Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some resembled filaments of algae ; others , while they were unmistakably organic , had no parallels with living organisms ; and some looked to be identical with the simplest form of life existing today , bacteria . |
| 2 | The authorities responding to the national survey questionnaire all said that they would offer the services of an interpreter , if this appeared to be necessary . |
| 3 | The shelling stopped and all appeared to be quiet ; even the sniping had ceased . |
| 4 | Patients attending hospital clinics had worse glycaemic control , but this seemed to be attributable to the case mix and practice characteristics . |
| 5 | But this had to be real specific and it was probably the biggest challenge I 've ever had . |
| 6 | It had been my intention to seek out a further interview with Mr Cardinal with minimum delay , but this proved to be impossible , owing largely to the arrival that same afternoon — some two days earlier than expected — of Mr Lewis , the American senator . |
| 7 | Western railway companies like the Union Pacific built immigrant lodging-houses and segregated eating-places at stations throughout the West , and attempted to keep immigrant and normal trains separate , but this proved to be impossible at the larger stations . |
| 8 | There were some granulomatous area on the lower edges of the lungs , possibly caused by migrating worms , but these seemed to be old lesions and not evidence of a newly acquired disease . |