Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the homes these activities were intended to be a major source of participation by the people served , with appropriate levels of staff help . |
| 2 | The Independent Companies were intended to be a ship-based force slipping ashore to harass German communications and cut the supply line of Swedish ore , but they often fought as infantry because the Allies had no other troops available ; an unavoidable reason for deploying special forces in this role in Norway . |
| 3 | They were said to be a happy and adoring family . |
| 4 | They were said to be a happy and adoring family . |
| 5 | Tariffs , they considered , were a matter for their own judgement at local level , and the existing simple bulk supply tariff , together with their own knowledge of the industry , were argued to be a sufficient incentive to develop off-peak sales . |
| 6 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 7 | The mechanism thee were looking at is a chemical modification of the DNA known as methylation . |
| 8 | There were very few firm commitments , the language is very much that of exploring , attempting , trying , hoping , when what we were looking for was a clear legislative framework . |
| 9 | These unmarried women were thought to be a good influence on the girls and good role models . |
| 10 | FEARS were expressed yesterday that safety plans for North Sea platforms may put too much emphasis on equipment and hardware , rather than management and human factors , which were shown to be a main contributory cause of the Piper Alpha disaster . |
| 11 | Benny realised that there were going to be a great many areas where she would be at a loss . |
| 12 | The Cornish giants were reputed to be a stupid and murderous bunch , fond of hurling boulders around the countryside . |
| 13 | The waters from here were reputed to be a certain cure for ‘ the itch ’ , as well as curing dogs of the mange . |
| 14 | Municipal incinerators were found to be a large source of dioxins . |
| 15 | In some respects these accounts are similar to those in the experimental situation where key characteristics were found to be a common strategy . |
| 16 | Just as drugs were often used , even when their properties were poorly understood , to investigate physiological processes which they evidently modified , so X-rays were found to be a valuable tool in certain fields of study . |
| 17 | The gentry were allowed to be a little eccentric . |
| 18 | They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out . |
| 19 | The words " but not otherwise " were held to be a sufficient contra-indication to make time of the essence . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought you was goin' to be a famous pilot this mornin' , ’ retorted George . |
| 21 | The community charge was intended to be a simple and visible system of raising revenue in which the behaviour of profligate ( assumed to be Labour ) councils would be evident to the electorate . |
| 22 | His paper was intended to be a tentative , exploratory investigation of British data and little else besides . |
| 23 | The songs fell together in a muddy pool of short-sighted production : not a bad début album by any standards but this was intended to be a complete signal post in the history of popular music . |
| 24 | This is something of a paradox when one remembers Lord Hailsham 's assurance that the 1981 Act was intended to be a liberalising measure . |
| 25 | This was intended to be a temporary measure , but it was so successful that the Chinese authorities gave it formal recognition for the whole of Aglen 's term as inspector-general ( 1911–27 ) . |
| 26 | Mundesley in Norfolk was intended to be a new resort town in 1900 but never succeeded . |
| 27 | The break was intended to be a long one , possibly a year or two . |
| 28 | Sensing this , the Coal Board struck what was intended to be a mortal blow — refusing to carry out the preventative works and offering us a mere £25,000 towards past damage which had been estimated at well over £100,000 . |
| 29 | The recreation of a Colorado militia cavalry unit 's massacre of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek in November 1864 that climaxed Ralph Nelson 's Soldier Blue ( 1970 ) was intended to be a direct reference to the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 which led to the court-martial and imprisonment of Lt William Calley . |
| 30 | This may be because it was intended to be a quick method of banning undesirable consumer trade practices and in practice it turned out not to be very quick at all . |