Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] required " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 2 | And , for the first time , the full annual report offered the financially more sophisticated a wide-ranging analysis of results ( given separately for the society and the group ) and business activities that were not required of other institutions . |
| 3 | It was more than was strictly required . |
| 4 | Over the last few years work has been carried out on using machine readable dictionaries as a source of linguistic knowledge ( Amsler , 1981 ) , ( Boguraev & Briscoe , 1987 ) — thereby enabling the production of a large vocabulary lexicon for considerably less effort than was previously required . |
| 5 | The justification for the discrimination between Muslim and non-Muslim was that the latter were not usually drafted into the army and were therefore required to contribute in cash towards their defence . |
| 6 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
| 7 | a dangerous dog , as defined by section 1 of the dangerous dogs act 1991 , in a private car which was on a public highway was in a public place , within the meaning of section 10(2) of the act and was therefore required to be muzzled and on a lead as prescribed by section 1(2) ( d ) of the act . |
| 8 | In the pre-colonial Kandyan courts persons found guilty of cattle stealing were not imprisoned , but were instead required to render compensation to the injured party . |
| 9 | Thus , the profession was protected against competition from law centres in these matters but was not required to refrain from dealing in those matters which ‘ normally ’ go to law centres . |
| 10 | A notable feature of the resultant controversy was that the British Medical Association , the virulent opponent of Aneurin Bevan in 1946 , was now most forceful in defending the health service , in denouncing the government for threatening its existence and failing to fund it as was properly required . |
| 11 | No ballot was held , as was legally required if the action was in breach of contract . |