Example sentences of "[conj] these were [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It added a phrase so extraordinary that I quote it directly : ’ although these were felt to be isolated incidents . ’ |
| 2 | Hence vertical perspective cues provide the only consistent and reliable information about the distance to the surface and these were found to be more effective in practice for depth and size scaling . |
| 3 | The news broke that we were to have another squadron of Pathfinders , but these were going to be crack troops flying Mosquitoes , a much smaller aircraft than the good old faithful Lancaster , and much faster . |
| 4 | Many parents wanted to send their children to grammar schools , but these were ceasing to be available . |
| 5 | Some of these gains were from replication of standard designs , though these were reckoned to be small , presumably because the large number of separate manufacturers and divisions involved in the work greatly reduced the potential cost reduction through learning effects . |