Example sentences of "[pers pn] were therefore [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1	We were therefore taken aback to receive , within two weeks , a highly critical letter from the editor requesting a major restructuring of the paper and enclosing a heavily edited copy of the manuscript .
2	We were therefore left with two alternatives , to concentrate on particular aspects of " Manpower Control " using very few slides , or alternatively deal briefly with the many aspects of this topic in order to demonstrate the potential of the system available to us .
3	The Ukrainian Bolsheviks tended to be restricted to the eastern Ukraine ; they were therefore limited in their capacity to combat the Rada 's position by , for example , raising revolutionary peasant demands .
4	They were therefore called neutron stars .
5	They were therefore based on a reduced number of cases ( about two thirds of the ultimate total ) and consequently could provide only tentative results .
6	These concessions , ideally suited to promote the interests of an agricultural community , ensured widespread publicity for the customs of Lorris ; , they were therefore sought and obtained by a number of other rural communities , particularly within the royal demesne , in the second half of the twelfth century .
7	Apprentices trained by the great engineers such as Robert Stephenson introduced the best practice in their subsequent careers ; they were therefore sought after , and a high premium was charged when a boy was taken on .
8	Liver function tests were persistently normal in controls , and they were therefore presumed not to have PSC .
9	They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse .
10	In the palaeolithic period men were already aware that at certain times of the year animals and plants are less prolific than at others , and seasonal ritual observances to maintain an adequate supply of them were therefore deemed necessary .

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