Example sentences of "[adv] [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously it was shown that the SM1 and SM2 MHC isoforms were produced by alternative splicing of a single gene ( 6 ) but both isoforms were shown to be co-expressed in all smooth muscle cell types ( 4,5,6 ) . |
| 2 | In Victorian times more than now boys were enjoined to be little men . |
| 3 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 4 | Phoebe could accept that , it was how grandmothers were meant to be , but when she turned to her friends , looking for guidance and inspiration , she did not find it . |
| 5 | It was how things were meant to be . |
| 6 | Using a definition of unfair trade based on " internationally accepted rules , as set out in GATT [ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ] , and in comparable international agreements " , the report indicted the USA for employing unfair trade practices in nine out of the 10 areas where offences were deemed to be most internationally common . |
| 7 | Nurse Sharon Hill died when the party of tourists she was with came under fire in an area where terrorists were known to be active . |
| 8 | Ours was a one-off Section in that we had n't been sent to Castelnaudary where things were reputed to be much easier , and where there was a spirit of prevailing moderation which had pervaded the Legion since Mitterrand had brought it into line with the rest of the French army . |
| 9 | One reason why officers were instructed to be friendly disciplinarians is that Smith , once again echoing public-school sentiments , consciously strove to prolong boyhood for as long as possible . |
| 10 | William the Marshal was a knight-errant in the first age of chivalry , a great tournament man when tournaments were beginning to be civilized . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly , in view of the public pressure , the police responded by adopting routine tactics of stopping and searching black people in the street , especially in areas where muggings were thought to be commonplace . |
| 12 | Pavlova was unusually slender in an era when women were expected to be well rounded . |
| 13 | Darby was convicted , along with his assistant Leslie Thomas , 26 , also of the Isle of Dogs , at an earlier hearing on two counts of conspiracy to manage premises where drugs were known to be available . |