthmatics agreed to be studied ( only 6% refused endoscopy ) and ( 2 ) one quarter of the asthmatics did not require chronic bronchodilator therapy , indicating that not all the patients had severe asthma . |
| 20 | Limewashing began in October and all the houses had to be finished by the end of February , as many would then have the heat turned up to set their inmates into growth . |
| 21 | I had seen Cabinets which all the time seemed to be dealing with the day-to-day problems and there was never a real opportunity to deal with strategy , either from the point of view of the Government or the country . |
| 22 | All the cards seemed to be stacked against Aurangzeb , but he had one key advantage : the support of his sister Roshanara . |
| 23 | All the candidates had to be nominated with proposers and seconders and they all have election agents . ’ |
| 24 | They made it to the end of the road in Bombay where all the cars had to be steam cleaned inside and out for the last leg of the journey . |
| 25 | Candid photography was possible but difficult at this time , so all the shots had to be set up . |
| 26 | In order to work on a DC it is necessary for all the modules referenced to be in a single package . |
| 27 | In order to work on a DC it is necessary for all the modules referenced to be in a single package . |
| 28 | The plain , towerless strength of all the stations seemed to be a conscious representation of a powerful and economical practicality . |
| 29 | Moreover we can discuss the meaning of what is being said even if it so happens that there are no trees in the park , or if all the trees happened to be the same age and none of them was an oak . |
| 30 | He said all the animals appeared to be domestic pets which had been dumped in the park , including a couple of angoras . |