Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [conj] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was diagnosed as being asthmatic at the age of 48 , although on reflection I suspect that I had probably suffered mild intermittent symptoms in childhood . |
| 2 | I was interviewed and was able to share different experiences and stories while in London . |
| 3 | In Webb the employer was allowed to put forward an explanation , which was accepted as being gender-neutral , that an employee was needed at a specific time to be trained and to cover for a period of maternity leave with the probability of being retained as a permanent employee . |
| 4 | Given the constraints on space and the existence of two universities within the city , the University operates an informal zoning agreement with Oxford Brookes University , so that , for example , the University made no bid for a major site which was recognised as being crucial for the development of Oxford Brookes University . |
| 5 | He is concerned only that the bishop denies the existence of those gods who were regarded as being essential protectors of the Roman Empire . |
| 6 | Furthermore , a three-phase study of over a thousand school leavers in the Lothian region of Scotland found that , in marked contrast to alcohol and tobacco use , ‘ levels of illicit drug use were much higher amongst both males and females who were unemployed than amongst their peers who were working or were full-time students ’ ( Plant et al . |
| 7 | As to how much it costs Davies Brook to produce each bottle of table water , we were told that was confidential information . |
| 8 | They were seen as being responsible for the real problems that confront ordinary citizens . |
| 9 | Most male nurses did not share these views , with only just over a third believing they were perceived as being gay . |
| 10 | Throughout the project , all the pupils understood the process in which they were involved and were able to make significant choices and exert control , both individually and collaboratively . |
| 11 | A substance is necessarily such that all its properties are " essential " properties , in the sense that they all together define its " nature " , and if any of them were missing or were different from what they happen to be , the substance itself would be different . |
| 12 | It was seen as being opposed to liberalism , as opposed to nationalism and perhaps there were , there were er , there were , there were good reasons er for that . |
| 13 | The Belle continued in service for twenty years until 1978 , when it was withdrawn as being uneconomic to rewire to modern standards . |
| 14 | It is vital never to grant them absolute rights over nomenclature , or you will end up with a child called Aspirin Muesli Harris as poor Tom was for the first week of his life , until it was overruled as being pagan by the Irish Catholic nurse . |
| 15 | Where the nuisance was in existence at the time the abatement notice was served , and continued or was likely to recur at the time proceedings for a nuisance order began then whether or not it was continuing or was likely to recur at the date of the hearing , the court must also order the defendant to pay the local authority the cost of the proceedings to obtain the nuisance order . |
| 16 | It was labelled as being able to give shocks of up to 450 volts . |
| 17 | The view of Paisley 's critics was that he was implicated but was clever enough to avoid any direct contact . |
| 18 | He knew what he was doing but was incapable of stopping it . |
| 19 | It was what was said that was important . |
| 20 | The views of residents were also taken into account , following informal conversations in the course of the study with those who were able to understand what was happening and were willing to voice an opinion . |